September 08, 2004
The ongoing saga of jozjozjoz and her parking tickets
That's right.
I got another one.
I'll tell you the story as soon as I stop crying.
CONTINUED @ 5:24pm
Ok, I am done boo-hooing for now.
I have been driving my old car since this weekend, because my regular car needed new brake pads. Since I don't regularly drive the old car, I don't have a regular parking permit in the car & have been using the guest parking pass.
It is permit parking where we live and I got a parking ticket because I parked my car in front of our house and forgot to put the parking permit on the rearview mirror (I accidentally left it clipped up in the sun visor).
Ok, I was a total bonehead and it is totally my fault, but it still sucks because it's not like my car didn't have a permit inside it.
Besides which, I can think of a lot of things I can spend $40 on, instead of paying it to the City of Fucking L.A.
I hate Parking Enforcement. I am an upstanding citizen who follows the rules and I get ticketed even when I KNOW I didn't do anything wrong.
Why can't they ticket those assholes who have fake handicapped parking placards or the ones who "invent" parking spots where there's not really a parking spot?
This time it's my fault, but I still think I should send The City of L.A. a nice note... What do you think I should write this time?
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Comments
I agree with Nez. You may be able to beat this one.
Posted by: Deltus at September 9, 2004 07:41 AMI'd start here:
http://www.lacity-parking.org/laopm/pvb_home.html
Posted by: Will Campbell at September 9, 2004 04:25 PMI feel for you girl. I got my car registration last month...over $1100!!! I had several parking tickets that added up over $1000.
*countin my pennies*
Howard
Posted by: Howard (AiYahh) at September 10, 2004 10:43 AMhow did you know I about my fake handicap placard??
Posted by: kinkoman at September 10, 2004 08:17 PM
Check the wording of the actual law you are being cited on. If you had a parking permit, but only displayed it improperly, you may be able to fight it depending on what law they used. They may have erred, you don't know until you check, and it's probably on the net somewhere. Worth a few minutes of research anyway. Bastards!
Posted by: Nez at September 8, 2004 07:12 PM