Parking Ticket Grace Period: Yay or Nay?

nostrandpark · November 2009

http://www.nostrandpark.com/home/2009/11/18/should-there-be-a-grace-period-for-parking-tickets.html

What do you all think, do we need a grace period for parking tickets? This seems to be a case of lazy legislation, no? I would like to hear some stats re: how much it will cost to revamp muni-meters to now give people an extra five minutes, or what the projected cost reduction would be overall on giving out fewer tickets.

It would seem like a better time to review some of the policies for which people are fined. After all, is there still not a better option to alternate side of the street?

cool the kid · November 2009

It would amount to more chicken bones on the street, but I think they should just have cleaning 2 days a week. Yea they'd get less tickets but they'd also be able to half the time (and possibly $$$) spent to clean.

whynot_31 · November 2009

Local reps want to look like they are on the side of the common man; let's give him 5 extra minutes.

...let's put rich Bloomberg in the position of being against the common man.

Whatever happened to checking your watch to make sure you fed the meter on time?

I vote against the silly 5 min.

hunter.gatherer · November 2009

I was against it until Bloomberg promised it will create chaos. Then I figgered, eh, 5 minutes is a small price to pay for the total breakdown of the laws of man and physics.

whynot_31 · November 2009

hunter.gatherer wrote: I was against it until Bloomberg promised it will create chaos. Then I figgered, eh, 5 minutes is a small price to pay for the total breakdown of the laws of man and physics.

good point.
damn, it won't let me change my vote.

catwalkertexasranger · November 2009

Should do like most states. If you drop a kid off at school with an out of state plate you get a "wake up" ticket. Car should be registered in the state within 60 days. All out of state cars on the block should be given a "welcome" ticket,we know you are here and make sure you are a visitor. If you are trying to avoid paying NY insurance and license fees we know your # and will tow you accordingly. Once those 1000's of cars are off the streets we should start a grace period for residents. They should sit at Eastern Pkway and greet visitors from out of state and let them know the benefits of being a NY resident, like our schools and roads,we welcome you and hope this paperwork makes it easier to get your car registered and insured in NY.

ben · November 2009

I think it should go into effect. Some ticketing agents are very aggressive and will sit by a meter with 1 or 2 minutes on it waiting for it to expire or will ticket the minute alternate side starts. If your watch is a minute or two slow or you're walking to your car but get there 30 seconds late I don't think you should get a ticket.

I once went to move my car for alternate side and got there right at the start of it and all the cars on the block had been ticketed already with no cop in sight. All the tickets had a time of 1 or 2 min past the start. Maybe the cop's watch was fast or maybe he was just trying to make quota (I know, they don't exist). I fought it and got it dismissed.

I can see not doing it for meters because there is a time that you can calibrate with your watch but for alternate side there too much room for differences of time from one watch/phone/etc. to another.

wirenut · November 2009

a wise man once said:

The problem isn't the price of the toll, it is the toll booth itself

Parking Ticket Grace Period: Yay or Nay?

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