Well then everybody that lives in Philadelphia use their stimulus checks and by tow trucks and start Towing all the Senators congressmen government officials at the parking enforcement offices do courtesy tows on their cars go to the driveway pull the car out of the driveway parking downtown somewhere in a handicap no parking area. If the cops ask me what you doing just tell him hey it's a courtesy tow🤯🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤷♂️🤦♂️
Those saying Democrat or Republican as being the definitive proof for the problem are not addressing the issue. They are, in my opinion, indicative of a greater problem. There could be administrative issues that any party would have. Issues with unions that don’t want to change, to management that used change for unfair labor causing distrust. Reduction of tax revenues needed to have a properly run system or mismanagement of any budget leading to the mess now. Could even be partisan bickering in government where winning political points matters more than governance. Could be legitimate changes to populace versus services available. Could be any number of things. Saying it’s one party or another just shows the kind of mindset that unscrupulous politicians uninterested in actually governing well can easily prey on. The kind of simplified thinking that makes people vote against candidates that are actually civic minded or have experience with management or governance. All the while people who do so feel it’s in the name of patriotism. Please… think through an issue for the issues sake. Make your concerns known to your representative (regardless of affiliation) work on making this issue known in your community. Let’s acknowledge that issues are complex and complex solutions will require that we look beyond a simple party label and work.
Someone tried that with a friend’s bike outside his apartment. He held them at gunpoint until police arrived. Seems similar situations in philly require the SSS approach. No wonder that city is such a crime ridden hell hole. Homicide rate nine time what it is here where I live, which is not a particularly safe city. Almost one percent of residents subjected to violent crime every year! All because the government leads the way in criminal behavior and disrespecting anyone not in their “gang”. Wasn’t planning to ever go there, But thanks for the reinforcement.
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Actually, it sounds like something nice someone does for you. But is actually bad. AKA A typical euphemism.
Years ago I parked behind a friends house at the beach, the parking space for this property is in the alley right behind his garage. it’s clearly marked no parking in the alley. Yet his property along with all of the property along the alley are part of the alley, I’m parked on private property. I went round and round with the city over being cited on private property. I’m a Real Estate broker, so I ordered a plot map from a title company showing the property lines and how far they extend into the alleyway. I took photos of my vehicle parked behind the garage that clearly shows I’m on private property. I filed a appeal with the city, in my appeal I provided all of my supporting documents, I requested all tickets that have been issued for the past 10 years in that alleyway. The appeal for these tickets offered two options, one provide any evidence of your case, they will decide if your right or wrong, two, request a formal hearing where you can subpoena / request documents from the city, bring in witnesses, the person who wrote the ticket will be required to appear. Both forms of appeals require the person filing the appeal to provide supporting documents in making their case. I was provided a hearing date that was a few months down the road. A month before my hearing I contacted the city to inquire about the documents I had requested. I was told they will not provide these documents because it was too costly and time consuming. As I was explaining to the person on the phone that they are required by law to provide the records I’m requesting she hung up on me. I called back several times and was sent to their VM, they never return my calls. It was about two weeks before my hearing, I wrote the city another letter, in this letter I cited the sections and codes to where the city is required by law to provide me the records that were requested prior to my hearing, on he back of the citation it is clearly states my two options . I wrote in my letter that the city has two options, drop the citation or I’ll look at a class action against the city for their illegal practice. I have to note, This was right around the time a superior judge ordered the city of LA to repay millions of dollars for their illegal ticketing practices for nonworking parking meters. Two days before my hearing I received a letter from the city stating in light of the evidence that has been provided to them they were reversing the citation. My opinion is they did not want that can of worms opened and it was clear I was not backing off.
Just be careful with the evidence and look over your shoulder. Might want to get a safety deposit box and release a copy to the press in the untimely death provision in your will.
file a Freedom of Information Act Request, much faster results and they will drop the ticket when they get that request lmao edit: also, people have 20 days to reply or something bad happens
@@_Circus_Clapped_ I did something like that and ended up in a mutually assured destruction kind of situation. I get an electric car because my university had free charging (cheaper to drive 3 hours a day and use the stations then live on campus). They wrote that, had it on their site, everything. I got there and they charged a ridiculous amount of money to PARK and the parking passes didn't count. They limited the hours of charging and had illegal credit card fees despite requiring credit cards only. They waited by my car to get me tickets. I got a few thousand pennies to pay for a ticket and they called the police, which then threatened me. Late one of the cops apologized because they realized the director lied to them. I put in a FOIA request to get all the director's emails and threatened to go to court after meeting a lawyer (I was in a student's legal union). They didn't give me a single ticket after that, I didn't dispute the last ticket. They avoided me, I avoided them, and they knew shit would hit the fan if they went for me, and I knew they'd make being a student hell if I fought for money money back.
