48 hour resident parking rule

[robin bobo]

Hi,

I just got slapped with a parking ticket for leaving my car in one spot for 48 hours. (I am a resident.) I guess it was obvious from the snow piled on top of it.

But this just sounds like a bad law. Why would you want to incentivize people to move their cars every 2 days? I am not blocking thing, I am in a legal parking spot, no one is hurt by me leaving my car where I park it all of the time. If they have problem with me leaving snow on my car, then the law should be, "Residents must clear snow from car within 48hours of snow storm."

rb.

Comments

[greyautumnrain.livejournal.com]

It is an exceedingly dumb law, and they can't really enforce it unless it's obvious you haven't moved because there is a foot snow on your car. Nearly every weekday I leave my favorite spot in front of my house at 7:55 AM only to return and park in that very same place about 20 minutes later. I doubt the people handing out tickets can actually tell that I've moved. I suppose that during winters like this they want to avoid letting cars sit under a bank of snow for all of February, but there are probably saner ways of accomplishing that.

I guess the take home from this is next time just clear the snow off your car so they can't prove you didn't move.

[littlecitynames.livejournal.com]

I worried for a little while about parking in the same spot that I left earlier in the day, until I realized they don't ticket for that.

[gruene.livejournal.com]

Easier method:

- Shovel out your car.
- Pull out of your parking space.
- Pull back in.

No need to go anywhere.