Maybe justice really is blind.
NYPD officers and traffic agents should immediately begin writing tickets on streets where the parking rules have been changed, despite a five-day grace period at the changed spots.
Ticket Shock for Motorists
Maybe justice really is blind.
NYPD officers and traffic agents should immediately begin writing tickets on streets where the parking rules have been changed, despite a five-day grace period at the changed spots.
Even notes on the new signs saying when the new rules took effect, according top a stunning policy revision.
Department of Transportation officials are posting small notices on all newly changed parking signs showing the date of the revision.
But that shouldn’t stop officers from writing tickets, the rule says.
“Since it is the obligation of the motorist to offer an allowable [defense], members of the service may continue to issue summonses to vehicles that are illegally parked, even if the signage has a posted notice of a parking restriction change and it is within the five-day allowable period,” the Aug. 23 NYPD memo says.
It adds that officers should use “discretion,” and make a special notation on the ticket to help the motorist challenge the summons.
Those notes will likely be made if the officer thinks the car was parked legally in the spot before the sign was changed or if it was observed pulling into the recently changed spot, the rule says.
Sara
Could you PLEASE clarify this article? I did NOT understand it AT ALLLLLLLL!
awacs
“Could you PLEASE clarify this article? I did NOT understand it AT ALLLLLLLL!”
Ok, here goes:
1) The city used to not give tickets by a new sign, for the first five days it was up.
2) The city needs more money.
3) So, policy 1) goes into the trash.
4) To help salve (the little that remains of) their conscience, they told the sign installers to write on the sign the first day it is installed. So the motorist can look at the ticket, look at the sign, and say: “Ah! You got me! Good one, Mr. Bloomberg! I’ll be sure to vote for you now!”
Got it now, Sara?
Zalman
It’s like crownheights.info hired a monkey to write this one. Seriously, this article makes Oholei Torah English look like Shakespeare. Way to go CH.info, you have set a new world record for horrible journalism.
Anonymous
Actually you can chalk this on up to the talented NY Post writers, not us! :)
stop the L--H
it makes perfect sense if you read it 2 or3 times
stop the L H
it should say
Even notes on the new signs saying when the new rules took effect, according to a stunning policy revision.
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Even notes on the new signs saying when the new rules took effect, according top a stunning policy revision.