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Car Thief Gets Parking Ticket, Owner Gets Fine

A victim of car theft in Washington DC is being pestered by a collection agency to pay up on an 18-month-old parking ticket written while the car was on it's leave of absence from its rightful owner. Steve Steinberg has vowed never to pay the $205 fine and is wondering why the car didn't come up as stolen when the ticket was being written — a fair question if you ask us. Of course the local officials are blaming the fine on Steinberg's lack of action on the ticket, but of course that doesn't stand up when the old boy waves a fist full of letters he sent to the DMV on the subject. [WUSA9]

1:15 PM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,216 views, 17 comments

Latest by respawn: 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 more »

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D.C. Street Sweepers Giving Out Parking Tickets

Think it's embarrassing getting a parking ticket from the sweet old meter maid? Soon you'll have a new foe. Street sweepers in the Washington, D.C. area will be equipped with the means to scan and photograph cars parked in street sweeping zones. The bill to equip the street sweepers was passed unanimously in the D.C. city council. A final vote will happen next month that will make the tattle-telling street sweepers a reality. More »

3:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Travis Hudson
664 views, 27 comments