Got a parking Citation

It's usually a safe assumption you can't park commercial vehicles in residential areas that you don't own.

 

Personally, I would fight it, and make them prove that you violated the law, specifically asking them to where it's posted, and make sure you read the ordinance. I used to bring mine home from time to time. Dirt strip next to the main road, about 2 blocks from my house, myself and a couple of dirt haulers would park on. There was an unmarked, invisible line that marked the point between where the county ended and the city began. On the County side I was legal, on the City side I wasn't. Cop not only ticketed me, but had the truck booted. Even with a note in the window telling them to call me and I would move it. I fought the ticket. The Judge dropped the ticket and refunded the "bail" I had to post to get the boot removed. I had multiple pics., had the cop on the stand and all, asked several times where the marker or specific point on the road was to delineate between County and City. The only thing they could find, was an imaginary line on their GMRS computers in the patrol cars, literally, I was over the line by 10 ft. BTW, the cop that cited me. The cop that cited me had gone home when I found the boot, the two cops who responded when I called, the Sgt. and the Asst. Chief agreed the officer was overzealous.

I've ridden his and his bosses butt for 4 yrs, because it was selective enforcement. The day I went to court, I had pics of a flatbed that parked 3 blocks from me, because of the way the road curves, and where he parks, his hood and tandems were on City property, the rest of the truck on County, even got a statement from him that he had been parking there for 7 yrs without a problem. 6 blocks the other way, a reefer driver parked his truck on the dirt next to a City street, the dirt, City property. Did it monthly for 2 yrs, no tickets. Demanded to know why the night I got booted, his truck didn't, the cop didn't have an answer, tried to say it wasn't his patrol area, I proved it was. Also, the City ordinance says they have to give one written warning before citing, the cop failed to follow that.

BTW, for the record, I could have removed the boot and left it laying behind. The padlock on it was so cheap, that my bolt cutters would have gone through like butter. My boss told me I should have, along with a note telling them to pound salt.

 

Depends on the City and how much of a "####" they want to be, generally, first time around they are supposed to give a warning and order them removed.

 

So if I don't have a sign saying you cant park at my place you assume you can pull your truck in and camp out? How in the world can you think that you can just park on property that someone else bought and pay's taxes on? Unreal.

I own property and if someone just showed up and used it for whatever they wanted without permission I would call the authorities to ticket it.

Free loaders make it rough on the rest of us.

 

I dont think i have ever paid a parking ticket in my entire life. I know at one point I had 7 unpaid one's in Kansas City and 14 unpaid one's in St. Louis. Never been pulled over, arrested or refused a job because of it and never had a boot put on my wheels either. I refuse to pay commie nazi's for parking tickets.

 

Better hope you never get pulled over in those areas where you got the tickets because if you don't have the cash on you , you will be going to jail.

15 years ago I got pulled over on the Outerbanks of North Carolina by a State boy.

The 40 foot boat trailer I was pulling didn;t have a Tag on it. It was my bosses trailer and he was from Tennessee and at that time a trailer didn;t require a tag.

Gave the ticket to the boss and he said he would pay it.

A year later I am traveling down the same road with the same trailer with a tag on it .

Same cop pulls me over and runs my licence and the ticket was never paid. I was heading for jail before he said if you have 370 dollars you can pay it to me now.

Paid and done.No jail.