Stupid parking ticket!!! 6 minutes too early! WTH?!

Hawk

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We had street cleaning, so I searched for a parking spot for like 15 minutes. Finally, just parked a couple miles away where street cleaning ends at 10 a.m. I park there at like 9:50, then proceed to get on the bus to go to class.

Come back, got a ticket, the bastard gave me a ticket at 9:54 (it says, I think it was more like 10:02), so that's $40 down the drain. $#%$#(*%$#

Moral of the story...?

DON'T GO TO CLASS!!!

I should've just driven to like Best Buy and parked there while window shopping or something! Bastards.
 

BlueApple

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Well you did break traffic laws.... but I can see were you are comming from. I guess you take the risk.
 

khtm

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Drive to the office where you pay the ticket, and make up some lame excuse to get out of it.
They usually let you get away with it if you're a first time offender. It's worth a try, at least.

-khtm-
 

beekman

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I live in queens, sweeping starts at 8:30am, I got ticketed at 8:29am , I watched the dude slap it on my windshield...wtf!
one second late? I had the keys in my hand
 

Jfur

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my car was actually towed once when some lamo construction workers put up signs AFTER I had parked there and then called the police. The policeman was like, "yeah, this happens a lot". I ended up paying for the ticket, the towing, and a FEE for looking at the letter I sent to petition a judge (with photos of the scence while they were STILL putting up more "No patking signs at like 10am" where cars were parked...) :|:disgust:
 
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In my city they are notrious. I think they pre print the tickets..and just go around issuing them.. why else does everyone get tickets between 8:00 and 8:05..

I once got a ticket at exactly 8:00 and for some reason it was 7:55 at my watch (US standard time).. ofcourse I paid it without complaining.. but still its a pain in teh butt.
 

Hawk

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<< Drive to the office where you pay the ticket, and make up some lame excuse to get out of it. >>



Does that really work? =)

Yeah, I think they preprint the 8:01 tickets and the 9:59 tickets and just slap them on too. Either that or they adjust their watches so it's 5 minutes early in the beginning and 5 minutes late at the end.

beekman: can't you argue that ticket since it says 8:29 on it?
 

beekman

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it wasn't written on the ticket, it was on my watch. but I am going contest it anyway, it happened just his past monday