I lived in Philadelphia, one day they installed permit parking only signs. I called the PPA and they said you have two weeks to get the permit. I ordered one, but within 12 hours of installing the sign, there were tickets on a ton of cars. I had to spend an entire day at the PPA to get the ticket thrown out.
I went to Drexel back in the 80s. We had a fire hydrant that we'd leave in front of the house when we had to go somewhere. When we got home, we'd pick up the hydrant and put it back in the trunk of the car. OX (Theta Chi) thug life.
Funny story, back in the 60's my uncle owned a paint and body shop. Across the street was a cannery and the workers would park in front of his shop blocking the gate where he brought in cars. One day he went out and painted the curbs in front of his shop red. A few days later he saw a cop ticketing people. About 3 years later he saw a city crew out there inspecting the curb, he figured he was busted. Nope, the crew repainted the red zone and left it there.
I don't remember if Steve reported on it or not (I saw the actual news story), but about a month ago in Detroit, a pizzeria owner painted all the handicap spots outside of his store blue because the signage was confusing and some of his customers were getting ticketed. The painted spots made it much more clear where the handicap parking was, thus making violations less likely to happen. The City of Detroit sent out a work truck the very next day and removed the unauthorized paint, promising (to the news crew present) that they will look into the sign situation at a future date. Which I'm sure they will.
Knew an equipment mechanic who opened his own shop, and the state started replacing the bridge right by his house and shop. The workers kept parking in his driveway. The last time he talked to the foreman and he made them move their cars, they parked in his driveway again the next day. He finished the tractor he was working on, grabbed a chain, and started dragging vehicles across the highway into the corn field. Those who didn't get their cars moved in time also paid him to pull them back on to the road.
Ever see the TV show Parking Wars, Philly makes millions a year on fines and selling off cars they take. Once you turn on that cash flow you don't turn it off.
Parking Wars was a TV show about Philly, Detroit and ?. It made everything look like the 'people's' fault. I'm sure if they even hinted of a corrupt system, there would have been no show.
I would have to move, I couldn't live somewhere that caused me to have to take pictures of my car or that had me wondering when my car would be legally stolen.
Fastest way to turn it off us don't let any cars drive in the city for 30 days. ( this includes delivery of any kind) and the people will pass all over the city government so fast they will jump ship and move to another state.
This needs an independent council investigator with unlimited subpoena power, unlimited forced employee overtime pay to comply with subpoenas, immediate jailing for non-compliance contempt, and and then criminal prosecution seeking decades of punitive civil reparations for citizens that will seize perpetrator cars, houses and bank accounts to pay citizen reparations on top of imprisonment. This might also inspire fixes without any outside MBA consultant.
I can agree with that. The government never will of course. Are there really any bureaucratic solutions left? Also, we always end up in the same comments section. Your taste is golden.
The real legendary TayZonday. Interesting, lol. Mr Chocolate Rain weighing in on the topic. The only problem is if you give one organization unlimited power to fix a problem, they will inevitably, eventually, become corrupt themselves as well.
Always! Our whole court/judicial system is set up to fleece citizens. They draw everything out for years. Forcing high lawyer fees on the accused. It's a club of corrupt extortionists....under color of law.
People should stop doing business to the entire area where this is taking place, but that is my opinion on it. I think they call it a boycott, but in this type of scenario a boycott of the entire city.
@@happycows Hard for them to make money if they spend it replacing signs. Don't take the signs just fell them. If they have to restake signs after 2 or 3 times they stop putting it up. Don't mess with private signage though not the same fight.
In the mid 90’s I received a ticket from the City of Orlando that I thought was improper but the cost/benefit analysis made fighting it a loser to contest. So I went to my banker, who my firm represented, and gave them a heads up that I was going to literally “draw” a check in payment. I figured the City would not know what to do as they couldn’t simply run it through the fed clearinghouse and the cost of processing it by them would be a redemption satisfying my outrage. True to form they balked saying it wasn’t a legal instrument and therefore the payment was not made timely and I owed a further late payment penalty. I confirmed that my receipt showed my timely tender of payment and told them go pound sand. If you pursue this I’ll counter sue you for a frivolous and malicious prosecution because under the UCC I could write a check on a banana peel and if they had inquired of my bank they would have known it would be honored because all the requisite information required by law was on the homemade check. They backed off and had to send a courier from the Treasurer’s office to negotiate the check. I had so much satisfaction from that sequence of events.
About 50 years ago I guy I knew sent a t-shirt to the IRS filled-out as a check. I've no idea if that would work today, but the Treasury did finally cash it after several months.
That happened to me in Boise. A parking meter was added to my parking spot while I was parked, and they gave me a ticket for not paying the meter. Then they denied installing the parking meters that day. I started carrying a camera in my car after that.
