Stopping for 3 seconds at Westfield Carindale cost this man $110 fine from Brisbane City Council Greg Bahr received a $110 fine for stopping for 3 seconds to drop someone off on Millennium Drive at Westfield Carindale. YOU may never see them, but there's no escaping council's parking officers, with dozens of drivers slapped with fines for stopping to drop off people at a major Brisbane shopping centre. Brisbane City Council officers are using covert tactics, including photographing numberplates, to nab increasing numbers of parking offenders at Westfield Carindale. The fines dished out for "stopping on a road with a yellow edge line" in Millennium Drive at Carindale more than doubled in a year, from 24 in 2011/12 to 64 in 2012/13. That's despite regular complaints by motorists about a lack of pick-up and drop-off spots surrounding the centre. Federal police freeze university student's $650,000 Brisbane cops solid soaking Monster jellyfish 'could have killed 120 people' Cleveland resident Greg Bahr stopped for "three seconds" on Millennium Drive at 9.19am on December 29, while dropping a relative at work. Mr Bahr said he didn't see a council officer, but received a $110 fine in the mail. A Brisbane City Council parking inspector. "There's two lanes there and an island," Mr Bahr said. Where I stopped there's no way you're creating a hazard and everybody was doing it. I was there for three seconds, put my blinkers on, and they hopped out - a $110 fine for stopping for three seconds. They need some drop-off zones because there's nowhere to drop anyone off. Carina resident Michelle Evans was also slugged with a fine, after her husband Paul dropped her at work at Carindale at 8.46am the same day. I didn't see anyone that day ... They must have been hiding somewhere," she said. Ms Evans said a drop-off zone was much needed, particularly for young people who relied on their parents to drive them to work. "There are so many cars that stop there, it's not funny," she said. Motorcycle cop filmed stretching leg after civilian fined for same thing Motorist fined for leaving window down '3cm to 4cm' Road rules you may not be aware of Council defends driveway parking fine Parking inspectors hitting Sunday drivers hard The issue has this week prompted council to approve construction of new two-minute pick-up and drop-off zones at Carindale at a cost of $40,000, although works are yet to be officially scheduled. A council spokeswoman said council had increased parking patrols around Carindale due to "intensified" vehicle traffic and safety concerns for pedestrians and motorists. The spokeswoman confirmed officers could take photographs to collect evidence of an offence. "For these type of offences, officers often do not have the opportunity to approach the vehicle to speak to the driver and issue the infringement before the vehicle drives off," she said. Deputy Infrastructure chair Councillor Ian McKenzie said Carindale had a high volume of traffic so it wasn't safe for motorists to be stopping unexpectedly in areas marked with yellow lines. "Council does recognise the need for more passenger loading facilities around the shopping centre and we are working to provide that, but until then motorists have the option of dropping off passengers at signed loading zones in the area, for example on Carindale St," Cr McKenzie said. Westfield corporate affairs manager Julia Clarke said Millennium Drive was a council road and the centre had no involvement in traffic enforcement.