parking ticket

[watchamacallit.livejournal.com]

I just got a parking ticket for blocking my own driveway while I'm inside the apartment. Technically, it's an illegal parking spot because you can't back out onto the street easily when cars park too close to the driveway. But it's my driveway!! Is it possible to fight that? Anyone have experience with this?

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Re: Fun Facts

[xxv.livejournal.com]

I don't own a car, so I need to borrow one. As it's not mine, its primary place of garaging isn't Somerville, so I can't get a resident sticker. Which means braving it with guest passes. They really like ticketing cars that use guest passes (where I live).

I've recently learned about passes you can get (for $10-20) and hang on your rear-view, though they sound to be rather tedious to procure on a haphazard basis.

Re: Fun Facts

[ron_newman]

I'd be curious to learn more about those $10-20 passes, as I'd never heard of them before now.

Re: Fun Facts

[xxv.livejournal.com]

I believe it's $10 for 7 days; $20 for 20 days (or something around that).

I didn't get the details when I called and couldn't find any mention of them on the Somerville website, but I imagine that they are issued by the office and are only valid for a given time period.

If that's the case, they don't sound very useful to me, unless you live next door to the parking office and plan longer-than-two-day borrowed cars/visitors in advance.