Where I live, the local cops use an orange sticker to "warn" owners of cars parked/abandoned on the road; the next cop adds a second orange sticker that makes the car fair game and also forms a big orange "T" for towing.

For years, I just thought Volunteer fans needed to buy better cars.

@thatguy01: We just have the plain orange stickers. Sometimes I wish they were crimson, but spelling "UA" with stickers requires at least 6 of them.

I got into an argument with the city of San Diego when my girlfriend at the time (turned wife, turned ex-wife) received a parking ticket in the mail for a car she had sold months prior. She had turned in the release of liability to the DMV but according to the sassy sister working for the city, it didn't matter. I thought that was the whole point of the release of liability?! I eventually had to make a scene to make sure they cleared it up that instant. Luckily I showed up just before closing time, and the manager wanted to go home and wisely decided to drop the ticket.

... and apparently the new format doesn't keep the paragraph spacing that I entered.

Do I have to use HTML now?

this is SUCH MOTHEREFFING BS. i hate dc parking authorities. i hate them with a hatred unmatched in the history of human emotion.

also, the other day in d.c. i saw a new benz slk that had been crashed, and then parked on a random side street. it had four tickets and a boot on it. like, COME THE FUCK ON YOU RETARDS, the car was obviously stolen.

Back in high school, my sister got a ticket in the mail. It was her plate number, but her red Festiva was certainly not the "blue Buick" listed on the ticket.

Go ahead and try to get a cop to admit that maybe the plate number was written down wrong on the ticket.

Wow. What a load of crap!

I would be fuming. But I guess the money hungry thieves have to get their money somehow. Who cares if the car was stolen, the city needs compensation for the parking! *rolleyes*

@LTDScott, Porcubimmer pilot: Same thing happened when I sold my Crown Vic - the tards I gave it to ended up getting it towed, and never got around to registering it. Despite the Release of Liability being submitted, I still ended up with the ransom note from the tow co. Last known registered owner always gets left holding the bag - about the only way to be sure is to go with the new owner to the DMV/AAA and watch them register it. Of course, if they're dirtbags, good luck with that.

My favorite was the Datsun 210 that I left for dead in SF years ago - got towed, I purposely ignored the impound notice, it was auctioned off. 6 months later I see the car driving around the City, same plates, same (still valid) registration tag. A few mos after that I get -another- tow/impound notice. What, even from a police auction you dont have to register it? Glorious..so I was still on the hook for it. I thank my lucky stars the new owner didn't rack up the tickets else I would have been SOL.

I got a parking ticket in Quebec City, Quebec a few weeks ago while on vacation. It sucked because the ticket was in French so I couldn't read it. Then I was about to send them a check but I realized that I would be overpaying the ticket if I did that (and I'm sure as hell not giving those french bastards extra money). So I checked the exchange rate for that day, did the math, wrote a check for that amount and sent it on to be looked down upon by all of the rude, snivelling, unattractive, high and mighty, french speaking (I mean honestly, why do they have to speak french?), shower and razor hating, cheese loving a**holes. Wow, sorry about that. Apparently it wasn't a good idea for me to skip my last couple of therapy sessions.

@smalleyxb122: wow, a Festiva? Must have been a parking ticket, as it couldn't be for speeding...

thatguy01 lives in Indiana too?

@medmoney: I think there was a SAAB post a couple of hours ago you should have attended...

@FreeMan: Leave it to me to bitch about canada in the wrong damn post. Thanks for the tip, I'll be sure to vent my frustrations there as well.

Oh, yes, I'm sure the DMV will carefully weigh the written evidence, evaluate his arguments with their famed Aristotelean, nay, Jesuit-like precise logic and rule in his favor; they will then firmly but kindly advise the city officials to reverse their position and stop tormenting this citizen.

Same thing happened to our family, though it looks like we will probably not have to pay.

For those in Detroit be on the lookout for a white 1995 Pontiac Transport minivan... K65 were the last three numbers on the license plate, which as of February were still on the car since that is when the ticket was from. The car was stolen last October.

Apparently they do not run the plates when a parking bureau person writes the ticket, only the police are writing the ticket...

@medmoney:
Hey, i'm just curious as to what extrordinary cultural pinnacle of the western world you inhabit. I'd be honoured to even hear of its name. You may also wish to consult your stereotypes as Quebec ceased being part of France a couple of years ago.

Actually, I know from very recent experience, that the police in my city don't check the plates when the write a ticket. I know because I was sitting at a restaurant drinking a beer while watching him write the ticket.