@@splashpit the concrete used in highways take 5 days to dry. Fast setting concrete cannot be used where strength is a safety requirement. ( anywhere your driving a loaded rig or on bridge) fast is fine for home projects but not allowed in any building foundation as its to weak and walk will come down.
@@jasonwilliams3967 Never say never. You just have to have the right person with the right motivation. Say a prosecutor that also had his car towed and wants to make an example. Find a judge that has also had his car towed... LOL. They get hit with a GTA charge that sticks. I bet this nonsense would stop cold. Fixed in one day.
Steve, the same thing happened to me in New Orleans. I was part of a group of 5 Air Force officers who rented a car and drove from our temporary base In Mississippi to New Orleans. We parked in a spot in the French quarter just after another vehicle had pulled out of the space. After about an hour and a visit to Pat O'brian's we decided to put our "Hurricane" glasses in the car so we wouldn't have to carry them around all night. When we arrived at the car it was gone and another car was parked in it's place. While we were standing there wondering if our rental car had been stolen a tow truck pulled up and started to remove the car that was parked where ours had been. We asked the tow truck driver if he had towed a blue Oldsmobile from that spot earlier. He replied that yes he had. We asked why and he pointed to a pole on the sidewalk. He said see that pole? There's supposed to be a no parking sign on it but someone apparently stole it. We asked where our car was and he told us the city's impound lot. Luckily a pickup came buy and offered us a ride to the lot. While walking through the impound lot on our way to the office we noticed there were no Louisiana plated cars in the lot. They were all out of state, as was ours. Upon reaching the office we were told we could pay an $85 fine and get the car back or surrender our drivers license and get a court date. I happened to have a check and we paid the fine. The next morning we left our base in Mississippi and flew back to our permanent base in Florida. I then called my bank and canceled payment on the check. The JAG office told me just not to go into New Orleans for the next 7 years. Or at least don't get pulled over there. I haven't been back since and that was over 20 years ago.
And I'll never understand why people see this and think the answer is to make the government bigger, more powerful, and further disconnected from the individual.
I’ve studied government for nearly 40 years. Respectfully, you have no idea. And I got to experience what I studied when I was unfortunate enough to live in Stealinois and Chicago.
IF I lived there I would certainly file a police report and press charges on them. No matter what the DA does with the thef, I would see about possibly filing suit for unlawful seizure.
I live there, got "courtesy" towed once. I asked a worker why my car was gone, he said they were street sweeping but someone had removed the temp no parking signs. Told me my car was somewhere within 1/2mile section of a specific street. It was in a grocery lot. I get they don't want to cancel their schedule but they need to.
This reminds me of a story I heard out of Cincinnati in the late '90's. A woman decided that her personal "random act of kindness" would be to take rolls of quarters with her when she was out walking in the downtown area (which she did everyday) and feed the quarters into parking meters that had expired so that the drivers would not get ticketed. A policeman stopped her and told her it was illegal for her to do this, and when she asked him to show her what law she was breaking he gave her a summons. When she went to court, the judge threw it out because no code section had been violated. Whereupon the Cincinnati City Council passed an ordinance specifically making her behavior illegal (I think this illustrates Steve's point that cities do these things on purpose to get more money). It was only when the story broke in national news media that Cincinnati was shamed into repealing this ordinance.
As a former employee of a small city, I approve of this tactic by citizens to protect their rights, possessions and funds. Photograph of your vehicle can and will protect you.
If the car has any service like OnStar you can have them call you when the car is moved like that. You can then report the car stolen the moment they move it. When the police are chasing their own city government around all day it will stop.
There is case in London where they actually lifted the car up , painted yellow no parking lines on the road , then dropped the car back on the road and give them a parking ticket for illegal parking!
This is similar to a “Dukes of Hazard” episode but instead of parking signage it was a speed limit sign that was changed remotely from 55 to a lower limit after the Duke boys passed.
I was stationed at Luke AFB in 1990 and my motorcycle was stolen. I reported it... 6 months later a police officer calls me at 7 pm and tells me my bike had been recovered, a day after it was stolen. Great news right? No, I had 6 months of storage bills. $2400, more than the bike was worth. The towing company graciously cut it in half. So it was $1200 to get my $1800 motorcycle back thanks to the ineptness or intentional lack of notification from the police and/or towing company. At the time I was married and had 3 children and made $1100 a month.
A friend had his two uninsured newer quads stolen from a camping cabin in a 'nice' place. He got a call from a tow yard and was glad to pay the crazy fees in advance since they were still in pristine condition - as per the tow yard. You guessed it - they were thrashed, stripped and un-rideable. No refunds.
If people that ran these scams were more often than not just found dead, the fraudulent practice might not happen as often. Qualified Immunity has to end.
