I was tricked into my first parking ticket
I found out that I got a parking ticket... my first one. And i was tricked into it!!!
I parked at a spot that I always park at. It's at a corner of a block and last night, I parked there. Up to this point, that spot has been OK to park in. You only can't park there for street cleaning, but I never had my car there for that.
I got a ticket for parking less than 15 feet from a fire hydrant.
So here's the scenario. Last night, around 2AM, I came back home and parked at the exact spot. Knowing that that spot had been OK before, I didn't think about such an occurrence.
They recently added that hydrant about a week ago. And with hydrants, it is required to paint the curb red so people won't park near it.
Last night, I parked in that spot. I didn't see a red curb (because they didn't paint it yet). Because of no red curb, I didn't think about a hydrant (and it was dark too, so I didn't see it).
So now, I am stuck with a $60 ticket because THEY screwed up. Had they painted the curb red, I wouldn't have parked there. But because they didn't, I didn't bother to look at the curb and try to see a fire hydrant in the dark.
San Jose parking authorities tricked $60 out of me. And worst of all, I can't file for an appeal because realistically, my story won't work in court or whatever.
Anyone wanna donate some money to me?
I parked at a spot that I always park at. It's at a corner of a block and last night, I parked there. Up to this point, that spot has been OK to park in. You only can't park there for street cleaning, but I never had my car there for that.
I got a ticket for parking less than 15 feet from a fire hydrant.
So here's the scenario. Last night, around 2AM, I came back home and parked at the exact spot. Knowing that that spot had been OK before, I didn't think about such an occurrence.
They recently added that hydrant about a week ago. And with hydrants, it is required to paint the curb red so people won't park near it.
Last night, I parked in that spot. I didn't see a red curb (because they didn't paint it yet). Because of no red curb, I didn't think about a hydrant (and it was dark too, so I didn't see it).
So now, I am stuck with a $60 ticket because THEY screwed up. Had they painted the curb red, I wouldn't have parked there. But because they didn't, I didn't bother to look at the curb and try to see a fire hydrant in the dark.
San Jose parking authorities tricked $60 out of me. And worst of all, I can't file for an appeal because realistically, my story won't work in court or whatever.
Anyone wanna donate some money to me?