Ticketed for Double Parking
Hello. On my Carroll Gardens block, people regularly double park during street cleaning hours. Twice, however, I have ticketed for double parking. However, my car has been the only one to receive a ticket! I realize that the practice is illegal, but has been tolerated by the precincts, but if the police are now enforcing…
Hello. On my Carroll Gardens block, people regularly double park during street cleaning hours. Twice, however, I have ticketed for double parking. However, my car has been the only one to receive a ticket! I realize that the practice is illegal, but has been tolerated by the precincts, but if the police are now enforcing the rule, why not ticket all the offenders? I am curious to know if any of Brownstoner’s readers have also been the victim of this selective enforcement and, if so, has anyone successfully fought the ticket?
Just got a double parking ticket myself. Usually cops in the neighborhood are lax about it since it’s brooklyn and hard to find parking, but this particular traffic enforcement cop is known to be a d!*k. I’m afraid there’s not much we can do. But this site may help cheer you up:
http://jimmyjustice4753.blogspot.com/
If you get a handicapped permit and you don’t need it, you are the lowest of the low. You better hope there is no such thing as karma.
But appogglatura’s warning is very relevant. You may think you are saving money, but insurance companies will do anything to avoid paying a claim and you’ve given them an easy way out. So be forewarned that you could be in debt thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars if you have an accident and/or injure someone with your car. The bigger the claim, the more likely it is that the insurance company will do the extra investigation to avoid paying it. Like health insurance, home insurance, etc. people think they’re covered fine until they actually have to use it. You can always fight the insurance companies when they try something unethical, but if the policy was written under fraudulent conditions, you will be so out of luck.
^^^ ZZZZZZ! insurance premiums in nyc are so high mostly because of enormous numbers of theft/damage claims. Appoggiatura, if it makes you feel any better, the money I save in insurance premiums goes directly towards parking garage rent (so that said fraudulent vehicle doesn’t get jacked or keyed!)
hey bowl of dicks, people like you (insurance fraudsters) are the reason everyone else has to pay higher car insurance premiums here in nyc.
if your car is involved in an accident, and especially if someone else comes after you for injury damages or medical bills caused by your vehicle, don’t be surprised if your insurance company finds out that you’ve been lying about where the car is normally kept.
nothing personal and sorry to be judgmental but i despise people like you because everyone else has to pay more to cover the costs of doing business – thanks to a big percentage of the population that lies and cheats.
I always put a ” contact” note in the windshield when I double park, so I don’t block anyone in.
Double parking on side streets ( except with a school or Fire Station) has been going on for ever. Since tickets are usually not issued, wouldn’t that make it a defacto legal practice.
Is there a school on your block? If there is you will get a ticket.
I have a driveway so I don’t have to feed the city coffers in that aspect.
Just get a handicapped parking permit. I finally got one after two years of arguing with the DOT and… magic! no more parking tickets, ever. They are a PITA to get, but worth more than their weight in gold.