Comments on: Drivers May Keep Expired Meter Grace Period http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/ Educating & Informing Chicagoans About Fighting Parking Tickets & Parking Issues Sun, 05 May 2013 08:05:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Parking Ticket Geek http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-103606 The Parking Ticket Geek Sat, 04 May 2013 23:56:27 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-103606 Taneisha, You can contest, but you probably won't win. Two minutes after the meter expired still means the meter expired. Taneisha,

You can contest, but you probably won’t win. Two minutes after the meter expired still means the meter expired.

]]> By: Taneisha http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-103570 Taneisha Fri, 03 May 2013 19:40:21 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-103570 I was coming out the store as a ticket giver was giving ticket my meter expired@2:02 I took picture and I was giving a ticket@2:04 can I contest this ticket I was coming out the store as a ticket giver was giving ticket my meter expired@2:02 I took picture and I was giving a ticket@2:04 can I contest this ticket

]]> By: gminor http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-87064 gminor Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:52:38 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-87064 Contest the hell out of it. It works for me all the time. Contest the hell out of it. It works for me all the time.

]]> By: karateboi87 http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-66226 karateboi87 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:50:11 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-66226 Got a ticket for coming to the vehicle a few minutes late... the ticket expired at 2:01 and my issued ticket had a time of 2:03... can I contest this? Got a ticket for coming to the vehicle a few minutes late… the ticket expired at 2:01 and my issued ticket had a time of 2:03… can I contest this?

]]> By: DoR Employee http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-61792 DoR Employee Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:22:23 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-61792 Iwasinmycar...... Seriously? You got an Expired Meter Ticket while INSIDE your vehicle? Motorists walking from a Pay Box are supposed to have the ticket immediately Voided out ON Site if they have a purchased receipt in their hands. If we Miss the person walking To the box...and I will honestly say that it is not done on purpose by PEA's....you have to contest the ticket and better have a receipt with a time stamp of less than 3 minutes from the time the ticket was issued to have any sort of a chance with the ALO. But if you see a PEA while you are walking To the Box...get our darn attention and let US know what vehicle is yours and that you are going to the box. You know...Help us not Ticket you while you are doing what you are Supposed to be doing. If you got a Meter Ticket while in the car..well...I have some bad news for you. If you are Parked in a Pay Box location, with No Receipt and you don't have someone going to the box...you are in Violation. PEA's have been informed that we are to Instruct the Drive to Either Go Pay or Leave. If we don't see an Occupant, we just cite. If the Occupant is less than the Legal Driving Age, we Cite. If there is a Language difficulty and I can't get the people In the car to Understand me, I cite. You are not allowed by City Policy to have your vehicle on an Expired Meter space unless you are actively heading to PAY to be Parked there. Now...How often do PEA"s write Occupied vehicles for Expired Meters... Probably very low numbers. Even our departments most GungHo writers are not that gungho. TMA's would write their mothers though. Iwasinmycar……

Seriously? You got an Expired Meter Ticket while INSIDE your vehicle?

Motorists walking from a Pay Box are supposed to have the ticket immediately Voided out ON Site if they have a purchased receipt in their hands.

If we Miss the person walking To the box…and I will honestly say that it is not done on purpose by PEA’s….you have to contest the ticket and better have a receipt with a time stamp of less than 3 minutes from the time the ticket was issued to have any sort of a chance with the ALO. But if you see a PEA while you are walking To the Box…get our darn attention and let US know what vehicle is yours and that you are going to the box. You know…Help us not Ticket you while you are doing what you are Supposed to be doing.

If you got a Meter Ticket while in the car..well…I have some bad news for you.

If you are Parked in a Pay Box location, with No Receipt and you don’t have someone going to the box…you are in Violation.

PEA’s have been informed that we are to Instruct the Drive to Either Go Pay or Leave.

If we don’t see an Occupant, we just cite. If the Occupant is less than the Legal Driving Age, we Cite. If there is a Language difficulty and I can’t get the people In the car to Understand me, I cite.

You are not allowed by City Policy to have your vehicle on an Expired Meter space unless you are actively heading to PAY to be Parked there.

Now…How often do PEA”s write Occupied vehicles for Expired Meters…

Probably very low numbers. Even our departments most GungHo writers are not that gungho.

TMA’s would write their mothers though.

]]> By: Iwasinmycar http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-61731 Iwasinmycar Sat, 23 Apr 2011 19:57:58 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-61731 How does that work if you are parked in a spot but was issued a ticket when you were still in your car or was going to pay for your meter? How does that work if you are parked in a spot but was issued a ticket when you were still in your car or was going to pay for your meter?

]]> By: Expired: 5-Minute Parking Meter Grace Period Ends | theexpiredmeter.com http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-60054 Expired: 5-Minute Parking Meter Grace Period Ends | theexpiredmeter.com Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:21:09 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-60054 [...] Although this grace period has ended, 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack has introduced legislation to make the grace period permanent. [...] [...] Although this grace period has ended, 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waguespack has introduced legislation to make the grace period permanent. [...]

]]> By: Rinzler http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-58190 Rinzler Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:23:19 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-58190 Shhhhh DoR, you not suppose to bring a up program that was actually working, that was when the batteries were charged. Shhhhh DoR, you not suppose to bring a up program that was actually working, that was when the batteries were charged.

]]> By: DoR Employee http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-58188 DoR Employee Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:58:32 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-58188 Whatever happened to the ParkMagic Program that was supposed to make life easier for the public in Chicago that use meters? Whatever happened to the ParkMagic Program that was supposed to make life easier for the public in Chicago that use meters?

]]> By: Winky http://theexpiredmeter.com/2011/03/drivers-get-to-keep-expired-meter-grace-period/comment-page-1/#comment-57990 Winky Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:02:00 +0000 http://theexpiredmeter.com/?p=8582#comment-57990 ** Speaking for Chuck ** --- shakes fist at DoR Employee & shouts --- "Damn you! Damn you and your technology to hell....!!!" ** Me ** OK Player, what else you got? ** Speaking for Chuck **

— shakes fist at DoR Employee & shouts —

“Damn you! Damn you and your technology to hell….!!!”

** Me **

OK Player, what else you got?

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