Parking meter question

[dragondawg]

well i went to get a root canal done today and parked where the sigh says 4 hour parking from i think 9 am to 6 pm and there was a meter there, looked around the cars around me and they and their meters are blank ao i figuered that i didn't need to put any coins in, so i park about 12:50 pm and got back around 5 and got a ticket but the time they put it on my car says 13:59 or 1:59 pm, so were they allowed to write me a ticket?

[Popps]

Yea.

4 hour parking can stil be metered, and you were on a meter. Future reference, check the actual meter itself, too. It usually gives info as to the cutoff time, etc.

[dragondawg]

oic, dam i hate those parking patrols, especailly the ones that lurk, i guess i should of paid 4 bucks and parked on campus at usc cause the parking lot for the dentist you needed to slide a card to get through

[Jason in LA]

Sounds like you were supposed to put money in the meter. If the other meters were blank, those cars may have gotten a ticket too. Unless they moved them before the meter maid came by.

I go up to USC to workout all the time, and put a quarter in the meter on Vermont. That's good for an hour. But seeing that you were there for five hours, you should have paid the $4 and parked in the lot, or found a free space within a couple of blocks of the campus.

[Popps]

I lived in San Francisco a while back, and you wouldn'te believe the meter-maids there. Directly from hell. It's impossible to park anywhere, so you've got to take chances from time to time... and they nail you. I remember being out of change one time and parking right in front of a Wallgreens. I scanned the scene, and I mean everywhere. Ran in with my dollar... got changes and sprinted back out. The ticket was there waiting for me, and I didn't even SEE the meter maid.

Getting your car towed in that city was just a rite of passage, too.

Great place, but crappy for parking.

[dragondawg]

Sounds like you were supposed to put money in the meter. If the other meters were blank, those cars may have gotten a ticket too. Unless they moved them before the meter maid came by.

I go up to USC to workout all the time, and put a quarter in the meter on Vermont. That's good for an hour. But seeing that you were there for five hours, you should have paid the $4 and parked in the lot, or found a free space within a couple of blocks of the campus.

yah i parked on jefferson, right across the street from denny's or the shrine and i think right now usc is on spring break there would of been lots of parking, dam ticket was 40 bucks, i just assumed since all the meters were blank and it was 4 hours parking that it was okay, well i go back on the 28th so i'll park in the lot, as if the city didn't get enough money already

[cbs1177]

Here in Memphis downtown if the sign says 4 hour parking it means the meter only goes up to four hours and then you gotta come back out and put more money in. But a lot of the downtown metered parking is free on Sundays for churches and stuff.

[theAPAOps5]

If the meter was broken you can get a ticket as most say you can't park at broken meters. Here in Denver I have seen the meter maids actually chalk tires to make sure they move after 4 hours.