英老兵1萬英鎊購坦克 停自家引騷動

The huge green tanklike crane, designed to carry out battlefield repairs, has been sitting in a lay-by since new owner Nicholas Kravchenko of Wolvercote, near Oxford, drove it there last week.

上週，牛津附近的沃夫寇特的居民Nicholas Kravchenko把這個綠色龐然大物開進了小區。這輛這輛戰地修理坦克，現在就停在居民區的路肩上。

Residents living in the normally tranquil area of Wolvercote, have branded the machine an 'eyesore'. Police have now been called in to settle the "neighborhood dispute" amid claims the tank was intimidating locals.

習慣了寧靜生活的居民，紛紛表示這架戰爭機器“有礙觀瞻“,威脅到了本地安全, 於是召來了警察調停“鄰里糾紛”。

The enthusiast Kravchenko, a retired army engineer, is now refusing to move the vehicle, which came complete with caterpillar tracks and take up three-and-a-half normal parking spaces.

Kravchenko是名退伍工兵，熱衷軍事, 他拒絕將這輛裝着履帶，佔了3.5個停車位的坦克開走。

"I can go out and drive it any time I like. There's no law to stop anyone having 10 tanks. The council have not said it is anti-social and the police would have been straight on to me if it was parked illegally," he said.

“我願意開哪兒就開哪兒。沒有哪條法律說不讓人擁有10部坦克的。議會沒說這個是反社會的；如果我違規停車了，警察會馬上來找我。”

Neighbors said he was ruining their street. They appealed to Oxford City Council to take action but the authority said it was powerless to act.

鄰居們抱怨Kravchenko正在破壞整條街的風貌。他們已向牛津議會抗議，要求其採取行動,但當局稱無權干涉。