Skip -
I agree 100% with your message, the weird thing is, I've never skipped
a ticket in my life so I can't even figure where this is coming from
...
Alan
On 9/20/11, Skip Saunders <tfsbj7 at mindspring.com> wrote:
> Sorry... I don't have much sympathy for the "victims" in this thread. You
> receive a ticket; pay it or go to court and get it reversed.
>
> The "ticket blew off the windshield" or "ticket was taken by a bystander"
> arguments don't really hold much water with me either. Those kinds of
> events are simply way way too rare to be honest portrayals of events.
> (Usually, the sight of a ticket promotes a response like..."Boy, wouldn't
> you like to see the person's face when they get back to the car and see the
> ticket!")
>
> Parking spots are regulated for good reason(s). If people don't abide by
> the regulations it makes finding a parking space for legitimate parkers even
> worse than things already are...or worse, it compromises safety (when people
> park in front of fire hydrants, or too close to corners and cause
> blind-spots for intersections, for example). Whenever I see a ticket on a
> windshield, it tells me the driver is being intentionally selfish with
> respect to the needs of his/her fellow person.... or it tells me that some
> poor person simply lost track of time, and therefore needs a reminder that
> there are penalties for not paying attention.
>
> Yep, I know there are instances where the meter-maid arrives just as the
> meter expires; but that too is rare. Usually a ticket means a flagrant
> disregard for parking regulations... So, as I said at the outset. No one
> gets sympathy from me for legal tangles caused by double infractions. (You
> earned the ticket in the first place, and you double earned your troubles by
> failing to pay it.)
>
> -skip-
> BJ7, BJ8
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at
> autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Richard Collins
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 1:02 AM
> To: healey.nut at gmail.com; Webmeister
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Crazy crazy California - S. Carolina DMVs
>
> Yup, I went thru the same ordeal a while ago with my son getting a local
> license in KY with a $10 parking ticket from RI more than 10 years previous.
> It took several months to get RI to unscramble the details so KY just
> waited.
> No rush from RI as it pays them good interest plus ever see a DMV rush with
> anything except to chase you for money? Ended up over $250 with penalties
> and interest to the great (?) state of RI...Big brother doesn't stop
> watching and it is a one way street. Richard of KYBN7 #440
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