Got a parking ticket, but police/sheriffs don't?!?

by **tripp** » Tue Jul 02, 1985 12:15 pm

Ok so I work in a Criminal Law office in downtown Albuquerque, NM. I've been parking in the same spot for over a year and suddenly got a parking ticket one day for parking too close to a stop sign. The law says within 30 feet! (which is actually quite a long ways)

Ever since I stopped parking there, there's a nice wide open spot (the only free spot on our street) so people like to park there very often. We saw a policeman park there once and mentioned something to him, he stated the law is only 10 feet from the sign, which of coarse I know is wrong now. Today we saw a Sheriff park there! I wanna know what can be done at this point. The curb isn't painted, there's no "no parking from here to corner" signs, nothing. I don't think it's far that I paid $30 when the rest of the world can continue using it, including city employees! Is there a free number I can call to get the curb painted, or to get a ticket put on a police car? My desk is straight line-of-sight with that spot so I see soooo many people parking there without tickets.

by **chen12** » Thu Jun 30, 1988 6:03 pm

Do what you need to do but the sooner you realize that any connection between fairness and justice and what happens in real life dealing with police and the courts is PURELY coincidental, the less frustration you will experience.

by **vipponah** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:32 am

Ok so I work in a Criminal Law office in downtown Albuquerque, NM. I've been parking in the same spot for over a year and suddenly got a parking ticket one day for parking too close to a stop sign. The law says within 30 feet! (which is actually quite a long ways)

Ever since I stopped parking there, there's a nice wide open spot (the only free spot on our street) so people like to park there very often. We saw a policeman park there once and mentioned something to him, he stated the law is only 10 feet from the sign, which of coarse I know is wrong now. Today we saw a Sheriff park there! I wanna know what can be done at this point. The curb isn't painted, there's no "no parking from here to corner" signs, nothing. I don't think it's far that I paid $30 when the rest of the world can continue using it, including city employees! Is there a free number I can call to get the curb painted, or to get a ticket put on a police car? My desk is straight line-of-sight with that spot so I see soooo many people parking there without tickets.

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