This happened in the town I used to live in. It was a small town of maybe 5000 people, and it had a pretty prominent college in it. The city liked changing the parking signs in streets near the college to make it so totally legally parked student vehicles were suddenly illegally parked. You'd go down streets you've been down a thousand times and see shiny, brand spanking new no-parking signs and tickets posted on a dozen vehicles. A few months later, the signs are gone. Few months more, new signs are back and more tickets. They kept doing this.
I once live in North Texas, the city would switch one way signs after midnight with no warning. Posted up near the signs would be 20 or so police cars issuing out tickets like free candy, for driving the wrong way on a one way street and searching cars for contraband. It was a moneymakers dream come true for the city. Pirates only understand rum, loot and booty and are willing to sail off the edge of the earth in their never ending quest for all 3.
Years ago, I got pushed through an intersection near Independence Hall (and pedestrians) by a Philadelphia police car. The pedestrian walk light had turned red, but the walk was full of pedestrians. Philadelphia has a long history of traffic/parking abuse. My father, who worked within a block of City Hall, refused to ever drive in the city, for just those reasons.
Once upon a time, I went to a pub with friends. My friends were drinking beer from pitchers. I was drinking soda. People were buying the pitchers, and I finally bought one to be sociable, even though I wasn’t drinking. Just when the pitcher arrived, everyone decided to go home. So… there I was with the pitcher of beer. Rather than waste it, I drank it. Then I went outside and remembered that I had parked at a meter; however, I was a little too drunk to drive. It was a place where cops would hang out, and there was a residential neighborhood nearby with free parking, so I decided (in my uninhibited mood) to ask a policeman to move my car. This, he was delighted to do. Instead of putting it in the neighborhood, though, he insisted on driving it to a parking lot, which was unattended for the night, allowing free parking. I was going to walk the eight blocks to my house, but he was so happy with my civic conscientiousness that he drove me home. How nice, right? The next day, I went to retrieve my car, and the parking lot attendant called the police on me. The only reason I got away without being arrested is that I remembered the cop’s name, and they knew him. It took some fast talking.
Its technically trespassing if you have no business at the location. If you get a flat tire and pull into a parking lot, if the owner is a dick, he can have you ticketed for trespass. Police dont generally write em tho, they ask you to leave the area.
We had a vehicle stolen before we could get the paperwork into our name. We reported it and the vehicle was recovered 150 miles away. The tow yard operator was absolutely smitten about the fact that it was going to take months to get thru the covid impacted courts to get the paperwork proving we owned it. According to him, the fees were going to be very “unfortunate” even if we attempted to pay in advance. We called the cops back and requested assistance and they were kind enough considering the situation to fax the tow yard a release order to us. I wish I had thought to use a camera at the time we picked it up 3 hrs later. The tow operator was furious.😂
You're entering a dimension of s**t....wait !...the signpost up ahead.....it.....it...... it..........sorry ladies and gentlemen...THE SIGN HAS JUST BEEN CHANGED !!!!!!
I was in Philadelphia about 35 years ago and it was almost impossible to find a parking place. Philadelphia is also a city that is very aggressive in civil asset forfeiture including peoples homes.
A similar thing happened to me and my dad going to a Tigers game downtown. We parked in an area where street parking was legal, but we still took pictures of where we parked. Came back and the street sign posts that where empty when we went in had "No Parking" signs on them when we came back and every car down the street had a ticket on their windshield. Luckily the pictures got it dismissed in court, because there was no way my dad was going to pay that ticket.
Anchorage Alaska, mid 90's. Swapping "2-hour free parking" signs for coin-op meters, with the parking-enforcement following aloing writing "meter expired" tickets for each and every car as they move to the next spot. They dismissed every ticket challenged, but surely made some bucks from those who didn't. Not the only story of the Anchorage parking authority, but parallel to this one.
Steve; something similar happened to me years ago. I had just bought my home, and in the neighborhood on the main road to enter the neighborhood, the signs posted the speed was 25 mph. Well, one person who worked for our county council made a complaint that the speed for the neighborhood was to fast. So a county worked came and changed the sign at the beginning of the main road to a 15 mph sign, but didn't change the other posted speed signs within the neighborhood. The main road is over a mile long just to get to the entrance and has 4speed signs on that section. So the sign that was changed was the one right after you turn into the main road to the entrance, but the sign halfway to the entrance was still 25 mph as well as the two sign as you left the entrance of the neighborhood. So a county sheriff pulled me over on my way to work for speeding. He said I was doing 25 in a 15 mph zone. I pointed to the posted sign about 10 ft in front of me that said 25 mph as well as the on posted by the exit of the neighborhood. He ignored that, wrote me a $150 ticket, that I contested and won. The county was then ordered to refund nearly 100 speeding tickets deputies had issued, and had to change the sign back to match the others. They had violated state regulations by changing the sign without DOT approval first, nor did they submit a request to respond the area to a lower speed. It was a huge mess, and gave the councilmen and sheriff's office a big black eye.
