Comments on: When The Un-Expired Meter Gets Ticketed

By: Michaelnet

Michaelnet — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:37:20 +0000

Thanks, Zero.

Seeing as how there’s only one place on a motorcycle for a sticker to go – on the headlight (which is why they make the reverse side of the stickers sticky, you know); and seeing as how my headlight is a whole 8 inches across, and seeing as how the sticker was stuck on the headlight when I went in for my taco, and seeing as how it was stuck on the headlight when I came out for my taco, and seeing as how the ticket writer had only one, extremely simple task to perform that day related to my motorcycle – look at my motorcycle headlight to see if there was a valid sticker on it …

but yeah, you’re right. Probably just a mistake.

By: Capt M-Plate

Capt M-Plate — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:14:05 +0000

Now Peter….

No one here, is suggesting she have to pay this ticket.

Because you are 100% correct…wrong code is wrong code and oh darn…I need to teach that writer to slow down and read.

And she got lucky….for all available info on that ticket that is visible…it should have been for Expired Plates and not Expired Meter.

It’s a shame that Ticket writers are Human and make honest errors…but there you go pal. Its not like we are the CPD and Air mail bogus citations.

By: Pete

Pete — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:19:34 +0000

Wrong violation code is no excuse – this bullshit ticket should be dismissed.

By: Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:37:07 +0000

this surely looks like an accident if the person did not receive an expired plate ticket. One of the reasons is that the citation issued does not have a meter number located next to the address, which is required. Ticket writers are human. the person who submitted this photo should be lucky if they did not receive a ticket for expired plates

By: Drew

Drew — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:53:13 +0000

KG…I think the simplest explanation is that the Revenue person intended to pick expired plate and hit expired meter for this one.

By: kg

kg — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:49:49 +0000

A few answers…

“box limit” is the max time limit you are allowed to park in a parking space. It is the maximum time the meter allows for paid parking. That is, if the meter says 2 hours, you could pay for 30 minutes of parking, every 30 minutes for 2 hours. If you paid for a fifth 30 min, for a total of 2 1/2 hours, you could get a ticket. (There is specific language about having to drive your car a certain distance, before parking in the same spot for additional time, but I’m too lazy to look that up)

If you pay for 2 hours of parking in neighborhood X, and stay for only 30 minutes, then drive to neighborhood Y, which has the same or lower parking rate, you can use the initial parking receipt for the balance of time remaining from the initial purchase (90 minutes less travel time, in this example). If neighborhood Y has a higher parking rate, you must pay for new parking.

By: Zero Margin

Zero Margin — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:49:56 +0000

I would love to work with Michaelnet, he is flawless at work. Never makes a single mistake…he is perfect.

Funny how some people assume every mistake is a conspirecy.

By: DoR Employee

DoR Employee — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 23:29:24 +0000

Lil Ridge has a point as well

If you type “Exp” into the autocite….Expired Plates or Temp Registration” pops up first…

But if you type out “Expi” The Meter Violations show up first.

That type of accident can happen….because we don’t actually try to write the wrong ticket in My department.

And KH makes a good point…..If the photos are only of the Plates and the plates are actually expired…there you go…

Accidental entry of wrong violation code and the bimbo got lucky.

By: KH

KH — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:11:46 +0000

If you look up the ticket # on Dept of Rev in ‘pay ticket’ you can get the license plate to look up the photos the ticketer took. Unfortunately it’s just the plates. Interestingly, though – the plates are expired by a couple weeks. Any chance it was supposed to be an expired-plates ticket and the ticketer picked the wrong option? Or is that a whole different ticketing agency.

By: Michaelnet

Michaelnet — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 01:09:23 +0000

Sooooooooo, I got a ticket for “no sticker displayed” or whatever it’s called, on my motorcycle. The ticket writer even had a photograph of my motorcycle that showed, yep, no sticker on it.

Thing was, not only did I have the sticker on my mcy, it was unexpired *and* it was properly displayed. The photograph the writer took was cropped so that the properly displayed sticker was not in the picture.

Hey, good thing I don’t trust these bastages and not only had a cell phone picture of my sticker properly displayed, but I had three – one close up with the code numbers, one a few feet back showing the sticker properly on the bike, and one from about 20 feet away showing the bike was properly parked.

So for all you folks who think the ticket writers “just make mistakes” wake up – they’re doing this on purpose for whatever their reasons are.