NYPD/DOT can go f**k themselves!

[Daverino]

Welcome to NYC. Personally, with so many people crammed into high-rise appt's and what not, I'm glad it's 15 feet. If by your own admission, you only left 4 feet, well, I don't know any city, including NYC, where that would be considered OK.

And there are tons of public restrooms in NYC. Look for the green 'Starbucks' sign. . .

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: glugglug
you got off really cheap.

When I was unloading my car into my dorm room at UCF in Orlando, I opened the double doors in back of the building, and backed my car into the building (literally inside), so that I could unload from the trunk to the elevator without walking.

The ticket for this was over $200 because it was a "fire hazard". Not sure if that refers to the condition of the car or its location. This was 15 or 16 years ago, in FL.

I am truly amazed that a ticket for parking near a hydrant in NYC would be less, the prices for everything else car-related here, especially parking-related, are outrageous. My one speeding ticket in NY was $680.....

That was probable on purpose. If the fine was a lot higher then more people would fight it and that would cost as mcuh or more then what they made off the ticket. If the price is low enough then people are more likely not to fight it and its almost like free money to the city.

 

[Homerboy]

"your honor, the deceased didn't have a yellow sign saying 'don't shoot me'.... how was I supposed to know I couldn't"

 

[jman19]

Are there any cities where 4 feet from the hydrant is acceptable? :roll:

 

[SoulAssassin]

Plan on driving into NYC again in the future? If not, ignore it. A non-moving violation shouldn't come back at you unless they send it to collections and it ends up on your credit report in which case ignore anything I say.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
Plan on driving into NYC again in the future? If not, ignore it. A non-moving violation shouldn't come back at you unless they send it to collections and it ends up on your credit report in which case ignore anything I say.

I'm not entirely sure how they handle parking tickets in New York, but I remember KarenMarie saying that she had to pay something like $2000 in interest and penalties on a parking ticket that her brother (?) got in her car shortly before she moved to the UK for several years. Ouch. That was in NJ though.

 

[Reggae4k]

Fight the ticket at one of the 5 Traffic Violation Bureau. The best one is either in Jamaica (Queens) or Flushing (Queens). Do not bring evidence since its not going to help. When you are called for your hearing, be polite to the judge, explain that you believe the ticketing agent is in error and that you were a lot further than the ticketing agent wrote down. Usually the judge will ask you how far does the law states, and you will say 15 feet and they will dismiss the ticket. I received a similar ticket last year and fought the ticket and that was my experience. A lady ahead of me also had the same ticket and she stated the law is 10 feet and the judge made her pay the entire ticket. I went to the Jamaica office.

 

[Nerva]

on behalf of new york city, please do not come back. at least you had the sense to stay in queens. manhattan does not welcome you

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
Plan on driving into NYC again in the future? If not, ignore it. A non-moving violation shouldn't come back at you unless they send it to collections and it ends up on your credit report in which case ignore anything I say.

Well, the tag on my car is my old Maryland tag, which is registered at my old Maryland address--I moved to DC and will be getting a new DC drivers' license and tags in a week or so! :evil:

In all honesty I don't want to risk the credit hit--I'll fight it online and see what happens, then I'll probably just pay it.

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: Reggae4k
Fight the ticket at one of the 5 Traffic Violation Bureau. The best one is either in Jamaica (Queens) or Flushing (Queens). Do not bring evidence since its not going to help. When you are called for your hearing, be polite to the judge, explain that you believe the ticketing agent is in error and that you were a lot further than the ticketing agent wrote down. Usually the judge will ask you how far does the law states, and you will say 15 feet and they will dismiss the ticket. I received a similar ticket last year and fought the ticket and that was my experience. A lady ahead of me also had the same ticket and she stated the law is 10 feet and the judge made her pay the entire ticket. I went to the Jamaica office.

I'm heading back to DC on Wednesday so I'll just do the online appeal thing, in which case they don't look at evidence (only the written statement).

