I go 5 or so years without a ticket. Not a moving violation. I get a car for the first time in 3 years, and what happens in the span of 3 weeks? The most amount of parking tickets I have ever received. I swear, the city has it in for me. Is it really possible to have 7 tickets in that amount of time? The fees, OMG, the fees. I am sooooo pissed. And of course, I was wrong, Honey got 3 of them and fought two of them and won. I have no leg to stand on for the following:
Mine
1. Parking meter time expired.
2. Expired inspection (Mom's car, not mine, but I was the operator at the time and they caught it with the expired meter).
3. Parking in No Parking Zone. All the alternate rules kill me. It was the first week driving to the new train station with the new car. I TOTALLY missed the sign that said no parking on Fridays. It was really early, so I just thought I was lucky to get a great spot.
4. No license plate on front bumper. Yes, I am driving around with the tag in the window. Why? Because I can't bend to put the damn thing on and the bolts are rusty. I know, how white trash. I GOT THE TICKET IN FRONT OF MY OWN HOUSE AS I WAS PARKED ON THE STREET. I also happened to be home on bedrest that day. If they would have ran the plates, they could have just knocked on my door. Ugh. Honey will fix this tomorrow.
His
1. Expired registration in window. Honey fought this and won. He re-registered the car THAT DAY and got the ticket in front of our house, when he got back from DMV. He didn't even have a chance to put it in the window! As the street signs are really screwy around here, the cop didn't even write the correct address or street on the ticket.
2. No directionals. We are completely stumped as to why these things don't work. Again, he got off that one as the whole steering column is obviously taken apart but operational and the cop believed that we were trying to fix it.
3. Expired inspection. He won't pass inspection without directionals, so this one we have to suck up until they are fixed.
The kicker? If you don't pay or answer within 30 days, the fine DOUBLES. Again, another reason to hate this corrupt city and move .5 miles to the better village.
What about Natalie or Noelle for a middle name?
Friday, July 15, 2005
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See, that's why I no longer park in the city; subway ride v. parking tickets = no brainer.
And as for the middle name, all depends on the first.
I like Miranda Noelle. But Natalie is pretty too! We're still trying to decide on a middle name too...
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