It is NOT “a mess” - it is activity by crooks jacking you because you are unable (or stupidly, unwilling) to move away from this sh*t pit. Thank You, Steve. I’m glad I don’t live in a big city; your stories (and Louis Rossman) have convinced me to never move there. Corruption. These people need to be punished. Perhaps towed behind the tow truck, or hung from the truck crane.
In west Philadelphia born and raised, in the PPA is where I spend most of my days, we yelling and screamin' and shouting some words, when a couple a' meter maids were up to no good, they started towing cars in my neighborhood; I got one little ticket it was a good scare, but my mama said "you're moving in with your aunt and uncle in Bel-Air"...
Yep. Happened to me in Tampa. Out-of-towner for a wedding I arrived and parked downtown for a party at 6 pm on Friday - parking is free from 7 pm Friday until 7 am Monday. I paid for my hour and then my car would be legally parked until Monday morning. Went to the party and walked by my parking space at 11 pm and my (all of the others too) car was gone and there were bags placed over the meters saying there was a special event in the morning and the spots were now closed. Turns out they bagged the meters at 7. If you can pay for up to two hours on the meter, and the parking is free after that, the notification should go up at 5. I paid to get my car back but it had to wait a day and incur a fee because they needed time to process the paperwork. Went to court for the ticket and try to get my towing fee back. The judge never did understand my argument and thought I was saying the policeman lied on the ticket he gave, but reluctantly waived the $25 ticket after the entire front row of the court agreed with me and protested for me. She said she had no power to refund the $250 towing bill.
San Francisco doesn't care: ticketed for violation of signage that wasn't posted when I parked. Took pictures on finding the ticket. Compared then with old Street View imagery. Submitted all. Ticket quadrupled and added to registration renewal cost. Haven't driven to or done business in SF since.
In Omaha NE, I normally parked across the street from a certain store. The meters stated on them that they were M-F. One Saturday, I saw a city employee writing a car on a line of cars, I informed him that he better look at the placecard inside the meter. He looked and kept writing tickets, after he left, I looked and it still said you could park for free on Saturday & Sunday.
I just love your reports on parking in the City of Brotherly Love. And I think you've hit the nail on the head, Steve, they're making too much money to change things.
Until government is held ACCOUNTABLE for the harms it inflicts, nothing will change. Government just paying back the fines is nowhere close to holding them accountable.
I had motorcycle stolen from Florida. Phili cops called and told me they had it and waited until after criminal case. Told me I could pic it up with towing and storage charges of $980 already. That was first call from them.
This is such a great channel and this story reminds me of the line "from chaos comes cash". Something that should not be the case! Thanks for such a clear and pragmatic view. It's great to see as an engineer coming from a lawyer. Go Steve.
I'm not sure why I started doing this, but every time I have been in a large city I have taken pictures of my car, meters etc when I would leave the car.
I've had a very similar thing happen to me almost 20 years ago in San Diego. I was in the Navy at the time and my ship was in drydock. The ship yard only had street parking available for us. I had a 24 hour duty rotation. Parked my car on the street Monday morning and wasn't able to see it again until Tuesday afternoon. In that time the city erected a construction zone around my car. Then, ticketed and towed me for being illegally parked in a construction zone.
yeah, the state Pennsylvania or maybe even the federal justice department should fine the city for not complying with the law. If Philadephia would have to pay something like 10K to 100K per day they do not comply, I'm sure they will suddenly be able to fix it. ;)
In Boston (MA), temporary no parking signs are put up several days in advance, usually for construction, moving, or parades. There is never any parking (or traffic) in my neighborhood on the day of the Christmas season celebration. However, every few minutes, the horse-drawn carriage passes by, usually with very happy children riding in it.
You know your city if messed up when you feel compelled to lock your car and take a picture of it, not for fear of another driver hitting it, but for fear of the city changing signs on a whim.
The Harry Nice bridge (301 connecting MD and VA ) no longer has toll takers so if you don't have EZ pass they mail you a bill for the toll ($6). They are mailing out the bills for the tolls 6+ months after the fact tacking on an additional $25 late fee. I had it happen where I got 2 hits a year later. I spent 45+ minutes on hold to talk to someone at EZ pass to get the 2 late fees taken off. Had I not called it would have cost me $62 vice $12.
Happened to me in Blairsville PA. Went to an automotive school there during the day back in the 90's. Parked on the street at 7am no meters present. Came back to leave at 4pm, new meters installed all down the street (had no meters on that street before.) Had a $20 parking ticket on the window, So did 15 other cars parked on that street.
The Constitution prohibits the states from passing any laws which apply ex post facto….looks like this would sort of apply to changing a sign and then ticketing a car already parked.
