Parking Meter Men

[325_driver 422]

Right, Now im not whining

but i dropped off a text book at course, ran inside, expired meter, didnt even lock my car. Was 5 minutes at most

only to come out with a parking fine on my car. Are they not supposed to mark your tyre and then come back, not just slap a fine on ?

Is that a little harsh, i pay my parking fees, i respect authority, and the moment i dont pay 20 cents, for the shortest time ever i get a fine ?

I mean 12 dollars aint a big deal of money, but one of those under your wipers is like a lepricon hiding in the bushes, as you walk past it jumps out and kicks you in the A@@ and runs off laughing in its hideous hyena chuckle.

Wondering whether you guys have got any hideous stories you want to pour your heart and soul over. Cause im sure some people out there in bimmer sport feel harsh done by their LOCAL city council.

[Jimocles 0]

hate them, if no one took the job the world would be a better place, and they could

always get a job which has some dignity McDonalds perhaps.

got towed yesterday for being 36 minutes over time, cost me $160 that one hurt

[*sic 1]

Right, Now im not whining

but i dropped off a text book at course, ran inside, expired meter, didnt even lock my car. Was 5 minutes at most

only to come out with a parking fine on my car.

you are whining.

how are they supposed to know that your car out of the hundreds of others is only going to be there for 5 minutes?... seriously?..

if your gona park for 5 mins put in a 10 cent.. easy huh?..

only one time got snagged, they wernt going to release the car until i paid 60 od dollars..they had no clamp thou they were just standing behind it in the parking space.. so i said f**k that, got in the car reversed, they moved, shouted at me, i gave a big thumbs up and drove away.

damn it felt good too haha!

[Carl 3]

Like traffic cops someone has to do it and like speeding if you get caught just shut the hell up and pay the fine - no one likes people that complain too much

E: for the record my vote would be "I don't judge people because of their job"

Edited March 2, 2006 by Carl

[martyyn 2]

They are just doing there job, dont be such an arse.

When I got back to NZ I had no idea you didnt need to pay on public holidays and as I was looking at a meter a warden came over from across the street to point out it was free.

Top bloke and very friendly....they are not all monsters.

[cwh_27 0]

Did you happen to be in town (Auckland CBD) when that happened? They are really tight over there (obviously they need to be), if you are even just sitting on yellow lines on the side of the road (ie, Wakefield Street) then if a warden is in the area they will practically start writing out a ticket right there and then (with you sitting in the car with it running) But yea, their job, no wardens = no parks.

*E- Just realised your in Tauranga

Edited March 2, 2006 by cwh_27

[Grant 4]

They are just doing their job, give them a break. It is a prick of a job, I would imagine, so I try not to give them a hard time.

When I was in Hamilton, I get them all the time, however I didn't complain because it still worked out a whole lot cheaper than renting a carpark.

Cheers

Grant

[Gus 5]

it is their job...but why did they choose that job? to inflict misery. as bad as tow truck drivers, the scum

[m325i 705]

if they didnt do it, who wouldn't just camp in carparks in town? = no chance of getting a park ever.

In hick towns i can understand anger, but in the CBD deal with the cost of bringing your car in.

You could alway enrol at Massey

[Jazzbass 1]

I agree with Damian. I went to the bank yesterday for maybe 5 minutes. I slipped 20c into the meter. Damn sight easier and less stressful than a $20 fine.

[Guest Andrew]

You could alway enrol at Massey

represent

[cainchapman 0]

if your gona park for 5 mins put in a 10 cent.. easy huh?..

And where in the land of Narnia do you find 10c gets you time to lock your car, let alone leave it?

I don't have a problem with Parking Nazis. Just like the Police, if they catch me, I deserve the ticket for being a dick.

Parking is cheap in NZ (even in Auckland). Get over it.

[*sic 1]

if your gona park for 5 mins put in a 10 cent.. easy huh?..

And where in the land of Narnia do you find 10c gets you time to lock your car, let alone leave it?

I don't have a problem with Parking Nazis. Just like the Police, if they catch me, I deserve the ticket for being a dick.

Parking is cheap in NZ (even in Auckland). Get over it.

Hamilton, next to the lion sacrifice alter

parking in Auckland central is dearer than main shopping drags in LA!!

[MattA 162]

I don't really care have scammed free parking.... but if you get caught get over it,

[Guest Spargo]

You can only buy an hour maximium in akl city, usually costing $4-6. Minimum of a dollar, sometimes 2.

Been stung a few times on Wakefield st, used to park there overnight when I was going through a purple patch last year and played many away games at the Mount st apartments. Since parking needs to be paid for from 8, I had till 9am to be gone. Not often happening when i've only got back frokm work at 3am.

They are scum of the earth. If you don't believe so, they are escorted by security guards after 7pm in town, when paid parking stops at 6pm. They go around all the loading zones and issue the biggest fines - its $200 to be parked in the loading zone. For example, one came past my bar at 1am, where we have a massive loading zone outside, good for 3 cars. There's $600 right there, money otherwise not have been made.

SCUM.

I cut my losses and bought a carpark in the chancery.

[m325i 705]

I cut my losses and bought a carpark in the chancery.

How much was that? $40k?

[Guest Spargo]

its not what you know, its who you know. I'm paying alot less a week than my old man is in the same building, shall we say?

[m325i 705]

So you lease, not purchase?

You should sublease it, and take your chances with the wardens.

Edited March 3, 2006 by m325i

[Deftones 0]

I don't have time for wardens or towies. But then again, if you wanna take the risk then do it.

Don't forget, if a towie is jacking your car up, and you turn up, you are legally allowed to jump in your car and drive off. Sometimes they may say $40 and you can have your car, but you are in your rights to not pay.

[DCEIVN 0]

i hate them. i saw a parking warden stand next to a car at uni once and wait for 5 whole minutes JUST so they could issue a ticket.

[shadowninja 0]

Like every walk of life, there are pricks & pariahs. Note in Wellington they are not city council employees, the city outsources it to ADT security.

Unfortunately the wardens down in W-town work on quotas, so they are out there using every trick to get their numbers. They camp out around easy-to-ticket areas.

It also doesn't help their case where a large chunk of them get investigated for fraud. Recently a whole bunch of the Wellington meter-people were suspended, but ADT still had to honour their contract to the city council, so had security guards out there ticketing cars.

[B*Emz 0]

Hmmm whats a parking warden.... i dont think th bay of islands has them... bl**dy northland ahe, what with this free-for-all parking and what-not!

[B*Emz 0]

Hehehe it can also be proved that even if northland does have these so-called 'parking wardens,' they dont do much.

An aquaintance of ours was away for the weekend and we had access to her car keys, so we thought it would be funny to test the patience of the 180 minute parking spaces outside her place. After two days the car was still there. No tickets in sight. And two days is quite a few 180 minutes.