Ever get a parking ticket?

Answer 1

just one and was not happy.

was in town, winter leafs covered the curb and i never sore the yellow lines for a loading bay. the sign was set back and they was a lorry blocking my view of it.

i still had to pay

regards x kitti x

Answer 2

Yes. Once in Japan, I saw an empty parking space. When I came back, I was the only one there and had a ticket attached to my door handle. I went to the police box near by and the cop told me at the end of the street (about 1/2 block ahead of me) there was a sign stating the parking hours. He was nice enough not to register the ticket...I was an 'ignorant gaijiin (foreigner).
The only other one I got, I had gone out to the Farmer's Market to register to vote (they had a voter registration drive) and parked my motorcycle along side the road behind a car (I backed in). When I came back less than 1/2 hour later, I had a ticket. I saw some 'brown shirts' (volunteer cops) and asked why I got a ticket. I was less than 50' from the intersection! I paid it in coins.

Answer 3

Yes. I had to take a test out at the UCF campus in Orlando. I was a student of UCF at the time, but at a Satellite Campus in a different town. No one told me how to obtain a parking pass for the day, nor were there any signs instructing visitors to the campus where to park legally. I found a parking garage that had a "toll collector booth" so I parked there figuring it was visitor parking. I went and took my test (failed it). Cried the whole way back to my car because I failed the test a second time. Got lost on campus looking for the garage I had parked in. Got to my car and noticed a $65 parking ticket on the windshield. I paid the ticket, but I also included a note that suggested they mark the proper parking area for visitors more clearly. The next time I went back to the campus there were at least 4 signs leading to the visitor parking lot. They must have recieved a lot of complaints!

Answer 4

I got one once. I went downtown to a farmers market run by the downtown business association. I parked in a metered parking structure 5 minutes before the time free parking starting. They actually came around during the last 5 minutes and ticketed all the cars that did not pay. They have lost me as a customer since I have never gone back.
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Answer 5

Yup...right outside my OWN doorstep once, was out emptying the bin when.,.shock horror..i mean...its a residential street...i bet some idiot got green seeing a flashy car outside so gave me a ticket....rang my council up...they apologised, did even SEND some one out to investigate whether i might be lying or something to see if any signpost about regarding parking regulations,,,in the end...they very humbly canc'd the ticket.

Answer 6

Yes once in Bristol, I was not a happy bunny. I got one by stopping on the zig zag lines of a zebra cossing to let my son go to a cash machine when he was going out on the town. This was done so that he would not be tempted to drink and drive. It is known as Sod's law

Answer 7

I havent, but my partner gets them all the time, hes a gas technician & the bastards still give him them even when hes called out to an emergency gas leak & doesnt have time to choose carefully where to park.

Answer 8

Not for a few years now . Watch where I park .But don't drive into cities now ..

Answer 9

Yep, got one in downtown Kansas City a few years ago. My fault, haven't had one since.

Answer 10

I've never had one but a traffic warden tried to give my partner one yesterday and he was sitting in the car, cheek!