$835 Parking Ticket...

[LTC8K6]

I guess that'll learn 'em...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43013252/ns/us_news-weird_news/

 

[goobernoodles]

Respect my authoritaaaah!!

Lol - that's ridiculous.

 

[thescreensavers]

lol, way too much but. Red curb man how dumb can you be

 

[amdhunter]

Good for her. She knew what she was doing.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Its not about the money, yeah ok.

 

[ShawnD1]

She should do a B&E on one of the city council member's houses. That'll cover the cost

 

[dainthomas]

Its not about the money, yeah ok.

I wonder how much taxpayer money it would cost to send a crew to repair or re-sod the grass after the soccer moms too lazy to walk 20 feet finish tearing it up with their minivans and SUVs?

No picture in the article, but she's likely well north of 200 pounds.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

lol, way too much but. Red curb man how dumb can you be

Yeah... I thought everybody knew red curbs were bad... (even in the UK).

Sherman admitted passing up open spaces, driving over a curb and parking in the grass at the Sports Recreation Complex on Sunday.

/facepalm

 

[PottedMeat]

No picture in the article, but she's likely well north of 200 pounds.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/835-parking-ticket-leaves-woman-furious-25211337

she's hot and drives an escalade.

i wonder how much the other drivers were ticketed, maybe the cop saw 'escalade' and thought cha-ching!

 

[PlasmaBomb]

No picture in the article, but she's likely well north of 200 pounds.

Surprisingly not...

 

[dainthomas]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/politics-15749652/835-parking-ticket-leaves-woman-furious-25211337

she's hot and drives an escalade.

i wonder how much the other drivers were ticketed, maybe the cop saw 'escalade' and thought cha-ching!

I stand by the first part of my post. And she's still lazy.

How slow of a news day does it have to be when they try to milk sympathy for this chick in her shiny new Escalade who throws a hissy fit when she can't do whatever she wants?

Lol.

 

[alkemyst]

Its not about the money, yeah ok.

It's not, it's about a high enough penalty to make people think twice.

I know A LOT of people that have no issue paying $50-100 to just park like asshats at an event. Chances are most of the times parking is $15-20 anyway.

Making it $300-500+ makes it a point not to park where you aren't supposed to.

 

[the DRIZZLE]

It's not, it's about a high enough penalty to make people think twice.

I know A LOT of people that have no issue paying $50-100 to just park like asshats at an event. Chances are most of the times parking is $15-20 anyway.

Making it $300-500+ makes it a point not to park where you aren't supposed to.

Yeah $250-300 would have been sufficiently high to provide a deterrent. $800 is absurd.

 

[zerocool84]

Yeah $250-300 would have been sufficiently high to provide a deterrent. $800 is absurd.

Exactly

That's waaaaay too high of a penalty. A couple hundred I would agree with, not over $800.

 

[thegimp03]

I was coming into the thread thinking this was in a place like San Francisco or Chicago. Did not expect it to be Iowa. $800 does seem absurd, but she drives an $80,000 new Escalade so I'm sure she won't have a problem paying up.

 

[alkemyst]

Yeah $250-300 would have been sufficiently high to provide a deterrent. $800 is absurd.

$250 is a bit low. $800 is high though.

 

[waggy]

I don't have a problem with the amount. she knew she was doing something wrong but did it anyway.

i bet $800 she won't do it again hehe

 

[Eli]

She'll either win, and the place will have to shell out a bunch of money for extra signs, or she'll lose .. pitifully.

 

[dpodblood]

While I will say $800 is a bit insane for a parking ticket (hell that would be insane for a speeding ticket) she has to be pretty dumb to park on grass where there are signs saying "DON'T PARK ON THE GRASS" and there are open parking spaces.

 

[LTC8K6]

While I will say $800 is a bit insane for a parking ticket (hell that would be insane for a speeding ticket) she has to be pretty dumb to park on grass where there are signs saying "DON'T PARK ON THE GRASS" and there are open parking spaces.

Everyone wants to park in the shade of a tree on a hot day...

 

[Plugers]

Stick that B* with the $800. Screw those self important pricks.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i know in philly, parking in a handicapped spot is $305. my roommate accidentally did that. you learn real fast

 

[shortylickens]

Yeah $250-300 would have been sufficiently high to provide a deterrent. $800 is absurd.

Bullshit.

All current evidence shows fines are most definitely NOT a deterrent to parking or moving violations.

If cities really wanted to shut down law breakers they would impound vehicles. Fines are easy income for cities, nothing more. They are totally unrelated to law and order.

 

[Pariah]

More places should have fines like this for people who blatantly ignore the rules and think they can do whatever they feel like. If she loses, which she should, I bet she won't do it again, and that's the point. If the fine doesn't deter someone from doing something, it isn't high enough. Watch the video, they show the area she parked. Anyone with even half a brain could tell that area was not intended for parking, and those trees wouldn't have provided any useful shade anyway.

Who cares if it's about the money or not? If cities can make money off of self-important jackasses like this women, I am all for it.

 

[HarryLui]

Did the deeds, now do the time. I guess people over there park on the grass regularly.

Nothing like having a Bugatti Veyron taken away for you though.

Some jurisdictions give the cars back after impounding them for a period of time, though in Holland, the car can be confiscated permanently and that's just what happened a few weeks back when a 20-year old who had borrowed his dad's car, was booked for doing double the speed limit – 160 kmh in an 80 kmh zone.

That was just far enough over the limit to permanently lose the vehicle he was driving, and win him the world record for the most expensive speeding ticket in history, even if it was effectively being paid by his father – he was driving pop's Bugatti Veyron worth EUR1.8 million!

http://www.gizmag.com/the-worlds-most-expensive-speeding-fine/14981/