Had this happen in Amsterdam too. One day I came back from work and there was a sign that informed me cars in front of my house would be towed in twelve hours or so. Glad I wasn't out of the country or staying at a friend! Monsters.
Reminds me of a skit on the Dave Allen Show decades ago. It was a British comedy show. In one segment a parking officer pushes the curb away from a car and then writes out a ticket for it.
Something else Maryland was doing with the Harry Nice bridge - they have cameras that read an run tag numbers. For Virginia residents when a tag is ran it tells the cop if the person has a conceal carry permit. A lot of King George Virginia residents have a conceal carry permit. When a vehicle going into Maryland flagged as a conceal carry permit holder, it would notify the cop on the other side of the bridge and the person would get pulled over for no reason in an attempt to bust the person carrying a weapon into Maryland.
Don't forget MSP tracking cars that bought cigarettes just over the bridge then slapped them with thousands in fines for having a couple packs of untaxed cigarettes.
I recall seeing a video of a Canadian town that had a sign saying no parking where the curb is green. The sign itself was not beside a green curb but people would get tickets for parking beside the sign, and with no part of their car beside a green curb.
On a related tale....Years ago, the municipality I worked for had to replace two structures downtown. As the streets in question were one-way, we needed to alter the streets to bi-directional, we placed "no parking effective MM-DD-YY" three weeks ahead of mobilization over the permitted parking signs. We also took pictures of the sign placement for the record. Once the contractor mobilized, the public continued to park per the permitted parking. The City ended up towing a significant number of cars that ignored the "no parking" project signs... I didn't hear about any repercussions from the towing...
That's exactly the reason I only park in private parking garages when in Philadelphia!!! Generally I don't even stop in Philadelphia, unless absolutely necessary!!! It's very hard to trust the PPA!!! You're definitely right Steve, it's all about money!!! Steve, you should check out the Parking Wars TV show! Many of the shows were shot in Philadelphia, with the PPA! Just type in Parking Wars, Philadelphia into TH-cam and you'll find full episodes!!! They also have some shows that take place in Detroit!
This makes me curious about the accessibility of this new handicap spot beyond just a new sign. How far is it to a ramp to the curb? Does it have extra space for wheelchair or other mobility devices to load/offload. Basically does this handicap space meet the requirements in accordance to the ADA?
It may have been reserving parking in front of a disabled person’s residence, for the convenience of that disabled resident. So does not have to be ADA.
@@douglasrowland3722 the last moron whom tried to pass off a noncompliance wheelchair exit was proven to be noncompliance by a quadpligic that WORKS FOR THE COUNTY COURT. and had no problem explaining just how NONCOMPLIANCE it was. Made them rip it out and get a REAL WHEELCHAIR ASSESSABLE EXIT and INSPECTED TO COMPLINANCE done. ( ya I pissed off a bunch of government stingy ripoff jackass)
All ADA HAS TO PASS BUILDING CODE FOR ADA. PERIOD. buildings ramps or parking. If it doesn't pass code it doesn't pass ADA. and to meet code it HAS TO BE INSPECTED FOR ADA COMPLIANCE. measurements count. Building code counts. Angels count. Clearance is a requirement not an option. And permits from the city making it handicapped makes it a felony to BLOCK IT. ( permit from the city is required)
Back in the 90's my carrier received a phone call from the cops in Vancouver asking them if they were going to be doing anything about the trailer they own that had a dozen parking tickets on it. Boss asked for the trailer details and as soon as the cop told him the unit number boss responded with "oh you found it. That's the trailer we reported stolen 2 months ago". Cops comes back with "oh...........I'll take care of it, can you come get the trailer as soon as possible"?
“It’s such a mess” “It’s a quagmire” Yep, that’s Philly. I got a $25 PPA ticket in South Philly. Mailed the check with ticket # on it that day. They cached the check then had my paycheck GARNISHED for $200 months later. I had never received any notification of any sort.
Had a tangent of this happen to me. Parked pretty much in the same place along side a four foot concrete wall in a commuter train parking lot, Monday thru Friday. On Monday, I go to the usual spot for my usual early train 5:45 am (still dark at that time). End of day, I come back to my car and there’s a $100+ ticket for parking in a “no parking” zone. Turns out, on Sunday, they made parking along the wall a “ no parking zone”, indicated by one sign on each end of this over one block long wall on the wall at car level. Being dark, I didn’t see the first sign where you turn in (not in line of site), nor did I see the second sign at the end of the wall by the crossover, because it was behind another “illegally” parked car. I called the respective city department who said, yes, we could have put notices up a week before hand, and yea, we could have put more signs up, and yea we could have put the signs up higher, but we were just told about this on Friday and were directed to have it in place by Monday morning by “this other” department. Called the “other” department and the finger pointing continued, so I just paid the fine. Also notified each respective then current elected official that I would be voting against them in the next election due to this. Obviously, they didn’t care.
in regards in my area where I live ive gotten a ticket for rolling thru a stop sign at 430am in the morning in my subdivision so my attorney said plead not guilty and they have to move it to states court where it got thrown out lol worked like a charm. Have had HOA issues that's one of them. I have to get permission to park on the road in front of my house if i have guest staying over night lol love your videos
My wife is hooked on a show called Parking Wars and Philadelphia is one of the Cities. She was so excited to hear this article. There are people on the show that come from outside of the city to visit and they say "Never come to Philadelphia!"
