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That is brilliant.
I recall contesting a parking infringement in college. Not nearly as a good write up, but I do recall drawing pictures, stick figures, etc proving that where I parked was actually a space.
I can't remember if I won or not, but i think I did.
oh man. the city of new york would not stand for this and immediately arrest you.
I'm not sure I could have restrained myself in this situation. I may have beat the meter maid with my briefcase.
City: 0
Little guy: 1
[thumbsup]
Quote from: He Man on April 16, 2010, 08:15:04 AM
oh man. the city of new york would not stand for this and immediately arrest you.
100%
I was driving a buddy of mine's car and parking in College Park, MD. The meter maid was a comin and I thankfully was saved as she got held up by a car. This car was clearly not having JUST parked and already had 2 slips on the window wiper. She proceeded to write a third which took a moment or few more than normal. The automated machine expidites the process with thermal print-out ease after she punches a series of buttons, a process that is usually less than a minute per ticket, except in this case. I feed my meter and do what I gotta at Kinko's and walk to another store and grab a beverage. A few minutes later when I walked to my car I see the owner of the car walking to his vehicle calmly ( absolutely the opposite of what I would be doing if I saw ticket(s) on my windsheild). He looks at he tickets like no biggie and puts em back on the windshield. He turns and walks away smiling and saying something to the tune of "...wrong again..." with a snicker and laugh in his voice.
I stop him an ask about it and he then shares with me his reasoning for not caring as to why the parking nazi's were continuing to lay fines on him. The car was a Citroen 2CV and they have written ticket after ticket on the car, but none of them are right. They have called it a VW, a Renault, a Mitsubishi, and a Saab previously, but this time they called it an Opel. He explained to me that he simply goes to the office with the tickets and shows his registration to verify information and says that these tickets are mistakes and are not his car and they simply void them due to them being written up as incorrect make/model/etc. He said to me that until they write it up as the right car, he'll continue to not pay any tickets and therefore not feed the meters. It was almost like the diplomats that drive and park with impunity on a regular basis, but this time it was a simple regular everyday kinda guy.
I was parked legally at a job site at a State government building in Sacramento in a designated construction parking zone. All I was doing was getting some revised plans from the site supervisor. I was parked 8-10 minutes tops. When I come out I see a jackass writing up a ticket. Since you guys know me, you know that I am extremely cordial and polite when I think someone is being an asshole. So calmly pointed out the sign on the wall directly above my car that designates the construction parking there in the alley to the stupid mothermake the beast with two backser. I also directed his attention to the trucks parked both fore and aft of my vehicle in case he his vision was IZ_ from getting poked in the eye with a dick.
This is when he tells me to read the sign again. It reads "Truck parking for construction only."
I say, "Yeah, so?"
"Well," he says, "you drive a car. You can't park here."
I was standing there, wearing a hard hat and carrying a set of plans for the very building the sign is mounted to with my mouth agape. I suggested that perhaps his mother could help him figure out how this parking area and then went on to describe other acrobatics she may enjoy with the help of various instruments and implements.
That's great! [thumbsup] At least the city listened.
My wife got a parking ticket for sitting in the alley behind my building. She was sitting in the car when the ticket was placed on the window, and had been there maybe 60 seconds as I was walking down from the 3rd floor. [roll] The meter maid didn't even bother to just ask her to move (which she would hae done...she didn't know it was illegal to pick people up in Seattle alleys...there are no signs). When I came down I let the meter maid know I thought it was BS.
Fast forward 3 days. I get a parking ticket (same car) for parking within 5 feet of a driveway return. MY DRIVEWAY! I essentially got a ticket for blocking my own damn driveway. [bang]
Coincidence? [roll]
Seattle didn't drop either ticket.
Quote from: Triple J on April 16, 2010, 08:48:45 AM
That's great! [thumbsup] At least the city listened.
My wife got a parking ticket for sitting in the alley behind my building. She was sitting in the car when the ticket was placed on the window, and had been there maybe 60 seconds as I was walking down from the 3rd floor. [roll] The meter maid didn't even bother to just ask her to move (which she would hae done...she didn't know it was illegal to pick people up in Seattle alleys...there are no signs). When I came down I let the meter maid know I thought it was BS.
Fast forward 3 days. I get a parking ticket (same car) for parking within 5 feet of a driveway return. MY DRIVEWAY! I essentially got a ticket for blocking my own damn driveway. [bang]
Coincidence? [roll]
Seattle didn't drop either ticket.
In NYC they cant ticket you for blocking your own driveway. its a private 311 matter that invovles a tow truck that will get here faster than a 911 call about a ongoing shootout.
Quote from: cyrus buelton on April 16, 2010, 07:22:47 AM
I recall contesting a parking infringement in college. Not nearly as a good write up, but I do recall drawing pictures, stick figures, etc proving that where I parked was actually a space.
