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xarir

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So today I parked, illegally, on Dundas near Spadina. All I needed was to pick something up quickly so I took the calculated risk of stopping, dashing in then dashing back out. Of course I got a parking ticket.

Was I parked "illegally"? Yes. Was I blocking traffic? No but that's beside the point. Anyhow, I grab the yellow ticket and I'm looking at it. I'm not hit with the "Park Vehicle on Municpal Property Without Consent". Noooo - that'd be too easy. I'm hit with "Stand Vehicle Signed Highway Prohibited (Times / Days)". I'm thinking, if had the space behind my car, where someone else was also illegally parked, I'd have gotten the former.

What's the difference? $30 for parking sans consent, $60 for the standing vehicle thingy.

Rather peeved now. I'm not disputing the tag. But the fine is awfully stiff. For some people, $60 is a rather sizable sum. It really does seem exorbitant IMHO. But I suppose that's the point - parking tickets & speeding tickets are for the most part cash grabs so they may as well grab as much as they can.

Sigh.
 
xarir said:
So today I parked, illegally, on Dundas near Spadina. All I needed was to pick something up quickly so I took the calculated risk of stopping, dashing in then dashing back out. Of course I got a parking ticket.

Was I parked "illegally"? Yes. Was I blocking traffic? No but that's beside the point. Anyhow, I grab the yellow ticket and I'm looking at it. I'm not hit with the "Park Vehicle on Municpal Property Without Consent". Noooo - that'd be too easy. I'm hit with "Stand Vehicle Signed Highway Prohibited (Times / Days)". I'm thinking, if had the space behind my car, where someone else was also illegally parked, I'd have gotten the former.

What's the difference? $30 for parking sans consent, $60 for the standing vehicle thingy.

Rather peeved now. I'm not disputing the tag. But the fine is awfully stiff. For some people, $60 is a rather sizable sum. It really does seem exorbitant IMHO. But I suppose that's the point - parking tickets & speeding tickets are for the most part cash grabs so they may as well grab as much as they can.

Sigh.
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I"m with you on that 1. A parking fine does seem too much. not too long ago I also got a ticket in that area: parking with no permit.

On XMas eve, close to 12am, i parked on the side, ran into the store for 1 min to play my ticket,literally 1min or less, came out and got a ticket. $90. There was 1 car in front of me, thats it, the whole plaza was practically empty. I understand its their job, but I think you have to pick your spots depending on time,incident etc. A parkign ticket in an empty plaza, me in the store for less than a minute and forking over 100bucks was too much IMO.
 
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
 
YEah it sucks but you knew it was a no parking zone. I got a ticket in that same area because I didn't notice that the no parking was to begin at 4 pm and if I had been just a few minutes faster I would have avoided the ticket. Sucks but it happens.
 
Be glad all you got was a ticket, I was towed form that area a few years ago.

I also got a ticket for the same thing just a couple weeks ago while I was downtown with my parents. Funny thing, you can park in any regular no parking zone in Toronto with a disabled permit (both of my parents are disabled) but you get a ticket for parking in a no standing/loading zone.

Go figure.
 
Parking is 1 of the reasons i dont really like driving in downtown. where you can/cannot partk, time limit, permit/tickets etc. too much hassle.
 
I heard if the parking enforcement officer is writing the ticket and you leave the scene before he finishes writing it up or without the ticket it's void, if he gives you the ticket and you give it back claiming there's an error and drive off, the ticket is void.
 
nominis said:
Since they became part of the cops a few years ago they grew an attitude!
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so do these guys actually have to go thru cop school etc. Like this is just where some officers start from?
 
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