March 15, 2004
Advanced Parking Theory
Imagine, if you will, a street with a north side that is cleaned on Tuesday mornings. This street is in my parking district, so if I were to park on the north side of this street on a Wednesday evening, it should stand to reason that I can park there until at least until the following Tuesday morning at 9:30, when the street-sweepers move in.
Right? Wrong.
I found my car with a $30 ticket on Sunday afternoon, allegedly for violating an "emergency" order. Obviously, if it were a real emergency, my car would have been towed or otherwise dragged to safety to make way for a fire truck, ambulance, Ghostbusters wagon or whatever else they brought in to solve the emergency.
Of course, they put up those "emergency" signs whenever someone moves (which they do on the block in question alarmingly often), but wouldn't it make sense to require the signs go up at the very latest the day of the latest street-cleaning, so people don't park their car and ditch it until the next cleaning?
I should fight this, I really should.
Posted by rj3 at March 15, 2004 3:44 PM
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Go fight The Man! But he'll just tell you that you should check on your car more often.
Posted by: nm at March 15, 2004 3:52 PM
i'm pretty sure those moving signs gotta be up 72 hours before the move date...at least that's what the cop-lady told me last time i moved.
i looked for details here, but no luck yet.
call your district police office if you have the time.
Posted by: ETJB at March 15, 2004 4:28 PM
how about you all blow up your cars and start walking? or riding bikes? you'll save gas, money on parking tickets (which is a very simple way for your city to make money $$ you know), and you'll be getting some much needed exercise.
Posted by: Lina at April 28, 2004 4:12 PM