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01-25-2013, 06:27 PM | Topic Starter |
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how pissed off would you be?
I had to run an errand today which resulted in me needing to park in a public parking lot that was 'pay to park.' It was $1.00 minimum for an hour. Whatever.
So I put my $1.00 in the automated machine and was away for 10 minutes. Came back. Parking ticket. I thought, "what the ****?" Violation: $30 ticket for 'head on parking' only. It was a half vacant lot so I pulled through one spot to park 'backed in' style in the spot across from it. I didn't take up more than 1 spot and parked perfectly, and saw NO posting about warnings for this type of parking. It's such a common type of parking. I'm sure it was posted somewhere in fine print but... I was appalled. THIRTY ****ing dollars...for 10 minutes in a spot I PAID FOR. How can they justify that? |
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01-25-2013, 06:29 PM | #2 |
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Fight it.
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01-25-2013, 06:30 PM | #3 |
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Court.
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01-25-2013, 06:33 PM | #4 |
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Are you black?
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01-25-2013, 06:34 PM | #5 |
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I don't really want to go appear in court over $30...but what a ****ing ridiculous ticket.
Violation: Head in Parking Only looking at this ****ing thing makes me want to punch something every night we get a campus alert of a girl getting r'd or a defenseless dude getting 'polar bear'd' but they are going to bleed respectful, tax paying, productive members of society $30 because they backed into a spot and paid for said spot in a 50% vacant lot. |
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01-25-2013, 06:43 PM | #6 | |
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In Houston there is a special court for parking tickets and if you go in there they usually waive the ticket because no one usually does. |
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01-25-2013, 06:44 PM | #7 | |
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I disputed the ticket online but like I said, I'm sure in this city lot their is fine print somewhere stating 'head in parking only'... It's Illinois, they need every dime they can get. It's just sickening. |
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01-25-2013, 06:36 PM | #8 |
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Damn gubment.
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01-25-2013, 06:37 PM | #9 |
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honestly I just wanted to know if anyone has ever even heard of such a thing
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01-25-2013, 06:39 PM | #10 |
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Is it a city lot? Or a privately run lot? If its a city lot make them show you the statute. If its a private lot tell them to pound sand.
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01-25-2013, 06:42 PM | #11 |
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sorry for your loss
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01-25-2013, 06:42 PM | #12 |
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bring him in for a look?
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Yeah...that's a first for me. Why would they care how you parked?
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01-25-2013, 06:47 PM | #14 | |
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but all I did this morning was look at this lot, pull in, see that it was 50% empty...so instead of parking next to someone and dealing with door dings I just pulled up to the adjacent spot with no one on either side of my car... when I came back to my car I started it up and saw an orange ticket in my windshield and thought to myself "did I enter the wrong spot # in the machine?" then I looked at it and saw $30 and I was like "holy God" and then I scrolled down to the reasoning and saw "head in parking only" and immediately saw red. |
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01-25-2013, 06:45 PM | #15 |
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like I said
fine. Apparently I broke a rule I didn't know existed. Fine me the standard $10 for not putting money in the meter. I just find it grossly appalling that I PAID THE METER and received a parking ticket for 3 X the amount of the broke assholes that don't even bother paying the meter. |
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