I can't remember if I won or not, but i think I did.
Depends. Were these stick figure drawings akin to your other drawings? ;D
I once got a ticket when they painted the curb next to my car red. It was near my apartment. There was about 5 feet of unpainted curb and the rest was old warn red paint. People always parked at that one spot, including me for the couple months I had been living there. I parked there one Friday, got picked up Saturday morning, then when I got dropped off Saturday afternoon the curb was practically glowing red with fresh paint and I had a ticket on my windshield. Of course they didn't excuse it.
I pulled up in front of Walmart to let my (disabled) wife out in a snowstorm. Handicap tag dangling from the mirror. SUV in front of me letting someone out, so I wait for them to move. As we're wating, meter boy walks up, knocks on the window, hands me a ticket for a no parking zone. I took it to court and won, but it truly pissed me off.
Quote from: zooom on April 16, 2010, 08:39:36 AM
I was driving a buddy of mine's car and parking in College Park, MD. The meter maid was a comin and I thankfully was saved as she got held up by a car. This car was clearly not having JUST parked and already had 2 slips on the window wiper. She proceeded to write a third which took a moment or few more than normal. The automated machine expidites the process with thermal print-out ease after she punches a series of buttons, a process that is usually less than a minute per ticket, except in this case. I feed my meter and do what I gotta at Kinko's and walk to another store and grab a beverage. A few minutes later when I walked to my car I see the owner of the car walking to his vehicle calmly ( absolutely the opposite of what I would be doing if I saw ticket(s) on my windsheild). He looks at he tickets like no biggie and puts em back on the windshield. He turns and walks away smiling and saying something to the tune of "...wrong again..." with a snicker and laugh in his voice.
I stop him an ask about it and he then shares with me his reasoning for not caring as to why the parking nazi's were continuing to lay fines on him. The car was a Citroen 2CV and they have written ticket after ticket on the car, but none of them are right. They have called it a VW, a Renault, a Mitsubishi, and a Saab previously, but this time they called it an Opel. He explained to me that he simply goes to the office with the tickets and shows his registration to verify information and says that these tickets are mistakes and are not his car and they simply void them due to them being written up as incorrect make/model/etc. He said to me that until they write it up as the right car, he'll continue to not pay any tickets and therefore not feed the meters. It was almost like the diplomats that drive and park with impunity on a regular basis, but this time it was a simple regular everyday kinda guy.
Wow.
That guy is living the dream.
My house-mate is some kinda student cop for the local police and she told me about this exact thing. Sid Citroens are a pain the ass the ticket because they're like 5 pages into the car list.
Quote from: zooom on April 16, 2010, 08:39:36 AM
I stop him an ask about it and he then shares with me his reasoning for not caring as to why the parking nazi's were continuing to lay fines on him. The car was a Citroen 2CV and they have written ticket after ticket on the car, but none of them are right. They have called it a VW, a Renault, a Mitsubishi, and a Saab previously, but this time they called it an Opel. He explained to me that he simply goes to the office with the tickets and shows his registration to verify information and says that these tickets are mistakes and are not his car and they simply void them due to them being written up as incorrect make/model/etc. He said to me that until they write it up as the right car, he'll continue to not pay any tickets and therefore not feed the meters. It was almost like the diplomats that drive and park with impunity on a regular basis, but this time it was a simple regular everyday kinda guy.
Quote from: zooom on April 16, 2010, 08:39:36 AM
I was driving a buddy of mine's car and parking in College Park, MD. The meter maid was a comin and I thankfully was saved as she got held up by a car. This car was clearly not having JUST parked and already had 2 slips on the window wiper. She proceeded to write a third which took a moment or few more than normal. The automated machine expidites the process with thermal print-out ease after she punches a series of buttons, a process that is usually less than a minute per ticket, except in this case. I feed my meter and do what I gotta at Kinko's and walk to another store and grab a beverage. A few minutes later when I walked to my car I see the owner of the car walking to his vehicle calmly ( absolutely the opposite of what I would be doing if I saw ticket(s) on my windsheild). He looks at he tickets like no biggie and puts em back on the windshield. He turns and walks away smiling and saying something to the tune of "...wrong again..." with a snicker and laugh in his voice.
I stop him an ask about it and he then shares with me his reasoning for not caring as to why the parking nazi's were continuing to lay fines on him. The car was a Citroen 2CV and they have written ticket after ticket on the car, but none of them are right. They have called it a VW, a Renault, a Mitsubishi, and a Saab previously, but this time they called it an Opel. He explained to me that he simply goes to the office with the tickets and shows his registration to verify information and says that these tickets are mistakes and are not his car and they simply void them due to them being written up as incorrect make/model/etc. He said to me that until they write it up as the right car, he'll continue to not pay any tickets and therefore not feed the meters. It was almost like the diplomats that drive and park with impunity on a regular basis, but this time it was a simple regular everyday kinda guy.
