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Started by ducrider45, September 20, 2011, 07:18:55 PM

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September 20, 2011, 07:18:55 PM Last Edit: September 20, 2011, 07:46:37 PM by ducrider45
I went downtown today. I found metered street side parking. I put money in the meeter and went on my way. I got back to my car before the money ran out and before the 4pm rush hour no parking. At 3:55 I start my car and signal to pull out, but I am blocked by traffic. at 3:59 cop pulls in behind me with lights on. I assume that I am being pulled over for some reason, so I wait for the officer to approach. 4:00 the officer turns off his lights. I go to pull away and he darts around the side of my car and blocks me in the space. 4:04 he writes me a $100 ticket for parking in a rush hour no parking zone and puts it under my wiper (with me in the car, with the engine running, with the car pulled half way out of the parking space). I ask him why he gave me the ticket he just pointed to the signs. WTF! >:( I HATE DC!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cop: "That thing is so nasty I can't bring myself to write you a ticket."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from
those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson


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Meerkat

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September 20, 2011, 07:34:55 PM
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ducatiz

#2
September 21, 2011, 05:20:17 AM
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducatiz

#3
September 21, 2011, 05:20:55 AM
Quote from: ducrider45 on September 20, 2011, 07:18:55 PM
I went downtown today. I found metered street side parking. I put money in the meeter and went on my way. I got back to my car before the money ran out and before the 4pm rush hour no parking. At 3:55 I start my car and signal to pull out, but I am blocked by traffic. at 3:59 cop pulls in behind me with lights on. I assume that I am being pulled over for some reason, so I wait for the officer to approach. 4:00 the officer turns off his lights. I go to pull away and he darts around the side of my car and blocks me in the space. 4:04 he writes me a $100 ticket for parking in a rush hour no parking zone and puts it under my wiper (with me in the car, with the engine running, with the car pulled half way out of the parking space). I ask him why he gave me the ticket he just pointed to the signs. WTF! >:( I HATE DC!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you gotta be kidding
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

The Mad King Pepe'

#4
September 21, 2011, 05:23:19 AM
Don't be shy and contest the sh!t out of that ticket. DC cops will give you a ticket for whatever reason, especially during "that" time of the month.
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.

ducatiz

#5
September 21, 2011, 05:34:52 AM
I just don't even see how they can justify this if he wasn't even fully in the spot.  If you're either moving in or out of the spot, you're not in the spot.  Simple.
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducrider45

#6
September 21, 2011, 10:52:06 AM
I plan on fighting it. I'm going to try and do it on-line. I will present my story and a picture.
Cop: "That thing is so nasty I can't bring myself to write you a ticket."

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from
those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson


Washington D.C. area riders check out CAM on the local boards.

cokey

#7
September 21, 2011, 11:26:01 AM
If they pull behind you while parked, it means to move.. since you didnt, he gave you the ticket..
I WIN
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His name was Bob, but the family called him BeelzeBob. 
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#8
September 21, 2011, 12:31:39 PM
Fight it. There was a recent article in the Post talking about the ridiculous number of parking tickets given in the district and how a extremely large percentage of them who fought, ended up winning. It's just a way for them to make money

Found it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/commuting/district-rings-up-millions-in-parking-ticket-revenue/2011/08/23/gIQAxcefZJ_story.html

Artful

#9
September 21, 2011, 12:41:32 PM
I fought mine by simply not paying it. Four or five years ago I parked my bike on the sidewalk during a date, came back to a $100 coupon.

Screw 'em.

The date was terrible anyway.
Every time I meet a new group of your friends that understand you and your weird sense of humor I'm a little more amazed that there are other people in the world like you that lived through childhood - My loving girlfriend

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#10
September 21, 2011, 02:41:57 PM
I like how you think [thumbsup]
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ducati culture

#11
September 22, 2011, 01:24:33 PM
Quote from: Artful on September 21, 2011, 12:41:32 PM
I fought mine by simply not paying it. Four or five years ago I parked my bike on the sidewalk during a date, came back to a $100 coupon.

Screw 'em.

The date was terrible anyway.

Its safe to say thats easy on a bike.. If you were in a cage the meter maids will give  you a new wheel lock faster than you can smoke a tire.  :-X :-\ :-X

Artful

#12
September 22, 2011, 01:31:57 PM
Nonsense! That's just a job for Angle Grinder Man!!

Every time I meet a new group of your friends that understand you and your weird sense of humor I'm a little more amazed that there are other people in the world like you that lived through childhood - My loving girlfriend

ducatiz

#13
September 22, 2011, 03:31:21 PM
Actually, a small one that is battery run works well too.. :-)
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

The Mad King Pepe'

#14
September 22, 2011, 03:40:18 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on September 22, 2011, 03:31:21 PM
Actually, a small one that is battery run works well too.. :-)
That begs the question, how would you know?!?


[laugh]
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out-- Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me.
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