Parking tickets are dumb.

2strokebloke · #1 10-30-2003, 04:36 PM

Why is it that I can only buy six minutes with 10 cents? What a rip off. The city is a criminal. It's bad enough that I have to pay for parking, and it's worse that I have to pay the same ammount as people who park lincolns, or H2s - when my car occupies far less physical space.
Now for the worst part, in the seven minutes that I was busy checking out books and walking back to my car, the time I had paid for expired, and a meter reader happened to take note of this.
For seven minutes, which could have been paid for with just a faction over 10 cents, I got a ticket for $20. I knew my time had run out, and I was hurrying to get back as soon as possible, I was even thinking about putting a few more cents in to make up for the unpaid time I had spent occupying that little tiny rectangle of street space. But no. When I got back I had a ticket tucked under the wiper blade, and since I'm already complaining about the ticket anyway, I'll add that it was soggy from rain, and that made it even worse. Further, the ticket was very poorly printed, nothing that applied to my violation of parking laws lined up with the standard ticket, it was all printed sloppily, kind of shifted down, and out of alignment.
IF these people are so smart, why can't I just pay the 10.019 cents I really owe them? If I pay $20, I demand to get $20 worth of parking time damn it! They're criminals. At least they don't use the boot, where they literally hold your car hostage for a ransome, those are literal criminals, not even the figurative "robbers" that I've dealt with today. The booters are worse, literal scum, dragging society down.
I'm waiting for the day when people are issued "standing violations" for using sidewalks without paying the tolls.

Motor Eyes · #2 10-30-2003, 04:54 PM

i agree. that shits crazy!
good thing we got meter faries here. (or watever u call that bastard)
and i think they put in 10 or 20 cents. i wander if they get paid for it? isnt it illegal? thers a few girls wearing some sort of outfit that surely atrackts guys attention, and they call themselves those meter fairies. they walk around and put money in.
oh well 10c=10 minute so i think its enough time.
but i still dont like it. i have to alwyas go back and make sure im up to date with the park and add more money. and i hate it. especially if i have to drive home on my last 50 cents worth of fuel.
im gonna start parking at loading zones now

Neutrino · #3 10-31-2003, 04:26 AM

I'm with you guys...parking police is at the botom of the barrel tied up with spammers

YogsVR4 · #4 10-31-2003, 02:27 PM

Regardless of the space your vehicle takes up – I agree that parking tickets are pretty damn stupid. Just another revenue generator for the local cop shop.

HogieGT-R · #5 10-31-2003, 03:50 PM

another reason as to why i choose taking the T to school rather than driving there

Shiftlock · #6 10-31-2003, 11:24 PM

Another scam to get money out of your pockets.See how they have a parkie cop hiding and constantly checking the gauges,just crying to write you that ticket.Or better yet,give you the dreadful boot.I watched a show on TLC about these guys,they literally are all over just waiting to give you a ticket.What was funny was that they were gonna boot a guy,so he jumped in the car and tried to take off.Their yelling "Hurry,get that boot on NOW!!!"and he just get's away.I'm serious,the boot is the highlight of the day for them.If you tell them you'll pay,they'll say no.If you say don't put the boot on,same thing.If you try to stop them,you get charged for assaulting a officer,The worst thing about them is that they have just as much rights as an officer,only less than half the authority.

taranaki · #7 11-01-2003, 12:35 AM

Geez,you really are a bunch of cheapskates!A few lousy cents to ensure that you get a fair chance of parking in town?Sounds good to me.If you can't afford to run a car,don't drive.running home on your last 50 cents of fuel will only end up sucking all the crud from the bottom of the tank into your fuel filter.

As for tickets and clamps.......If you don't want to pay,don't assume that you can getaway with breaching the rules.

2strokebloke · #8 11-01-2003, 01:16 AM

You're right Tanaraki, I should just carry a sledge hammer in my car, and when I park I'll beat the figurative shit right out of that stupid device, and if the "parking enforcement officer" asks me what I did, I'll just tell him that it was like that when I got there.

HogieGT-R · #9 11-01-2003, 02:11 AM

or use a jack hammer like homer simpson did

Motor Eyes · #10 11-01-2003, 02:32 AM

once again my answer is: i dont like paing to park. the end.

meh. infact watever. they can have their lousy $0.50 if they want. i dont give a shit anymore.

Bryan Vandie · #11 11-01-2003, 08:22 AM

Heres what ya do, Take the ticket. Pay it. Go back to exact same location. without car (no need for another ticket) find metermaid. Get to know him or her. Some how find something incommon and exploit it. Strike up Ramdom conversation.Sympathize For them, applaud them for performing such a grueling job. Buy them a soft drink out of appreciation. Make plans to hang out sometime. As soon as you get into said "METER_NAZI'S" House take something worth The ticket value. It's upto you to continue this relationship or not. Are you so desperate that you need to keep a companion under these pretenses. Whatever you decide will work just fine for you.

sameintheend01 · #12 11-03-2003, 03:27 AM

don't even complain about parking. Parking at ucla is a quarter for 8 minutes. a quarter...not $.25. You literally have to have a quarter. kind of way too much for a student to pay. and parking is $7 a day. I went to UCSB this weekend and parking was $2 a day. And then i went to cal poly and they have FREE visitor parking. BTW, the ucla parking is enforced 24/7 for the permit spots. The meter are a little better. 7am-9pm all week.

sameintheend01 · #13 11-03-2003, 04:06 AM

check out this site too.

http://www.parkingticket.com/

joedirt76 · #14 11-11-2003, 06:35 PM

City's have to make money to fix the roads somehow right?

X_phrost_X · #15 11-17-2003, 10:26 AM

yeah parking tickets are def the worst.. i was at the beach one day and i just put the car in a spot to check the surf and im walking back 5 mins later and i see a rent a cop on a bike smacking me with a 25$ ticket.. I mean i was already on my way to the car before he wrote the ticket... now thats asshole... couldnt do anything tho becuase im sure he wouldve taken me downtown on that bike of his.

Phrost

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