Parking tickets!

[sweepyhead]

:cussing:

I got a parking ticket in a lot for not parking head in. Fine: $30! There were plenty of empty spaces, so I pulled HEAD IN into a spot and got a ticket for it. You know, two empty spots, pull into the second spot so you can drive right out. They'd rather me back out into something. I AM MAD! This is just a con to get you to pay up.

First thing you do is to peruse the ticket and check for inaccuracies if you want to fight it. I did that and it was accurate. Once I fought a ticket successfully using this method. Second, I have to return to the lot to see that it was marked "head in" parking only. If not, I will take a picture as evidence.

If that doesn't work, I will go to traffic court and contest it, and demand they define "head in." I did drive right into the spot, so I did park head in.

My mother once called me "feisty" and I don't take these things lying down. They will spend far more getting me to pay up than the ticket is worth. I do not submit to authority, and will appeal if I'm found guilty.

For the most part, I sincerely dislike cops and try to avoid them, as they only seem to be looking for a chance to give you a ticket. :nono:

 

[leisa10]

My dh does this. We recently read an article on hypermiling to save gas. This is ONE of the little ways to save on gas. Parking face out reduces gas usage by eliminating the unnecessary action of reverse. My dh has been employing this type of little gas savers. He drives 35 mi one-way to work 5 days a week. Employing tips like these have saved him an avg of 1 gallon per day. Hey, it adds up! :headbang:

 

[sweepyhead]

My dh does this. We recently read an article on hypermiling to save gas. This is ONE of the little ways to save on gas. Parking face out reduces gas usage by eliminating the unnecessary action of reverse. My dh has been employing this type of little gas savers. He drives 35 mi one-way to work 5 days a week. Employing tips like these have saved him an avg of 1 gallon per day. Hey, it adds up! :headbang:

But they give you a ticket for it! It's just a simple parking maneuver!

 

[ping1970]

Call it the red-neck in me but I would be right there with ya! I don't see what it hurts to park in the opposite direction :scratch: This might just be the country girl talking though because I have never seen a parking sign that told you which way to park :crazytongue: I hope that there isn't a marked sign anywhere and that don't have any trouble beating this one :headbang:

 

[sweepyhead]

I emailed the police department with a complaint, and I wrote a snail mail letter to the town's mayor and will do likewise to the chamber of commerce. I don't take this kind of thing lying down. They will have to work to get it out of me.

 

[lidarkside]

I've never seen head-in only parking either. That must be another weird Long Island thing! :laughing: Yet, the cops out here won't pull you over on the LIE (55 mph) until you're somewhere up near 90 mph! :scratch:

 

[sweepyhead]

I just emailed the chamber of commerce, telling them the cops are preying on shoppers. Hey, it's $30 and I'm ornery. :cussing:

 

[3mnkids1]

you are my new hero :headbang:

 

[Wolfie]

I've never seen head-in only parking either. That must be another weird Long Island thing! :laughing: Yet, the cops out here won't pull you over on the LIE (55 mph) until you're somewhere up near 90 mph! :scratch:

:scratch: wouldn't routine traffic stops make traffice worse on the LIE? Oh, that's right, how could it get worse? :laughing:

 

[inthesticks]

Wow...I've never heard of such a traffic law where one cannot "pull-through" and park. I've done that regularly. It's not in the Arkansas Drivers Manual, and there are no parking rules posted anywhere like that. I'm with sweepyhead here. I'd raise four kinds of hell over this! :cussing:

Fire off a strong Letter to the Editor of the local newspaper. Talk to a city council member about the silly rule, and ask for a satifactory explanation of the rule. And, if you still feel the need for revenge against the government...email me and I will give ya a few hints on guerrilla warfare and ways the common citizen can screw the govt. :laughing:

 

[lidarkside]

I've never seen head-in only parking either. That must be another weird Long Island thing! :laughing: Yet, the cops out here won't pull you over on the LIE (55 mph) until you're somewhere up near 90 mph! :scratch:

:scratch: wouldn't routine traffic stops make traffice worse on the LIE? Oh, that's right, how could it get worse? :laughing:

Oh, and don't get me started on the fire departments out here with the most expensive trucks in the nation, taxpayer-funded racecars, ladder trucks with nothing over two stories high, mahogany bars with big screen tv's, humvees, a vehicle for each situation, buses, tractor/tank trucks, Las Vegas and Carribean vacations (uh, I'm mean training)............. I could go on and on, but I'll probably blow. Oh, and there's also a fire department tax on our property tax bill.

