Parking Violation Stickers

Subject: Re: Parking Violation Stickers

Carmen wrote: [quote=redmenace]

As for the poster who said they weren't informed of the tow, they don't have to inform you. It is up to the car owner to keep track of the car.

I don't know if this was directed at me, but my point wasn't that they didn't come tell me the car was towed...my point is that when I used the online system AND CALLED the police precinct they specifically said they did NOT have the car. How exactly would one track down a car when they don't report that it's been towed? I didn't know if it was stolen, towed by the cops or towed by a private company (since it was parked in a seemingly legal spot.) I believe companies are required to report the tow within a certain period of time (and the NYPD, who towed mine, def should have reported it almost immediately,) but it just sat in the impound while I started filing paperwork with geico for it being gone for good.

I apologize. I misinterpreted your point. I am surprised that the police had no record of it being towed. That is just crazy. How did you end up finding it?

yeah...I hate the money grabbing mentality of the city. When you break the law, then police should leave a marker on the car stating that its ok to urinate on it, and after several offenses, ejaculation is permitted. I think people will abide by the law sooner than whats currently in place.

Subject: Re: Parking Violation Stickers

filmlover44 wrote: You aren't supposed to like the stickers. They are supposed to discourage you from not moving your car...perhaps you could move the car the night before instead of leaving it to your wife with a little baby to do it in the morning (and probably double parking).

The point being... it's vandalism

metalnyc wrote: [quote=Obamanut]The stickers serve a fine purpose, which is providing some actual form of deterrent for those who find money is not an object and would otherwise care less about the relatively small ticket fine.

When you're dealing with neighborhoods like Park Slope, where individuals are willing to pay $2000 for a single person apartment, $3-4 for a bunch of bananas, etc., then the only way to really get these types of people to follow rules is to threaten them with actual inconvenience if they don't follow them.

ok, what about the other neighborhoods then? it's not just Park Slope, it's the entire city.

and like i previously said, it's bullshit, they want/need you to break the parking laws in order to "try" and balance the budget.

It wouldn't be very good form to 'tailor' the penalty for illegal parking by neighborhood, now would it? Stickers only for Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, the UWS, etc., would raise even more complaints than stickers for the whole city.

I'm not going to disagree with you that the city does hope that many of us park illegally. Kind of like the 'quiet wine picnic in the park' thread, however - if you don't like the punishment, how about not breaking the law? That's usually a pretty reliable way to solve the problem.

Subject: Re: Parking Violation Stickers

redmenace wrote: [quote=Carmen][quote=redmenace]

As for the poster who said they weren't informed of the tow, they don't have to inform you. It is up to the car owner to keep track of the car.

I don't know if this was directed at me, but my point wasn't that they didn't come tell me the car was towed...my point is that when I used the online system AND CALLED the police precinct they specifically said they did NOT have the car. How exactly would one track down a car when they don't report that it's been towed? I didn't know if it was stolen, towed by the cops or towed by a private company (since it was parked in a seemingly legal spot.) I believe companies are required to report the tow within a certain period of time (and the NYPD, who towed mine, def should have reported it almost immediately,) but it just sat in the impound while I started filing paperwork with geico for it being gone for good.

I apologize. I misinterpreted your point. I am surprised that the police had no record of it being towed. That is just crazy. How did you end up finding it?

Yes this happens. Eventually, 4 days later as well, while finalizing the theft report, it just "popped up" in the system. And of course I had to pay for those 4 days it was in the pound. Arg.... I had let this go but now I'm getting angry all over again.

Carmen wrote: [quote=Mpmav1][quote=Carmen] (getting towed from a totally unmarked crosswalk in the middle of a block and then having the car not being reported towed for 4 days, thus causing me to assume my car was stolen only to find it and then be charged storage for it on top of the tow and the ticket for a violation and I'm convinced is totally bogus...)

Oh my god Carmen, this EXACT same thing happened to me when I was car sitting my neighbors car! It didn't happen to be on Prospect Ave did it?


Haha no this was 16th st. I fucking hate that parking spot. The funny thing is that when I finally found the car and went to get it I asked them why it was towed and they said that they had towed 13 cars from the same spot THAT DAY!!! Even now I drive by it and there are always cars parked there. What the shit is that?!

Yep. I know your pain. Also, to add to our little story: when I called the precinct, and informed the officer of where the car was parked, she said "oh, I'm sure you didn't get towed from there... no one ever gets towed for that violation."

Subject: Re: Parking Violation Stickers

nitcomb wrote: [quote=filmlover44]You aren't supposed to like the stickers. They are supposed to discourage you from not moving your car...perhaps you could move the car the night before instead of leaving it to your wife with a little baby to do it in the morning (and probably double parking).

The point being... it's vandalism

if there is a city ordnance saying they can do it then its not vandalism.
and surely there must be..

heres a thought

move your car !

oh yah, i neglected to mention that i showed up at my car 15 minutes before alt side only to discover a flat. despite wd-40 ing the living shit out of the lugs they wouldnt budge. so i drove on the rim to a flat fix.
my dress clothes are no longer dress clothes, i missed about 45 minutes of work, but it wasnt "impossible"

landlord wrote: Take the car to a car wash. They will remove the sticker for free.

After you pay the $15 for washing the car. And the tip, for the courtesy of removing the sticker.

Save yourself the aggravation - move your car the night before.

Subject: Re: Parking Violation Stickers

daver wrote: [quote=Garfunky]oh yah, i neglected to mention that i showed up at my car 15 minutes before alt side only to discover a flat. despite wd-40 ing the living shit out of the lugs they wouldnt budge. so i drove on the rim to a flat fix.
my dress clothes are no longer dress clothes, i missed about 45 minutes of work, but it wasnt "impossible"

Honestly, at that point I would be about three shades past Screw It and taken my chances with Sticker, Ticket, or both while desperately hoping to avoid Tow.

LOL
Im sure i was three shades past crimson but
i'm one determined sob

besides that it would have had to get done later anyway,
once i was late and filty , being a bit later and a bit filthier
was less concerning.

BONUS
I am strangely smug about getting oil/grease all over a brooks brother shirt. 8)

i'm bumping this up because BG's car "vanished" early weds morning--we think it was too close to the hydrant. it certainly wasn't stolen; it's a 95 tercel.

he called the precinct and the desk guy said it can take xx days to enter the system... but it's yet to come into the system, so likely accruing storage fees.

has anyone whose had this happen fought those storage fees?

(btw, he will be filing a stolen car report, like carmen did... i came back to search for the thread after remembering it happened to carmen)

vidro, he was close to the hydrant and had outstanding tickets.

this happened in the very early hours on weds, and it's yet to show up in the system. as i mentioned, he's called the precinct, they have no record.

yes, we've been trying the online search since wednesday

the precinct said, actually, that they can tow you if you're near a hydrant even if you have no outstanding tickets

he's about to report it as stolen.

but, the police guy at the precinct felt that the traffic cops, not the parking cops, got him and that they were notorious for taking their time to enter those plates into the system.

if this is the case, i think he should fight the storage fees. he's been taking screen-shots of the page that comes up and says as for xx time/date your car isn't in the system.

Any news? Was it actually stolen?