I would think the Tag number would trump the fact that they wrote down the wrong make of the car.
Quote from: kopfjäger on April 18, 2010, 07:32:12 AM
I would think the Tag number would trump the fact that they wrote down the wrong make of the car.
If they can get the brand or color wrong a reasonable assumption is they can get the tag number wrong too.
lesson that we all learned = get a citroen they are such an obscure car nobody will ever get the make and model correct ever..
or get an old triumph tr7
lots of odd older cars that can go under the radar.
whatever happened to 'the shape of things to come'?
Quote from: ducpainter on April 18, 2010, 11:19:50 AM
whatever happened to 'the shape of things to come'?
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Quote from: alfisti on April 18, 2010, 11:22:52 AM
(http://moblog.net/media/m/i/c/microhappy/tony-danza-doorstop.jpg)
;D
In Portland, you are considered parked, as per the statutes, if you've been in the spot for 30 seconds.
Quote from: howie on April 18, 2010, 10:49:46 AM
If they can get the brand or color wrong a reasonable assumption is they can get the tag number wrong too.
No, not really. Not knowing the make of an obscure car? Yes. Just so happen to write down the exact same plate number that is attached to said car? Not a chance. I write the last 6 of the VIN as well, no way I happened to get both right by accident.
Quote from: hbliam on April 18, 2010, 06:59:41 PM
No, not really. Not knowing the make of an obscure car? Yes. Just so happen to write down the exact same plate number that is attached to said car? Not a chance. I write the last 6 of the VIN as well, now way I happened to get both right by accident.
but you are SuperCop, luckily most of us deal with the lesser of your species. [cheeky]
In college I got towed one day while I was at my internship. There was a loading area near the entrance, and every day when I got there the daily delivery truck was either there or had already left. Once he left for the day people could get away with parking in the loading area, so on the days there was no truck when I got there I just parked right on the ramp. Well one day the driver was running really late and didn't get there until after I did, so he wrote down the plate and walked into the campus police station and asked to have the car towed. He had written down the plate wrong and no car came up when they ran the plate, so he went out and wrote it down again. When they ran it again they came up with the same year, make, model and color as my car, only he had written down the plate wrong again so it came up with a different name. The police didn't recognize the name, so they had the car towed.
Take a wild guess where my internship was...
dealership?
Quote from: faolan01 on April 21, 2010, 10:53:47 AM
Take a wild guess where my internship was...
the police station?
Quote from: zooom on April 16, 2010, 08:39:36 AM
I was driving a buddy of mine's car and parking in College Park, MD. The meter maid was a comin and I thankfully was saved as she got held up by a car. This car was clearly not having JUST parked and already had 2 slips on the window wiper. She proceeded to write a third which took a moment or few more than normal. The automated machine expidites the process with thermal print-out ease after she punches a series of buttons, a process that is usually less than a minute per ticket, except in this case. I feed my meter and do what I gotta at Kinko's and walk to another store and grab a beverage. A few minutes later when I walked to my car I see the owner of the car walking to his vehicle calmly ( absolutely the opposite of what I would be doing if I saw ticket(s) on my windsheild). He looks at he tickets like no biggie and puts em back on the windshield. He turns and walks away smiling and saying something to the tune of "...wrong again..." with a snicker and laugh in his voice.
I stop him an ask about it and he then shares with me his reasoning for not caring as to why the parking nazi's were continuing to lay fines on him. The car was a Citroen 2CV and they have written ticket after ticket on the car, but none of them are right. They have called it a VW, a Renault, a Mitsubishi, and a Saab previously, but this time they called it an Opel. He explained to me that he simply goes to the office with the tickets and shows his registration to verify information and says that these tickets are mistakes and are not his car and they simply void them due to them being written up as incorrect make/model/etc. He said to me that until they write it up as the right car, he'll continue to not pay any tickets and therefore not feed the meters. It was almost like the diplomats that drive and park with impunity on a regular basis, but this time it was a simple regular everyday kinda guy.
i wonder if i put toyota emblems on my 91 nissan 300zx and get a license plate that reads 94supra if i can have the same luck with the parking tickets
Quote from: zooom on April 21, 2010, 11:13:39 AM
the police station?
we have a winner!
I was up in the evidence room most of the day and when I came back down and noticed a van where my car should have been I asked if anything interesting had happened that day. The dispatcher said "no, not really" and I asked if he was sure, to which he replied "well we did have one car towed from across the...OH SHIT, WAS THAT YOURS?!?!"
I got a good laugh, a ride in the cruiser to get my car back, and a great story out of it.
