N.Y. Priest Protests $115 Parking Ticket

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
In light of the fact that his parking there does not appear to have inconvenienced an ambulance arriving at the hospital, I think it should have been overturned.

So he should only get a ticket if an ambulance pulls up while he's parked there?

:roll:

Courts allow for hindsight. The priest was attending to a deathly ill woman who might've passed at any moment. The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is EXTREMELY important for devout Catholics. He was in and out within a half hour.

He deserved a ticket, but there's no reason that they couldn't have overturned it in this rare case.

And then everyone on earth would expect special treatment for their rare case emergencies and every parking ticket written would have to be reviewed. Laws like that only work if they apply to everyone. Giving anyone the ability to weasel out by inventing some reason why their case is special renders them useless.

It's not like it's going to set a precedent. Every parking ticket would not have to be reviewed. Those who plead guilty accept the fine/points. Those who don't plead guilty have their day in court already, so nothing changes.

It'd still be up to the courts to judge each case individually. People weasel out of all sorts of tickets already for a variety of reasons.

Ultimately, them overturning a ticket every now and then for extreme exceptions changes nothing.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: BigJ
He parked illegally, he deserved a ticket.

However, I find it in very poor taste that they did ticket him, and didn't make an exception.

does fighting this ticket make him a protestant?

yeah i know.. really bad joke!