Awwww.
Ever get a parking ticket that was so cheap, that when you discovered it, it actually cheered you up?
I did, on Friday, after not realizing I had to pay a meter.
This is such a welcome change, coming from a city where I had to plan my life around the local street parking regulations, or pay the steep price. Stupid meter maid/meter man...still hate them so much...
how much are parking tickets in new york?
Posted by: Austin | April 30, 2008 at 10:47 AM
Sheesh, don't get me started on the Jersey City Parking Authority. Bunch of fascists, they are.
And it's been about 5 years since I got a parking ticket in New York City, but the last one was for an expired meter and it was $85. I think it's significantly higher now.
Posted by: therese | April 30, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Another reason why I refuse to buy a car.
Posted by: roopa | April 30, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Austin, parking tickets in NYC are, like, a million dollars now. And that's if you're lucky enough to 'just' get a ticket.
And Colleen, AWWW!
I almost want to pay this for you.
Almost.
Posted by: Lioux | April 30, 2008 at 12:46 PM
That's silly.
Posted by: Trey | April 30, 2008 at 01:41 PM
I'm with Roopa.
Posted by: Big Daddy | April 30, 2008 at 03:45 PM
awww, now that's the cutest thing i've ever seen
Posted by: helene | April 30, 2008 at 05:47 PM
Check out old school and folksy the ticket was...like old school library book cards with the due date printed on it. Cute.
Posted by: kartek | April 30, 2008 at 07:20 PM
A few years ago, I used to work at a school with no parking lot, so I would park at a meter that took nickels-NICKELS!! And the tickets were $3.00 if you didn't have enough nickels.
Posted by: meanieT | May 01, 2008 at 08:11 PM
MeanieT, was the school you worked at in The Nineteen Sixties?
Posted by: Lioux | May 01, 2008 at 08:33 PM
No, Lioux, but that would have been cool to have been around back then! Just a country school in the middle of nowhere in PA.
Posted by: meanieT | May 04, 2008 at 04:55 PM
Not long before I moved to NYC from Detroit, my car got towed because my boyfriend at the time kept borrowing my car and not paying the meters.
The crime? $250 in back parking tickets. The kicker? They had been $5 each! So glad I left his cheap ass in Detroit.
Posted by: ecs | May 04, 2008 at 09:03 PM