An ex post facto law (corrupted from Latin: ex postfacto, lit. 'out of the aftermath') is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
So here's one for you. I drove a really beat up Dodge B200 up to Las Vegas for a flight. I was transporting printers and heavy equipment and that old cargo van was solid for stuff like that. On the way back to my home from the airport, I got pulled over. Now I did have a busted license plate light, but I still think he pulled me over because the van looks like the old Sanford & Son truck... Next thing I know, I am handcuffed and told there are two warrants for my arrest. As it turns out, I got a couple of tickets for allegedly living in Arizona, but not registering my motorcycle. (Was visiting mom in hospital.) LOTS of people think it is ok to just let vehicle go until the previous state's registration tag expire, then license in the state of AZ. I explained to the nice officer that this had to be a mistake and that I had just gone ahead and plead on the deal and it then went to civil collections situation. So the state of Arizona screwed up and it never made it to the computers that I had plead and this was now a civil collections problem- not a failure to appear warrant. But that's not what the policeman's computer said. I told him more than once that something had to be wrong, could he please check? Nope- off to be booked into jail. But because I am polite and not stupid, I was ROORed after a couple of hours. By that point though, its like 4:00AM and my van got towed- after the cop went over it with a fine comb. I know he was looking for drugs. I don't take drugs and I would certainly never transport them. But the van totally looked like "that kind of van." The next business day, I went straight to the court. I called the state and asked about my warrants, how do I settle them etc. Their Answer: "What warrants?" If the office had just called the state for a paper check, he would have realized that like I said, it was a mistake. So I spent two hours being arrested and booked, had to get the tow truck driver pick me up at the jail around 4AM and then drive me to their impound yard. And all for the small fee of $250... I later found out that because the officer did not call in for a paper confirmation on this warrant, I had the right to sue for essentially what was a denial of my civil rights. Well I could have sued, but since I had just gotten a job with the state... well I did not want a hornets nest thank you. Viewers, you can and should be reimbursed for a baseless arrest and associated fees like what happened to me. As professional as the officer was, he should have had a serious reprimand. State database checks for an actually legal copy of a warrant are available 24 hours a day. They computers are NOT considered an official arrest warrant! As to Philadelphia and their pencils and FAX paper, I saw the same thing in the courts. I was in charge of bringing automation to the county paperwork process. The state hired me to automate the paperwork and go digital. So with upgrades, you always go for the low hanging fruit at the front of the process- Clerk of the Court. She sits at a window and timestamps all paperwork- then places it in a wire basket for another person to touch, then copy in triplicate, whereupon it goes into a three different baskets... One gets mailed to plaintiff, one to defendant and the third is considered the official record of the court. Well I brought in a document scanner and sat it on the counter next to the clerk. Then I showed her how easy this was to use. All she had to do was drop the paperwork in- it would scan automatically. The documents would then distribute digitally and were watermarked- no more need to mutilate papers in a copier, time stamper, etc. WAY less trouble and paperwork. Stuff was updated real time and the parties could see everything from the internet. Absolute no brainer, great system reduces paperwork and associated physical storage by 2\3rds! The Clerk crossed her arms and told me the following: "I have been doing this job for almost 30 years. I retire in just two more years. If you think I am learning anything new, you are most sadly wrong." So I went to her boss. Her boss crossed her arms and said, "I have been doing this for 45 years. If you think we are going to change on my shift, forget it." MY wimp of a boss would not implement what the city\county\state demanded we do. He was far more interested in feelings than any form of progress. Things like this still happen all across the country. So after three months of useless milling about and trying to get someone in power to force this state required change, a resolution was arrived at. I had been hired to implement this "offensive" technology by the state. Fire me, and you remove the issue. And that's exactly what they did... 15 years later, I checked with a friend who still works there. They still manually stamp everything, put it in a basket and then store everything on reams of paper... In a situation like that, know wonder I had a false warrant. And lest you think it was easy to quash a warrant that was never issued, let me tell you it was not. They don't have a method for quashing a warrant unless you have a warrant number. Since it was never issued, no number. I practically had to appeal to the Supreme Court of AZ to get it removed. There is a lot of screwed up stuff out there Sir and we all appreciate your efforts!