 

[Dirigible]

Originally posted by: jman19
Are there any cities where 4 feet from the hydrant is acceptable? :roll:

Plenty of times while trying to park around here I've seen a space just big enough to park one car in. I think, "Woohoo! Parking space." But I get closer and turns out there's a hydrant there. The curb is painted red so people don't park near it. But it's not a lot of area that's off limits - like I said, just enough room total around the hydrant to park one car.

I'm in the, "If you don't want people parking there paint the damn curbs," camp. Make things obvious.

 

[oboeguy]

A coworker who drives to work from time to time had me got out to her car with a measuring tape we have at work to check her parking spot the other day. Yeah, the cops are tough around here. Funny thing is, I always thought it was 14 feet but found out that day that it's 15ft.

OP, suck it up. If you were really 4ft away, you can't honestly say that you think you should get away with it. That's way too close!

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Dirigible

Originally posted by: jman19
Are there any cities where 4 feet from the hydrant is acceptable? :roll:

Plenty of times while trying to park around here I've seen a space just big enough to park one car in. I think, "Woohoo! Parking space." But I get closer and turns out there's a hydrant there. The curb is painted red so people don't park near it. But it's not a lot of area that's off limits - like I said, just enough room total around the hydrant to park one car.

I'm in the, "If you don't want people parking there paint the damn curbs," camp. Make things obvious.

In Cali, the distance defaults to 15'. If a local ordinance reduces it to less than 10', it must be marked.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d11/vc22514.htm

Fire Hydrants

22514. No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle within 15 feet of a fire hydrant except as follows:

(a) If the vehicle is attended by a licensed driver who is seated in the front seat and who can immediately move such vehicle in case of necessity.

(b) If the local authority adopts an ordinance or resolution reducing that distance. If the distance is less than 10 feet total length when measured along the curb or edge of the street, the distance shall be indicated by signs or markings.

(c) If the vehicle is owned or operated by a fire department and is clearly marked as a fire department vehicle.

 

[mh47g]

You'd probably be more upset if a fire truck had to plow over your car to get to the hydrant.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: mh47g
You'd probably be more upset if a fire truck had to plow over your car to get to the hydrant.

yeah but the pics eh would take would be better..well at least for us heh

 

[BoomerD]

http://home2.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/asp2007.pdf
"It is illegal to park within 15 feet of either side of a fire
hydrant. The painted curbs at hydrant locations DO NOT
indicate where you can park."

 

[Inspector Jihad]

ehh, looks fine to me. i've seen similar distances here in philly with no problems. but what do i know.

 

[maziwanka]

i have paid many many nyc parking tickets. they suck but it is what it is.

i just try to be much more careful now where i park and am far more inclined to use a garage if i can't find a place to park.

i think im up to like 700ish in parking tickets in all the years i've been driving (26 now).

 

[jagec]

It does kinda suck that they don't paint the curbs, but you WERE parked pretty close to the hydrant. I'd have been nervous about leaving my car there for an hour, much less overnight.

I once got a parking ticket in NYC for leaving my car on the street during street cleaning day. I honestly didn't see the sign, it had been bent sideways on the pole. I wrote it in, and they probably looked at my Washington plates and said "F it, we'll never get paid anyway," and forgave the whole thing.

 

[Sinsear]

Would have been better if they towed your car or put one of the boots on it. Cry more please for breaking the law and being caught.

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: Sinsear
Would have been better if they towed your car or put one of the boots on it. Cry more please for breaking the law and being caught.

never seen a boot in nyc

 

[manly]

Is it the camera angle or is the small car just behind his VW trapped? If the latter, while parking, did the OP subconsciously realize he was too close to the hydrant?

 

[EPCrew]

15 feet...

 

[Coquito]

The Waterfront Crab House is yummy. A little pricey for Queens, but the bathtub full of peanuts & memorabilia, in addition to food is wonderful. The meat(more so then the seafood{really?}), is pretty comparable to pricer steakhouses.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Coquito
The Waterfront Crab House is yummy. A little pricey for Queens, but the bathtub full of peanuts & memorabilia, in addition to food is wonderful. The meat(more so then the seafood{really?}), is pretty comparable to pricer steakhouses.

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