Does anyone else watch it? Makes me want to punch the city of Philly in the throat. That is all.

you park in the wrong spot our run out of time you get a ticket, its simple, I dont see why people freak out

Oh people gettin the tickets I understand. Its the utter hell of redtape you watch them go thru to get it resolved. God forbid you have to get it out of their impound lol. Watchin it now and some folks just give them the car. Its easier to buy a new one.

Edit: double post

most of the people on taht show have a dark skin pigmentation

Posted by Nismo most of the people on taht show have a dark skin pigmentation

And what is that supposed to mean?

it means everyone on the show has a dark skin pigmentation

Posted by Nismo it means everyone on the show has a dark skin pigmentation

I think you are implying something there nismo...lets not go there.

If a person got a lot of parking tickets on a 1987 chevy k5 blazer. Said parking authority towed it away to impound and auctioned it off. If that person buys a new vehicle or buys back the old one are they required to pay the old fines?

i thought they were pushing it when they wouldnt release a car because the person had an international drivers licence, they are only authorized to release to canadian and american licences...

Posted by Xanadu If a person got a lot of parking tickets on a 1987 chevy k5 blazer. Said parking authority towed it away to impound and auctioned it off. If that person buys a new vehicle or buys back the old one are they required to pay the old fines?

I would say yes. Tickets follow the driver, not the car. The only time (that I know of in NY) a suspension follows a car is when it's for insurance lapse. That follows the car's VIN and the driver's licence. If the VIN is presented for registration by another person who's a different legal owner, it can be registered with a bill of sale and sales tax payment, but not by the person who has the unregistered/insurance lapse suspension on their licence and the VIN. Both of those will trigger something in the computer system and it won't let the registration process continue or issue tags or paperwork. This is NY by the way, different states may have different policies.

It used to be you could pay a fine for each one and get the suspensions removed and reregister the car with proper insurance and paperwork, but that's not the way it goes anymore. You have to basically get a new vehicle or sell the present one to get around it.

The auction is probably just to pay storage fees applied to the vehicle, not to pay off the tickets, which is still the responsibility of the driver of the vehicle or else he's gonna get either a bunch of suspensions on his licence or points, or lose his licence all together. I'd bet on the suspensions though. Try renewing your license with like 10 of them. At license renewal, in NY, they used to charge 25 dollars per suspension on top of the license renewal fee. I know someone that went through that, after about 500 dollars, they cleared the suspensions and gave him his license back.

Shael

Posted by nostra-YOUPPI! i thought they were pushing it when they wouldnt release a car because the person had an international drivers licence, they are only authorized to release to canadian and american licences...

I hope you mean an IDP, which an IDP must be used in conjuncition with the other nation's license. The IDL is a long running scam.

However, I'm wondering how an person with the IDP (usually travelers from off-continent) got that many parking tickets with a rental car...

Posted by Agent Skelly I hope you mean an IDP, which an IDP must be used in conjuncition with the other nation's license. The IDL is a long running scam. However, I'm wondering how an person with the IDP (usually travelers from off-continent) got that many parking tickets with a rental car...

it was parked in a no stopping zone, his main licence was an israeli licence

Posted by ShaelTry renewing your license with like 10 of them. At license renewal, in NY, they used to charge 25 dollars per suspension on top of the license renewal fee. I know someone that went through that, after about 500 dollars, they cleared the suspensions and gave him his license back. Shael

I'm doing this right now. MAJOR PITA without a license to get to all the courts I need to get to. I have the money but no RIDE. Ugh.

Posted by jeepdave Oh people gettin the tickets I understand. Its the utter hell of redtape you watch them go thru to get it resolved. God forbid you have to get it out of their impound lol. Watchin it now and some folks just give them the car. Its easier to buy a new one.

It's TV man. What you see is not the easy in and out transaction..... ticket, tow, pay bill, show license and insurance.... back on the road with your ride! You're seeing the troublesome ones! Add in some TV editing so you only see parts of what really went on, and there you are!

i actually find this show paints the parking people in a positive light, they are doing thier job and actually doing a good job, its simple, park in the right place dont get ticket

In my new job, I had to get a car towed last night. It was at this apartment complex where every resident has their own assigned parking space.

????!?!?!?

I had to arrange for another tow again on Monday night.

I actually asked the driver about what happens in a situation where a car gets towed and the owner presents a non-North American drivers license. He told me if its a rental car, the license will be valid as long as the rental company can verify that is the renter.

However, if the vehicle is not a rental but is registered in their name, they can prove ownership if they have a copy of the insurance or registration paperwork of the vehicle. Sometimes proof of citizenship if necessary too.

wait... are you a mall cop?