Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Best thing would be for Eric to identify the stret and block that he was on. Then a local DC member can go and verify the signage along the block (pics would be useful of signage).
From my POV, it sounds like restricted parking between 8 & 4. After that there is no limit on parking UNLESS there is a No Parking sign around
I agree. It's possible the (seemingly intellectually challenged) OP did not see a "No stopping 7-8 am, 4-6:30 pm" sign, in which case he would be ticketed. But if the ONLY sign was "2 hour parking, 8am-4pm," then you ought to be able to park any time after 4 and be fine (perhaps any time after 2pm, because by the time you've hit the 2-hour limit, the parking restriction has ended). I've never heard of "implied no parking."
Perhaps different cities, states, or parts of the country handle it differently. Certainly there seem to be people who very adamantly believe that "2 hour parking, 8am-4pm" means "No parking, 4pm-8am." But in my city, Minneapolis, they agree with
Common Courtesy's assessment. Hell, my girlfriend lives in an area with pretty tight parking and whenever I visit her I have to search around to find one of the "2 hour parking, 9am-4pm" spots. Everyone around here including me parks in those spots overnight, and you can even leave your car there until 11am without being ticketed. That is simply how it works here.
To the people arguing for "implied no parking": Are you all just trolls? Are you so closed-minded that you think the same rules apply everywhere, even though my own personal experience says otherwise? I'm willing to accept that such rules might apply to some areas, but I was not aware of them until just now. I can say WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY that in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, a 2-hour restriction during business hours means free unlimited parking outside the range specified on the sign, unless another sign says otherwise.
Originally posted by: Ladies Man
He missed another sign as many others have pointed out in the thread.
3 hour parking 8am to 4pm, but from 4pm to 6:30pm it's no parking. No other cars had tickets because he was the only prick parked there from 4 to 6:30, and by the time he got back to his car it was after 6:30 and people had parked there again.
That's what I'm thinking. But if that sign really wasn't there, then he was ticketed wrongly. However, it seems likely that the sign was there and OP missed it.