Bad parking ticket

[whitefish]

OK, left my own shop yesterday to find a parking ticket on the windshield. Keep in mind there are no meters or parking lines, just a quiet street. It said "parking in the wrong direction". Yes, I was parked on the side facing the flow of traffic. Anyone ever heard of this one? What is the real problem with it?

 

[EastcapeAngler]

OK, left my own shop yesterday to find a parking ticket on the windshield. Keep in mind there are no meters or parking lines, just a quiet street. It said "parking in the wrong direction". Yes, I was parked on the side facing the flow of traffic. Anyone ever heard of this one? What is the real problem with it?

Never had a ticket, but I did get a warning about it once. But it amounts to a quick buck for law enforcement.

 

[thinksnow]

Not sure about your state, but it's against the law here in ND. Lots of people still do it. It's a traffic hazard according to the state as you cross the flow of traffic to park and to re-enter.

 

[Blu Du]

ya it's illegal. also downtown here we have angled parking spots along side main street and if you back into the parking spot you will get a ticket

 

[maddog21]

i alway park my truck in wrong way by my friend's house, never got a ticket.

 

[whitefish]

I "now" know it is illegal but do find it kind of petty considering the location. If it was a busy street, a one way, a street with double yellow in the middle or the like, I can see it. Looks like the cops or stepping up the revenue generators.

As I look outside right now, they isn't any painted lines on the road at all.

 

[adrenaline junkey]

Yup its a legitimate ticket you can park on the opposite side of the road facing oncoming traffic, it can be a gravel dead end road and still be illegal as long as it is city or county maintained.

 

[BowSheet]

I got a warning for parking the wrong way one time when I was helping a buddy move. The cop just aksed me to park facing the other way.

 

[Killerk]

It happens.
At my old house my roomate would park that way and got a ticket.
Not a busy street at all.

 

[Himark]

Look to your neighbors.

Most likely came as a result of a complaint otherwise they woulda left you alone.

 

[previous member]

Parking tickets, Grrrrr. I have had a lot of them and I mean a heII of a lot of them. I used to park in the employee lot at the airport and it required a sticker on the mirror from the city each month. Our chief pilot's office issued these to us at the first of every month and we had until the 5th to display the new sticker. Well, if I went in on the 2nd or 3rd and did a three to four day trip that meant my truck would sit in the lot for a couple days past the 5th of the month until I got my new sticker on the mirror. I ended up with over 700 bucks worth of these damned tickets. Never did pay them and that was 15 years ago or so the last I got a bill on it.

One evening after a trip one of my flight attendants went out to the parking lot with me to get my truck and I took her back around to the front of the airport to drop her off so she could catch her flight home or wherever she was going. Anyway, it was late at night and I parked my truck in front of the airport by the ticket counters. I grabbed her suitcase and carried it in for her and stayed inside for a little while with her. When I came out a cop was parked right behind me and had put a ticket on my windshield. He was up in front of me putting another ticket on a car a few hundred feet ahead. There was only about three cars total in the area. Anyway, I took the ticket off my windshield, wrote, "f....k you" on it and put it on his windshield and drove off. Got a bill in the mail for it couple weeks later but never paid it either.

Oh, I could go on and on but you guys are getting bored already. I never did agree with those corrupt cops in Denver.

 

[decarls]

what we're really wondering is, what went down with the flight attendant??

 

[christian]

I "now" know it is illegal but do find it kind of petty considering the location. If it was a busy street, a one way, a street with double yellow in the middle or the like, I can see it. Looks like the cops or stepping up the revenue generators.

As I look outside right now, they isn't any painted lines on the road at all.

Get real...parking enforment is STRICT around WA....
I got a ticket for poorly marked sno park permit...... (it was hard to read thru windshield crappy pen and sun faded) but the sad part was I couldnt read my ticket, his hand writing was worse then mine.......oohhhh I wanted to fight it so bad but when you ad up time/money/travel.....I just paid it and will not be donating money to the fire/police this year....

what goes around...comes around

Sorry Bothell Police/Fire station but Whatcom county took your donation this year...

 

[previous member]

what we're really wondering is, what went down with the flight attendant??

She did !!

 

[woodpecker]

Not sure about your state, but it's against the law here in ND. Lots of people still do it. It's a traffic hazard according to the state as you cross the flow of traffic to park and to re-enter.

exactly!!! ever heard of a headon. a finger waging and a background check is all you"ll get from me! (unless there's an Obama sticker)

 

[previous member]

Here in Montrose I have a neighbor who is a Sheriff's Deputy. His patrol car is ALWAYS parked the wrong direction in front of his house.

Hey, it's a hunk of metal with an engine, who cares what direction it is facing. Jeesh. I think that particular law is nothing but a way to screw people into paying money to the city or county, bunch of crap..............

 

[ccoleman77]

Dont park in the verizon wireless lot in laramie wy a fat little turd will tow your truck tell you it is 180 bucks to get it back and then when you get there try and charge a $40 gate fee cuz he doesnt wanna waddle his fat arse down the street

 

[Unfair Advantage]

She did !!

LMAO...Cheers

 

[Rprecision]

Cops must be awful busy there in Kent, WA !