So yesterday as I'm coming home I see a yard sale sign in the neighborhood and I go to check it out. Since it's not the usual way I turn onto my street I end up parking facing the wrong way in front of my house, thinking I will move it later since I have a later errand to run. I come out a few hours later and find a parking ticket on my truck. What are the odds I say, I never see cops in my neighborhood...it's a pretty quiet residential area. So I figure, whatever, I deserved it...it's just a fluke, as I read to the bottom where the fine amount is I gasp as the number...$190 friggin dollars! I admit, I earned it, but it seems a bit excessive for a simple parking citation. I am inclined to fight it, or use a ticket service to get rid of it. As a law abiding citizen I have no problem paying a fine, but this one does not seem to fit the crime. With not some much work coming in lately that's a lot of money to shell out to the city. Just grinds my gears I guess.
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So yesterday as I'm coming home I see a yard sale sign in the neighborhood and I go to check it out. Since it's not the usual way I turn onto my street I end up parking facing the wrong way in front of my house, thinking I will move it later since I have a later errand to run. I come out a few hours later and find a parking ticket on my truck. What are the odds I say, I never see cops in my neighborhood...it's a pretty quiet residential area. So I figure, whatever, I deserved it...it's just a fluke, as I read to the bottom where the fine amount is I gasp as the number...$190 friggin dollars! I admit, I earned it, but it seems a bit excessive for a simple parking citation. I am inclined to fight it, or use a ticket service to get rid of it. As a law abiding citizen I have no problem paying a fine, but this one does not seem to fit the crime. With not some much work coming in lately that's a lot of money to shell out to the city. Just grinds my gears I guess.
Were you in a NO PARKING ZONE? If not what difference does it make about which way the vehicles is facingwhen it is parked??
I watched COPS last night ad they arrested this chick and cuffed her for a real silly reason, I think it was a made up reason because I am sure there can't be a law against it, she was going to jail for the night for FAILURE TO ID, they said because she didn't have an ID and couldn't prove who she was, she was going to jail. Can you believe that crap? Is this CHINA or the U.S. failure to ID???
I think this is true, well maybe at least in Texas, you can park any direction on the street. Just if you park the wrong way and somebody hits your car then you have to take the responsibilities. If somebody hits it while it's facing the right way you can go after them.
No, I wasn't in a no parking zone, I was directly in front of my own home...which is why I was so shocked. I guess, I'm angry about the high fine, and more for the fact that it happened in the first place. During school hours there are kids everywhere, day workers hanging on the street corner, houses get robbed and the best this guy could do is happen to stroll down my and write me a $200 ticket. I know, the law is the law, and not knowing it doesn't make it right...but come on!
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I watched COPS last night ad they arrested this chick and cuffed her for a real silly reason, I think it was a made up reason because I am sure there can't be a law against it, she was going to jail for the night for FAILURE TO ID, they said because she didn't have an ID and couldn't prove who she was, she was going to jail. Can you believe that crap? Is this CHINA or the U.S. failure to ID???
Land of the FREE???
At least we're not that bad yet but our government (UK) want to introduce ID cards and cannot seem to understand the reluctance of the populace to embrace them!!
Laws do vary in different cities and states. In our town they are pretty strict about which side of the street you park on. Then there are snow emergency routes. Tickets for it run between 20 and 30 bucks though. So, 190 sounds a little excessive!
I feel your pain though. In our town, in order to park overnight on a city street you need to purchase a city parking permit. THAT burns me. I have to pay to park in front of my own home in a residential neighborhood.
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It is called Jay parking. Got one when I was in college. Very petty ticket as for as I am concerned. They have to have better things to do with their day.
It is called Jay parking. Got one when I was in college. Very petty ticket as for as I am concerned. They have to have better things to do with their day.
No they don't. They're in the business of making money just like everybody else. Protecting the innocent psshaw! Cops around here are quick to slap a ticket on your for even the most trivial thing. Even if you've done nothing wrong. They're slow to respond when you need them or they wont work up your case even if you have fingerprints and contacts and everything.
It's the job of the police in the United States to protect the larger society, not individuals. This is adjudicated precedent in America. But I admit I find it hard to see how handing out parking tickets for someone parked facing the wrong way in a non-posted area on a residential street protects the larger society.
I am confused, if it is PARKING ALLOWED, what is the WRONG WAY? Parking is parking whether the front is facing the front or the frnt is facing the back, it is still taking up the saae amount space and as long as it wasn't a ONE WAY street, what is the Grounds of the ticket????
