Ticket: You're not allowed to park within 25' of a stop sign in DC?!

[JEDI]

guess it's a standing rule since i got a ticket.

there was nothing marked on the curb, and no signs that said you couldnt park there.

the exact violation:
p050 stop sign, <25ft from

and in the comments, it said "Ft from stop sign"

I didnt know such a law existed in DC, else i wouldnt have parked there.

and did the person who gave me the ticket screw up? i think he was suppose to list how many feet my car was from the stop sign, but didnt???
A technicality to get out of the $50 ticket?

 

[slayer202]

Isn't that the law EVERYWHERE? Good job

 

[Tobolo]

I wish that was a law where I live. I cannot stand idiots the park at intersections and expect people to be able to see approaching traffic.

 

[xanis]

Yeah, last time I checked it was a rule everywhere.

 

[spidey07]

Isn't that the law EVERYWHERE? Good job

For real. What state DOESN'T have this and why would OP not know this is the law, not just for safety sake, but plain common sense would tell you not to park that close to a stop sign. You'd obstruct it and possibly cause a deadly accident.

 

[MotF Bane]

Common sense is dead.

 

[BurnItDwn]

The law is 30 feet here for a stop sign (or any traffic signal) here.
Also, you need to be at least 15 feet from a fire hydrant.

That said, I don't generally drive anywhere where street parking is necessary ...
If there's not a parking lot with an abundance of spaces ... then it's not the type of place I'm very likely going to go to. Also, paying for parking is crazy!

 

[Lean L]

I wish that was a law where I live. I cannot stand idiots the park at intersections and expect people to be able to see approaching traffic.

Hahaha... funny to get pissed off at such a thing. Down here in Philly it's every god damned intersection. Just have to stare through windows and rely on your gut a little more.

 

[ViviTheMage]

Isn't that the law EVERYWHERE? Good job

It is here in Minneapolis/Minnesota...I love seeing people get tickets for parking in front of them, haha.

 

[biggestmuff]

Yajt

 

[Gibson486]

Yeah, last time I checked it was a rule everywhere.

not a law in Boston or Cambridge.....

 

[Dirigible]

Never heard of it. If it's the law in CA, please show me where the code spells it out. Here is a head start: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/tocd11c9.htm

 

[Mike Gayner]

Here in NZ it's 8 metres, which is about 2 feet. Why would you be parking that close to a stop sign anyway?

edit: And BTW what would you have the city do differently? Paint a red line on EVERY SINGLE CURB leading up to a stop sign? Either that or they could rely on people not being braindead idiots and save the money.

 

[Gibson486]

Here in NZ it's 8 metres, which is about 2 feet. Why would you be parking that close to a stop sign anyway?

edit: And BTW what would you have the city do differently? Paint a red line on EVERY SINGLE CURB leading up to a stop sign? Either that or they could rely on people not being braindead idiots and save the money.

ummmm.....8 meters is not 2 feet.....

 

[Colt45]

ummmm.....8 meters is not 2 feet.....

thinking he was going for 26'.

 

[Mike Gayner]

ummmm.....8 meters is not 2 feet.....

Obvious typo is obvious. 26 feet.

 

[MJinZ]

Not a law here in Massachusetts.

 

[Gibson486]

Obvious typo is obvious. 26 feet.

sure, except 26 feet is really not that close to a stop sign when you are parking.

 

[Mike Gayner]

sure, except 26 feet is really not that close to a stop sign when you are parking.

It's close for the people who are queuing at the stop sign genius.

 

[Gibson486]

It's close for the people who are queuing at the stop sign genius.

have a nice day and keep trying to save yourself.

 

[Mike Gayner]

have a nice day and keep trying to save yourself.

WTF are you on about, I didn't write the law.

 

[zinfamous]

Isn't that the law EVERYWHERE? Good job

25ft? that's insane. I thought it was always ~10 ft max. maybe in DC 25ft is to accommodate all the limos?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Not a law here in Massachusetts.

Not a state law; but controlled by the local municipalities.

Anywhere from 18 to 50 ft from the stop sign.

 

[BurnItDwn]

25ft? that's insane. I thought it was always ~10 ft max. maybe in DC 25ft is to accommodate all the limos?

Well, if there's a car less than 25 feet from the stop sign, and you are driving a road you don't normally drive ... the odds are very good that you won't see the stop sign in time to actually stop. Realize that approx 60% of people drive SUVs and the like where the windows are high and you may not be able to see through them, then also a big percentage will have tinted windows that you can't see through ...


Now I realize that most people that blow stop signs are blowing them on purpose, or not paying attention to what they are doing.... But ... I hate it when there's cars so close blocking the view of the stop sign....

 

[Pegun]

Drivers Ed FTW. 25 feet from a stop sign, 10 from a hydrant