Now, Newsday ran a whole section of articles on it for a week. If that attention did nothing to change these fire department's country club attitude, I highly doubt any local government official is going to pay a rat's arse to a traffic ticket! :cussing:

Yes, welcome to Long Island where the idiots reign free! Or is it rule? :scratch:

 

[ping1970]

I've never seen head-in only parking either. That must be another weird Long Island thing! :laughing: Yet, the cops out here won't pull you over on the LIE (55 mph) until you're somewhere up near 90 mph! :scratch:

:scratch: wouldn't routine traffic stops make traffice worse on the LIE? Oh, that's right, how could it get worse? :laughing:

Oh, and don't get me started on the fire departments out here with the most expensive trucks in the nation, taxpayer-funded racecars, ladder trucks with nothing over two stories high, mahogany bars with big screen tv's, humvees, a vehicle for each situation, buses, tractor/tank trucks, Las Vegas and Carribean vacations (uh, I'm mean training)............. I could go on and on, but I'll probably blow. Oh, and there's also a fire department tax on our property tax bill.

Now, Newsday ran a whole section of articles on it for a week. If that attention did nothing to change these fire department's country club attitude, I highly doubt any local government official is going to pay a rat's arse to a traffic ticket! :cussing:

Yes, welcome to Long Island where the idiots reign free! Or is it rule? :scratch:

Oh my gosh...we can't even afford a regular fire truck here...sad! Of course, I know the difference of the general population also...I guess you have to look good fighting fires when you are fighting fires for the rich and famous!!! I wonder if the go to a "regulars" house if they bring out the "regular" no frills firetruck :laughing:

 

[lidarkside]

I've never seen head-in only parking either. That must be another weird Long Island thing! :laughing: Yet, the cops out here won't pull you over on the LIE (55 mph) until you're somewhere up near 90 mph! :scratch:

:scratch: wouldn't routine traffic stops make traffice worse on the LIE? Oh, that's right, how could it get worse? :laughing:

Oh, and don't get me started on the fire departments out here with the most expensive trucks in the nation, taxpayer-funded racecars, ladder trucks with nothing over two stories high, mahogany bars with big screen tv's, humvees, a vehicle for each situation, buses, tractor/tank trucks, Las Vegas and Carribean vacations (uh, I'm mean training)............. I could go on and on, but I'll probably blow. Oh, and there's also a fire department tax on our property tax bill.

Now, Newsday ran a whole section of articles on it for a week. If that attention did nothing to change these fire department's country club attitude, I highly doubt any local government official is going to pay a rat's arse to a traffic ticket! :cussing:

Yes, welcome to Long Island where the idiots reign free! Or is it rule? :scratch:

Oh my gosh...we can't even afford a regular fire truck here...sad! Of course, I know the difference of the general population also...I guess you have to look good fighting fires when you are fighting fires for the rich and famous!!! I wonder if the go to a "regulars" house if they bring out the "regular" no frills firetruck :laughing:

I've only lived out here for just under five years; and, never in my life, did I ever see anything like the fire departments out here. The general population can't afford them. It's like inbreaded in them. They have a junior firemen where they indoctrinate the young unknowing children into it. They have fire police! :scratch: Out here the EMT's are firemen and the firemen are EMT's! :scratch:

They can't justify all the equipment and vehicles they have. They're volunteers; yet, they seem to believe they deserve the best and the most money can buy. Oh, and you wouldn't believe the size of the firehouses! I kid you not when I say the firehouses out here are like country clubs. They use the vehicles for personal/family use and you'll even spot them in other states. Some tiny towns have two huge firehouses (they don't have enough room for their toys). They all hang out there all day and drink like it's a country club too. Get this! Our fire departments have 150 to 200 volunteer firemen plus their ladies auxilary and junior fire department! :scratch: They also don't go anywhere without wearing their fireman's t-shirt, coat, and hat (the whole family). That's all they wear! I swear! They have a parade for every occasion during the year too.

Oh, I can go on and on. Long Island is definitely way out there! The general populous can't afford to live out here anymore. The foreclosures are immense. They're milking us dry and the state doesn't do anything about it.

I would do the same thing Sweepyhead is doing; but with the yeeha's we have running things out here, I wouldn't be too optimistic.

 

[sweepyhead]

I went to traffic court tonight, and pleaded not guilty to the charges. A trial is set for next month, and if found guilty I will appeal. I will also ask for as many reschedulings as I can get out of them. When I spoke to the judge, I said I'm incensed at the ticket, and I want to force the court to spend a lot of time and resources getting the cash out of me. I told him I want the court to work for it.

Yes, I am ornery. :cussing: