If you do not move your car at a parking meter after you get your first ticket, can they give you another one?

Question

I had two tickets, because i didnt move my car from 9A.M until 2PM, i was asleep. and one was at 10 and the other at one at the same meter. and also i live in california.

Answer 1

In the year 2010, the government is going start a system where you get sent a bill, for each step you take in a day. Each step is 50 cents

Answer 2

Most meters I have seen have a 2 hour maximum. Your car was parked for 5 hours. Even if you had paid the maximum. the meter would have expired twice. 2 tickets seems fair to me. If the meter had expired by 10, the time works out for 3 tickets. I agree with the answer that said you are lucky the car was not towed.

Answer 3

Unfortunately, they can do that for each length of time on the meter. Which means 20 minute parking could result in 3 tickets in an hour.

Also, if you do not move your car within a reasonable amount of time (determined soley at the discretion of the meter attendant), your car may be towed and impounded at your expense.

Answer 4

If you had put another quarter in the meter, you would have saved 40 bucks. That's a whopping 15,900% return on investment! source: Economics 101

Answer 5

Yes, each "maximum" period is another offense, whether or not you put money into the meter. You must move your vehicle before the period expires, not just feed in more money.

Answer 6

Yep. One citation doesn't give you a license to break the law.

You are lucky, if I ran across it, I might have towed it if you left it that long.

Answer 7

I don't think they are allowed to give two tickets for the same offence.

Answer 8

Yep.

Sorry.