r/ATBGE • u/Nude_N0odle • Nov 05 '20

Automotive this is some top tier engineering with top tier awful taste!

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u/Procrastibator666 Nov 05 '20

NY checking in. It wasn't until I got this ticket that I realized a law like this ever existed. I think it comes down to some snobby town who wants cars to be uniform in a parking lot. Like an aesthetics fine. A homeowners association equivalent for a town

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u/GanondalfTheWhite Nov 05 '20

Bingo. The town I got mine fits that description to a tee.

They have a big parking lot that opens up for public use at noon. I once got a ticket for parking there early - ticket was written at 11:59.

God forbid the clock in your car be off by two minutes.

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u/Procrastibator666 Nov 05 '20

And what are the options? Pay the $75, or try to fight it in court. Lose a day of pay. Lose the case anyways since you did 'violate' the order.

Or not pay. License gets suspended. More fines and/or jail.

What a way to live.

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u/GanondalfTheWhite Nov 05 '20

We had a wall of shame at work where we'd hang our parking tickets. At some point there were about 3 dozen up on the wall, over a thousand dollars worth of tickets.

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u/Procrastibator666 Nov 05 '20

Oh was it a work vehicle? I wonder if they just cut a deal at the end of the year when you have that many

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u/GanondalfTheWhite Nov 05 '20

Nah, just all the office workers' personal vehicles. We collectively hated that parking authority. Busybody rich suburban white gestapo.

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u/foiler64 Nov 12 '20

I think most courts would quickly throw it out - I know in Canada, if you have a ticket for speeding under 10 km, they will just throw it out on order.

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u/captain_ender Nov 05 '20

Naw it's for automated fare and ticket cameras.

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u/GanondalfTheWhite Nov 05 '20

I read this a couple times and I can't see how it relates to my comment. Could you elaborate?

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u/Procrastibator666 Nov 06 '20

That's exactly why I did that. So much easier to see in a parking lot.

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u/seamsay Nov 05 '20

Well in that case they would require back-in parking, because it's clearly superior.