PPA got ya, eh? not much you can do, AFAIK. my roommate got one for only being at a handicapped spot for like 1 minute. apparently that's serious business to the PPA (well of course a $301 ticket is )
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: Ballatician
I see way to many people with handicap tags. It feels like maybe there isn't a lot of oversight about who gets them.
LOL, I originally read that as you thinking a lot of overweight people get them, and I was like "true, true."
sadly you are both right. being "obese" is a reason to get one. you just have to be able to claim you can't walk 200 ft without a rest.
Also in chicago a few aldermen got in trouble for having them and giving them out. Since meters in chicago shot up after they sold the rights to them..
Originally posted by: waggy
Originally posted by: mb
I'd fight it. Never heard of a fucking blue meter. And if it's night time when you don't even have to feed meters, who'd even think to inspect the damn thing anyway?
And it is nice to hear that you left your car there instead of driving drunk.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse. I beleive blue parking spaces's are handicaped all over the US. While i have never seen a blue parking meter (In ILL handicaped plates/placard lets you park for free) it should be in the rules of the road book he got.
Originally posted by: iamanidiot
So I was out late last night and parked at a meter. It turned out to be a blue meter (I didn't even know they had handicapped meters), thus handicapped. Should I appeal? I didn't pick up my car untill later today.
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I find it hard to believe it wasn't marked in some other way.
I often see Aholes with HUMMER or over size trucks with dually parks in handicap 7 pregnant mother spaces, there reasoning is that their ride is too big to fit in the regular parking spaces.Originally posted by: compuwiz1
I have no sympathy for people who park in handicap parking, especially after seeing some thugs pull into a spot while a little old lady who could barely walk had to park much further away. OP's handle serves him well.
Originally posted by: iGas
I have seen so many Arrogant A-Holes that think it is okay for them to park in handicap spaces and plead ignorance if caught.
Handicap parking spaces have to accommodate wheelchairs hence wider than regular parking space and they are mark so that idiots can't plead ignorance once caught.
Originally posted by: orakle
How much does it cost to get a disabled parking pass? Less than $301?
Originally posted by: iGas
I have seen so many Arrogant A-Holes that think it is okay for them to park in handicap spaces and plead ignorance if caught.
Handicap parking spaces have to accommodate wheelchairs hence wider than regular parking space and they are mark so that idiots can't plead ignorance once caught.
Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
I got a similar ticket at 2nd and Market at 2am on a weekend night a few years ago, didn't realize it was a handicapped spot...didn't even realized I had a ticket until the next morning because there was so many club flyers on the windshield when I got back to the car I just threw them on the seat. I had to appeal it 2 or 3 times and then write a letter to the PPA which was still denied, finally got a hearing..went in and sat down with some chick who hadn't even read the letter, explained the situation and said I wasn't refuting that I parked in the spot but it was an honest mistake. She dismissed the charges. Bottom line, fight the ticket and expect to be rejected a few times, keep fighting it and keep fighting it.
Oh and ATOT is the wrong place to ask for advice for things like this because it's a bunch of people who claim they have never gone 1mph over the speed limit. Don't listen to all the self-righteous assholes.
Originally posted by: nick1985
In college my dad came to my class to pick me up after I got out to take me to the doctor. I just had a tumor removed in my leg and I was on crutches, so he parked in the handicapped spot right in front of the building for me. When I got out of class there was a cop behind him writing him a ticket for parking in a handicapped spot.
I crutched over and gave the cop a sad look and he stopped writing the ticket and tore it up. :thumbsup:
Originally posted by: Elbryn
Originally posted by: SoulAssassin
I got a similar ticket at 2nd and Market at 2am on a weekend night a few years ago, didn't realize it was a handicapped spot...didn't even realized I had a ticket until the next morning because there was so many club flyers on the windshield when I got back to the car I just threw them on the seat. I had to appeal it 2 or 3 times and then write a letter to the PPA which was still denied, finally got a hearing..went in and sat down with some chick who hadn't even read the letter, explained the situation and said I wasn't refuting that I parked in the spot but it was an honest mistake. She dismissed the charges. Bottom line, fight the ticket and expect to be rejected a few times, keep fighting it and keep fighting it.
Oh and ATOT is the wrong place to ask for advice for things like this because it's a bunch of people who claim they have never gone 1mph over the speed limit. Don't listen to all the self-righteous assholes.
in my opinion actions are actions, intended or not. sorry didnt know that gun was loaded, i honestly didnt mean to shoot your son in the head. obviously this case is a much lesser degree but the fact is that ya did the act in question. i wouldnt have liked it much but i would have paid the ticket. same as if i was caught speeding. just my opinion though.
Originally posted by: bignateyk
What the hell is a blue meter? It wasn't labeled with a sign or a big painted wheelchair on the parking spot itself? If not, then that's a crock of shit. I've never heard of a blue meter before and if I got a ticket for parking at one i'd be pretty pissed.