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I made a comment to my wife when I heard them say that. I could not beleive that this lady who was crying and asking why she was being cuffed and taked to jail, was told she was going to jail for FAILURE TO ID and then the cop explained that she had no ID to establish her identity... So we will be wearing little unitorms and reading our Hand Books and marching to classes etc. I hope the lady sues their pants off. I had just read in the News in the afternoon where in Ohio a lady called in that she was assualted and she was brought down to local police station. (This is all on video) she was asked if she had any weapons or sharp objects and she said NO, a Male cop then commence to hold her and two females stripped her naked. Another Male cop enters the room and she is screaming etc, they then put her in a jail cell with no clothes, no blankets, nothing and she is the VICTIM.... The report stated that this is common throughout the U.S. but women are too scared to report it. What the Hell is this country coming to?????
here is some reference, seems the news report has vanished
Even though our gun ownership is severly restricted at least we can walk & drive around the country, without any ID or car documentation with us! Or fear of being arrested for such!
Sometimes FREEDOM is interupted as being able to do as you please. That is real scarey when it is OUR own Police, who we have grown to TRUST.. I googled and did find some other news stories on this. What a bazaar case, Thank God for the UNCENSORED INTERNET.
Awhile back there was a case down South where a paraplegic was brought in on some charge and the arresting officer intentionally dumped him out of his wheelchair at the booking desk or whatever it's called. The cop wouldn't help him get back into his char and at least verbally abused him. The incident was caught on surveillance tape at the station, the paraplegic sued, the bad cop was arrested and I have no idea how the case turned out.
This so what police in America are NOT supposed to do, is NOT what most cops in America are all about, that it does make me wonder what's happened to our culture. You hear of more and more incidents like this, of American police acting like Nazi stormtroopers, of what ranges from overreaction to outright excessive use of force, on TV and in the news all the time. Either the police are getting arrogant, which I don't think is what's happening for a minute; or training is slipping across the board, which I suspect is the case. Or maybe it's been this way all along and the Information Age has just turned on the light so we can all see it? I don't want to believe that!
When I was a kid, I knew that if I was in trouble I could always count on a policeman to help (no women cops back then), that anyone in a blue uniform with a badge, a nightstick and a pistol was a friendly face I could trust. Today, it seems like the citizens don't trust their police very much or very far. What has changed, either in the cop culture or the larger society, that we now regard our supposed guardians of law and order with suspicion and distrust?
I would take the ticket up to the court and tell them to put me in Jail...I don't have that kind of money to pay it so, I will serve the Time....That will cost them a heck of a lot more than 190.00 as well as massive amounts of paperwork...
SO IF I have to work on the wiring under the dash of my truck or replace bulbs , fuses, etc where you have to lay outside with the door open, They would expect me to do it in traffic ???
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well, although there is nothing posted sign wise on the street there is the Nevada revised statutes that says you can't park that way. So yes, I was in the wrong, but the dollar amount to me is way high. If I am not working tat day, I will gladly go to court. the only thing is, how do I plead? I am guilty, but it was only for a short, time, in front of my house, no signs, and the fine is too high. So would I just contest the fine amount and ask for lenience?
NRS 484.403 Parallel and angle parking; stopping, standing and parking on highways under jurisdiction of Department of Transportation.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a highway where there are adjacent curbs must be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb.
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Yeah, sometimes the cops won't show up and you don't have to pay. If they do make you pay sometimes they'll lower the costs. Especially during a warrant roundup time. Really depends on the judge. When I went to contest my ticket, the judge was dropping charges left and right for ppl that had warrants just so they could make payments.
well, although there is nothing posted sign wise on the street there is the Nevada revised statutes that says you can't park that way. So yes, I was in the wrong, but the dollar amount to me is way high. If I am not working tat day, I will gladly go to court. the only thing is, how do I plead? I am guilty, but it was only for a short, time, in front of my house, no signs, and the fine is too high. So would I just contest the fine amount and ask for lenience?
NRS 484.403 Parallel and angle parking; stopping, standing and parking on highways under jurisdiction of Department of Transportation.
1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, every vehicle stopped or parked upon a highway where there are adjacent curbs must be stopped or parked with the right-hand wheels of the vehicle parallel to and within 18 inches of the right-hand curb.
In the past when I was cited for something and knew I was wrong I just started with something like.."Your honor, I screwed up." Tell what I did and what I as thinking. The two times I have done this the judge let me off. Once with a warning and probation and the other time he just dismissed the case. The main thing is to be polite. Good Luck!
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