another tedious parking post: 20 ft rule

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Ok - here's another tedious parking post.... (yeah yeah ;-)

Got TWO tickets for being within 20 feet of an intersection - on a street I have lived for 15 years - and in a spot I have parked and seen others park many, many times before. In the same general area there are also many little 'stub' parking spaces - where the space between a driveway and the corner/intersection is @ 12-15 feet - so that parking there would not be legal - yet with each one there is a parking sign there citing street cleaning, etc. - so those spaces appear to be legal but are apparently *not* legal, given the 20 foot rule, yet cars there don't get tagged.

I am happy to follow the rules (20 ft == fire engine clearance, etc) and pay the fines if I get them but I am having trouble knowing where the rules apply and where they don't. Parking enforcement seems increasingly arbitrary and capricious or what?? - based on the mood of the ticket person and whether or not they got laid the night before?

I know parking rants are... rants.... and this is also a rant - but I have lived on this same street for 15 years and I really can't tell any more where it it safe to park.

Definitely going to contest this and get my 5 minutes of rant time.