New York City agencies issued 9,955,441 parking tickets from July 2007 to June 2008. Here is an interactive map of them. picked by bernardblack 12 months ago tags new york map tickets parking |
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Unpaid parking tickets proved fatal for a terminally ill New York man who died after callous cops locked him up for four days for a minor traffic offense, a lawsuit claims. picked by suebe 10 months ago 8 comments edit related share world |
Think that you’ve been hard done to by the parking authorities? Well, wait until you have read these extraordinary tales… picked by topofall 2 years ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |
A mere 41k residents of New York City make up nearly half of the income tax revenue received by the city. A little over 19k makes up 40% of the revenue. Changing the city's tax code to soak the rich even more may result in some of those leaving, ending in lower tax revenue over all. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Although not outlined in the city charter, a city memo has allowed workers with the city of Toledo’s Division of Streets, Bridges and Harbor to issue parking citations to citizens. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago 0 comments edit related share weird |
A minivan covered with parking tickets and debris had been sitting on the street long enough that a city marshal was finally dispatched to have the 2000 Chevrolet Ventura towed on Wednesday morning. But a grisly surprise was waiting inside. 7 comments edit related share plime.com*I used to live a few blocks from there* picked by suebe 6 months ago |
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Stacey Turner was about to give birth when her fiance Jeremy Chapman parked their car outside Sydney's Sutherland Hospital and rushed her inside. Parking tickets were the last thing on their minds, but Sutherland Shire Council has refused to waive a parking fine levied on the couple that day. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
A New York City man who fought a parking ticket he got while dressed as Santa Claus and giving out toys says the city's response is more ho-hum than ho-ho. Follow up on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just parking their cars cost some Norwegians between $37,000 and $148,000. picked by muppet 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share world |
London's enforcers of parking regulations have reportedly been overzealous, in one case ticketing a hearse while a coffin was being loaded. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Swiss twins Harold and Michael Lengen have found the perfect loophole to get out of paying parking tickets: 2 comments edit related share plime.comPolice say that in the last year alone the twins have collected 29 parking tickets on a car which they both share. But every time they refuse to pay them and tell courts that the other was driving. picked by bingo 7 months ago |
....Just Another Day in Miami's Parking Hell. 0 comments edit related share plime.comOne thing I like about the ‘burbs is not having to fight for cheap parking or pay through the nose for expensive spots. Not so for people in Miami. Apparently, the scarcity of parking there has created much violence, a cottage industry involving the homeless, parking mafia and even a "magical meter fairy." picked by bingo 3 weeks ago |
A barrister claimed yesterday that his motorcycle is immune to parking tickets because its wheels do not touch the ground when it is parked. picked by muppet 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
This Hummer H3 is built from $35,000 in losing lottery tickets. No sheet metal here, folks. The piece is by Brooklyn-based artists Adam Eckstrom and Lauren Was and it's entitled Ghost of a Dream. The tickets came from local bodegas, where they were discarded by unlucky patrons. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share arts |
Why? Because it's smart. It's convenient. It's fair. And it's designed to eliminate parking tickets. So basically it runs contradictory to everything city governments were built on. picked by rsantosis 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
New York City is buying one-way plane tickets for homeless families to leave the city. 9 comments edit related share plime.comAlso, here is another article found by Suebe about the same thing, but with a lot more detail: Link picked by bisquick3 4 months ago |
New York secretes its fullest range of smells in the summer; disgusting or enticing, delicate or overpowering, they are liberated by the heat... 0 comments edit related share plime.com**Please be sure to use the scroll bar on the side of the article :) picked by nateebiinature 3 months ago |
A huge wave crashed into the New York City region 2,300 years ago, dumping sediment and shells across Long Island and New Jersey and casting wood debris far up the Hudson River. picked by Ankabout 7 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Santa Claus has added a New York City traffic agent to his naughty list after she gave him a ticket while delivering gifts to children. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Traffic warden takes advantage. Thats a surprise. picked by Milkshake 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
New York City police officers need better training to distinguish between law-abiding citizens who snap pictures of city landmarks and those suspected of plotting terrorism, a lawsuit filed on Thursday by the New York Civil Liberties Union said. 3 comments edit related share arts*for Jerry520 picked by dollyllama 2 years ago |