In 1995 I had a job interview at the University of Maryland. I drove my 1987 Crown Victoria station wagon (big car). I found a metered spot on the side of the road near the building I was going to visit. The space was a bit tight, but I could make it in if I turned the wheel just at the right moment. I was attempting to parallel park in an open legal metered space. I pull just forward of the space signal that Im turning and stop. I put the car in reverse and I back up slowly. As my mirror passes the rear of the car just in front of the space I cut the wheel hard and turn in. I then cut the wheel hard the other way to straighten up. Im almost all of the way in and my rear tire hits the curb. If I pull up a bit Im in. At this point I hear a voice yelling "stop". I stop and it is a meter maid yelling at me. She calls a police officer over and I get out of the car. She said that I almost hit the car behind me. I say thanks and get back in my car. I start to pull forward and the cop starts writing me a ticket. The officer never addressed me directly. I get out of my car and start walking away(unaware of a ticket) I get tackled and cuffed. The officer held me in cuffs on the side of the road for 3 hours! I was given a ticket for not obeying an officers directions and for parking more than 12 inches off of the curb. I had no idea what was going on and it was never explained to me. I missed my interview. I documented everything and went to court on my day. Cop did not show up. Judge found him in contempt of court and issued a warrant. It was a good day for me.
Quote from: ducrider45 on April 27, 2010, 11:35:48 AM
In 1995 I had a job interview at the University of Maryland. I drove my 1987 Crown Victoria station wagon (big car). I found a metered spot on the side of the road near the building I was going to visit. The space was a bit tight, but I could make it in if I turned the wheel just at the right moment. I was attempting to parallel park in an open legal metered space. I pull just forward of the space signal that Im turning and stop. I put the car in reverse and I back up slowly. As my mirror passes the rear of the car just in front of the space I cut the wheel hard and turn in. I then cut the wheel hard the other way to straighten up. Im almost all of the way in and my rear tire hits the curb. If I pull up a bit Im in. At this point I hear a voice yelling "stop". I stop and it is a meter maid yelling at me. She calls a police officer over and I get out of the car. She said that I almost hit the car behind me. I say thanks and get back in my car. I start to pull forward and the cop starts writing me a ticket. The officer never addressed me directly. I get out of my car and start walking away(unaware of a ticket) I get tackled and cuffed. The officer held me in cuffs on the side of the road for 3 hours! I was given a ticket for not obeying an officers directions and for parking more than 12 inches off of the curb. I had no idea what was going on and it was never explained to me. I missed my interview. I documented everything and went to court on my day. Cop did not show up. Judge found him in contempt of court and issued a warrant. It was a good day for me.
^ this is epic. I hate when police officers abuse their powers, it happens all to often. Being 21 years old and at college I get stopped at least 2 times a week during the college drinking nights. Thurs/Sat, I don't drink and every time I am stopped this is the first thing I say. The officer always look at me and goes "oh, ok" and walks away. I always say "why did you stop me" and they just get in the car and drive away. None of these times do the officers have probable cause to stop me, and yes, it is completely illegal. Yet it happens week after week.
I had a very similar story and the ticket was thrown out as well.
The guy was writing me up for a ticket as soon as I pulled into the parking spot. I had a special pass for the spot that someone in the college complex was running down to me.
Before I could even get my foot out this Bicycle pulls up blocks my door so I cant even get out and proceeds to walk behind my car and starts writing me up. I finally get out of the car and ask him what the hell he is doing and he just says to late. Its already in the system and don't hate me... its Just my Job. I was like okay... your job is to be a douche bag =)
In any case it was thrown out in the long run.
Quote from: winsomelosenone on April 27, 2010, 11:46:10 AM
None of these times do the officers have probable cause to stop me, and yes, it is completely illegal. Yet it happens week after week.
Quote from: ducrider45 on April 27, 2010, 11:35:48 AM
Cop did not show up. Judge found him in contempt of court and issued a warrant. It was a good day for me.
I call bullshit.
Quote from: hbliam on April 27, 2010, 02:36:14 PM
I call bullshit.
Why? Ever live in a college town? Every single car will be stopped on a Thursday night without cause because they assume your drinking. You need probable cause to pull someone over. No bullshit here.
Quote from: winsomelosenone on April 27, 2010, 02:42:23 PM
Why? Ever live in a college town? Every single car will be stopped on a Thursday night without cause because they assume your drinking. You need probable cause to pull someone over. No bullshit here.
Yes I have. I also know that with the legal liability police officers face these days they always wait for a driver to give them PC before they stop them. It never takes long. Just because they don't tell you why they stopped you doesn't mean they don't have PC. And if several different Officers all do the same thing (quickly walk away from you) it probably just means you need a shower.
No cops talk means just that.