Do you get too many tickets? Do you hardly ever get any? In either case, here’s a tray to store them in—or a tray to keep very empty with a smug grin on your face.
Do you get too many tickets? Do you hardly ever get any? In either case, here’s a tray to store them in—or a tray to keep very empty with a smug grin on your face.
So, if you got this parking ticket — would you pay it? I think I'd laugh my ass off first. [via AsianMartin]
Haroon Zafaryab found his car wearing a boot with a $570 release charge. He refused to pay and sat in his car for 30 hours protesting, collected three more boots and over $6,000 in fines. Eventually, he prevailed. [BBC]
Janice Eberle of Lynnfield, Massachusetts is suing the city of Danvers for ticketing her Mercedes ML320 after she'd parked in a handicapped spot. Though not handicapped, she claims the $300 ticket's unjustified because it was raining and her arm hurt.
Scottie Roberson's nickname is "Racer X" so he secured the license plate "XXXXXXX" for his truck. Unfortunately, the plate and a glitch in a parking ticket system led to him receiving $19,000 in erroneous tickets (H/T to Tempesjo!) [Blog.Al.Com]
Scientific tests by Detroit News auto critic Scott Burgess indicate a parking ticket cannot stay attached to your windshield at 83 MPH. His advice? If you park your car, make sure it's going 83 MPH to never get another one.
People with below average and downright horrible parking
George Morales probably died in his minivan of a heart attack in early May, parked under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway underpass. That didn't stop NYC cops from writing him parking tickets for the next couple of weeks.