Too many parking tickets are being given out
Last weekend, two police cars were parked at a no parking zone and at the same time, the meter readers were out in force ticketing every car on the street. The police appeared to be giving tickets, too. No questions asked.
When the police were confronted by an angry Grove visitor with a parking ticket and asked what all the harassment was about, the police said they didn't know what they meant. The police were asked why they were allowed to park at a no parking zone, yet all these people shopping and spending money were being ticketed all over the place.
Their reply was that they were on an emergency call. Their cars were parked in front of Shaq 24 Hour Fitness, at a no-parking zone, I saw this myself. They were walking from blocks away, from Jaguar or that area, I saw them. Since when do police park their cars blocks away from emergency calls? I usually see them pull up at any spot they can as close as they can to the emergency, even if it is on the sidewalk.
Guess in this case, they felt parking in the no-parking zone and walking blocks to the emergency was the way to go. I actually think they were returning from lunch, not an emergency call.
But seriously, the parking signs are not clear. They say a spot is a loading zone, but yet it isn't a loading zone. They say parking is permitted on Sunday, but not Saturday, they say that parking is allowed in one spot but not two feet back. It is very confusing and honest drivers who are paying for parking in good faith are being ticketed out of confusion.
It was easy when there were meters at each spot, but now that there are a few meters on the block for many spots, it is a bit confusing and the parking authority should take that into consideration. When they see a "paid" ticket on the car windshield, they should know that the person did this in good faith and may be confused as to the nutty signage that is all over the place, thinking they are in a legit spot.
Why are there loading zones on weekends anyway?
When the police were confronted by an angry Grove visitor with a parking ticket and asked what all the harassment was about, the police said they didn't know what they meant. The police were asked why they were allowed to park at a no parking zone, yet all these people shopping and spending money were being ticketed all over the place.
Their reply was that they were on an emergency call. Their cars were parked in front of Shaq 24 Hour Fitness, at a no-parking zone, I saw this myself. They were walking from blocks away, from Jaguar or that area, I saw them. Since when do police park their cars blocks away from emergency calls? I usually see them pull up at any spot they can as close as they can to the emergency, even if it is on the sidewalk.
Guess in this case, they felt parking in the no-parking zone and walking blocks to the emergency was the way to go. I actually think they were returning from lunch, not an emergency call.
But seriously, the parking signs are not clear. They say a spot is a loading zone, but yet it isn't a loading zone. They say parking is permitted on Sunday, but not Saturday, they say that parking is allowed in one spot but not two feet back. It is very confusing and honest drivers who are paying for parking in good faith are being ticketed out of confusion.
It was easy when there were meters at each spot, but now that there are a few meters on the block for many spots, it is a bit confusing and the parking authority should take that into consideration. When they see a "paid" ticket on the car windshield, they should know that the person did this in good faith and may be confused as to the nutty signage that is all over the place, thinking they are in a legit spot.
Why are there loading zones on weekends anyway?
posted by Tom Falco at 10:00 AM
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4 Comments:
On the bright side, they just installed a nice Bike Rack in Kennedy Park, right in front of the Lemonade Truck. Let's Go Green and use Bikes instead of Cars to hang around the Village, no parking problems, get a strong lock and it's free. No traffic, no hassles.
They are takink good care of Kennedy Park, I must admit. It's clean, trimmed. I wonder when they start erradicating the invasive trees and shrubs as the Public Works Dept. promised.
Check out that bike rack, painted green, a dozen bikes at least can be parked there quite safely, since it's in plain view up front.
Carlos.
I avoid the Grove for this reason and shop elsewhere.
Who do we need to talk to about this problem? This is such a ridiculous issue we're dealing with. Does the City of Miami not care about its citizens? Why does it feel the need to hurt us even more economically than what we're already dealing with?!?!
I parked in a spot that was right in front of a meter, it had the lines drawn on the street to show you where to park, and was right by 5 other spots. When I got back to my car I saw a ticket on my car. I looked up at a telephone pole by my car, and about 9 feet up was a no parking sign. It was completely confusing, and I live here! Something must be done, but I don't know what steps to take.
Start taking pictures. Appeal parking tickets. I know that takes time and effort, but if you start clogging up the works with appeals, it will provide an impetus to make some changes.
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