I can't believe this. I think this is the height of stupidity.

I got a parking ticket today and figured I would just pay the fine because the meter was expired when I got to the car.

However, when I got home I looked at the ticket and found out I was fined because I backed into the parking space instead of pulling into it. The parking space is inside a public lot, not on the street.

This is just insane. What rational requires you to park your car nose in versus nose out?

It can't be for safety, because it is far safer to back into a parking space first and then pull out of the space nose first where your ability to see cross traffic is better (instead of looking backward over your shoulder), plus you don't have to blindly back out, then quick get into first and reverse direction.

Additionally, I can't see anything when I have an SUV parked on either side of me. It would be like backing out of a cave into cross traffic versus pulling out. Neither is a perfect solution, but I have better control if I am pulling out of the space.



Maybe the law wants the engine near the meter. If that is true, I would be legally obligated to back in with my 911!

 

Unless the spaces are marked with signs that say "Head End In Only" I don't
see how this can stick. Another asinine method of the gov't draining us of
our money!

 

Just curious... Does your state require a front plate? Does your car have one?
That's the only reason I can figure for the `head end' rule. Then the ticket writer
doesn't have to leave their vehicle until the ticket is done.

 

Assinine and ridiculous, if not marked in some way, there's no way this can stick. Why is the world this way?

 

I did not see anything, but I will check.

Oh, Florida does not have front plates (thankfully), but convenience does not trump safety.

Makes you wonder which direction some of these legislators stand when they pee.

 

Marv I back in all the time and never had a problem. Maybe the lot has a hidden sign somewhere that says no backing in. Where were you? I have seen signs like that at the public lots in Cocoa beach. I would go back and see if you can see a sign.
Another thought is if it was a angle parking you would be pulling out in the wrong direction possibly.
Good to meet you the other day. Where is the Pcar964 pictures?

 

Does the ticket cite which statute/regulation was violated? If so, be interesting to see what it says. If not, it should be easy to have dismissed.

 

Hi Marv...that's their argument...I've been there!!!!

 

I have seen this when the parking spot may be close to a door, entrance or something that could be impacted by exhaust blowing towards it. Put it needs to be well marked as such.

 

Was it a diagonal parking space?

 

Hire a lawyer and spend hundreds of $$ and fight it!! :-)

I questioned a parking ticket 1x and I equated the effort and time wasted trying to figure out why a parking cop can give me a ticket for not having a front license plate and its a requirement in Utah. I went rounds and rounds with the city and at the end of the day, it wasnt worth it. So I paid the $20 ticket and probably spend a $100 of my time trying to argue it.

Chances are you got a ticket for doing some illegal or you probably wont have got a ticket.

Boy, do I sound like a parking cop cheerleader!!

 

It may be a super regional-only ordinance involving Parking...
after all, you are on the "space" coast...;-)

 

I was told they do this so they do not get exhaust stains on the walls of the garage...

 

Hi, all!

I returned back to the scene of the crime today driving the 911.

The lot is part of a larger lot, but this section has bi-directional traffic and the parking spaces are straight in, not slant. One row of parking is against a building.

The row I parked in was not and faces a short strip of lawn.

There is no sign on the side I parked on, but on the building side there is a single sign that looks like it was blown up the coast from Miami or something. It is all bent up, but if you can see past the SUVs it is there.

However, I would say that the lot is not well marked. A single sign is not clear as to what rows does it apply to. Is it that lot, that row, the whole park, or the whole city?

I keep thinking it would be fun to fight this, but I know that one of the prerequisites for working as a civil servant is to have your sense of humor chemically castrated, so I doubt that they would appreciate any levity at all.

However, I will make a point that the lot is not adequately marked and if they intend to uphold a law they should correctly mark the lot. There probably is a statute concerning correct marking procedures.

Anyway, it is only $10 and I probably will never park there again due to safety issues (it is impossible to see cross traffic when you are sandwiched between two giant SUVs).

If I were really devious and evil I would get me another yellow envelope with a ticket and simply slap it on the window every time I park there!

 

It sounds like you would have a case if you chose to fight it. But with a $10
fine for a non-moving violation, it wouldn't be worth your time. The only time
I have witnessed this peculiar rule myself is in a public lot in Red Bank, NJ.
Signs stating "Head End In Only" are mounted to every meter post. I don't
understand the point of it, there are no buildings bordering the lot and NJ
requires a front plate.