You fight this on principle. I fought a ticket/tow one time but the ticketing agent or tow truck driver did not show up to the case. I won by default. Then I had to go back to the tow yard to get back my 115 back. A lot of hasstle just to get back where I was. Maybe 3hrs of time.
Faxes for communication. I had Blue Cross actually tell me that they dont have email, thus I would have to submit my application by Fax. So now we have a third place that still uses faxes to communicate. those places are: Blue Cross health insurance, North Korea for launch notifications, and the Philidelphia PPA!!!
Here in the UK it's possible to contest a wrongfully issued parking ticket & then claim the cost of contesting it should the ticket be found to have been wrongfully issued. My last £35 ticket cost the local authority £440 because they refused to admit they were wrong.
In some cities, you can get a judge to rule in your favour on a ticket and never get your money refunded...ever. I know of someone who had that happen twice...he said that the city still owes him over $600. You HAVE to pay the fine BEFORE you can contest the ticket.
Watching the Parking Wars - doesn't surprise me that this happened to her! Good argument not only for taking a picture of your car but also front and back dash-cams!
My neighbor did this exact thing to me. He wanted a reserved parking spot infront of his house and somehow got an official city of Calgary handicapped zone sign. @ 6:18 PM on June 3rd he installed the sign himself making my car illegally parked. With 45 minutes Parking enforcement was on scene threatening me with a ticket. Luckily I got to move my car. The city, police and parking authority said it was a roads maintenance issue and may take weeks to investigate. The neighbor, who is not well liked on the street, had his bogus sign stolen. The theft was not reported to police and the city has not yet investigated despite my security camera video showing him installing the sign.
Paper & fax machines.........what? They've lost their quills.??????
Official records need to be carved into clay tablets and baked in the hot sun for a day. Once they harden, THERE ARE NO APPEALS.
@@stevelehto shortage of clay must use straw and ox dung
We used to hang horse thieves, it's time to bring that back.
I had to look expecting to see 2007 or something but to my dismay it was 2021 and May. LOL
Well then everybody that lives in Philadelphia use their stimulus checks and by tow trucks and start Towing all the Senators congressmen government officials at the parking enforcement offices do courtesy tows on their cars go to the driveway pull the car out of the driveway parking downtown somewhere in a handicap no parking area. If the cops ask me what you doing just tell him hey it's a courtesy tow🤯🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤷♂️🤦♂️
When you have to take a picture of your car every day so that the city won't wrongly ticket you.. your local government is now too corrupt.
Must be Demoncrats
@@jlyle51 Phila Parking Authority is entirely controlled by Republicans...
Well they still will issue you the ticket, now its up to you to prove your innocent....smh
@@nboddie1036 lmao no its not stop being a lying Democrat.
Those saying Democrat or Republican as being the definitive proof for the problem are not addressing the issue. They are, in my opinion, indicative of a greater problem.
There could be administrative issues that any party would have. Issues with unions that don’t want to change, to management that used change for unfair labor causing distrust. Reduction of tax revenues needed to have a properly run system or mismanagement of any budget leading to the mess now.
Could even be partisan bickering in government where winning political points matters more than governance. Could be legitimate changes to populace versus services available. Could be any number of things.
Saying it’s one party or another just shows the kind of mindset that unscrupulous politicians uninterested in actually governing well can easily prey on. The kind of simplified thinking that makes people vote against candidates that are actually civic minded or have experience with management or governance. All the while people who do so feel it’s in the name of patriotism.
Please… think through an issue for the issues sake. Make your concerns known to your representative (regardless of affiliation) work on making this issue known in your community.
Let’s acknowledge that issues are complex and complex solutions will require that we look beyond a simple party label and work.
A "courtesy tow" sounds like an illegal seizure of private property by the Government.
Absurdity
Someone tried that with a friend’s bike outside his apartment. He held them at gunpoint until police arrived. Seems similar situations in philly require the SSS approach.
No wonder that city is such a crime ridden hell hole. Homicide rate nine time what it is here where I live, which is not a particularly safe city. Almost one percent of residents subjected to violent crime every year! All because the government leads the way in criminal behavior and disrespecting anyone not in their “gang”.
Wasn’t planning to ever go there, But thanks for the reinforcement.
Actually, it sounds like something nice someone does for you. But is actually bad.
AKA A typical euphemism.
Exactly.
Actually in that they deny you the use of the vehicle it sounds more like theft.
A class example of "it's not paranoia if they're actually out to get you."
So true, and they are.
If someone makes you feel bad and cause you paranoid for covering your ass they are a complete idiot.
@@muskokamike127 the FBI really were surveilling Ernest Hemingway
Years ago I parked behind a friends house at the beach, the parking space for this property is in the alley right behind his garage.
it’s clearly marked no parking in the alley. Yet his property along with all of the property along the alley are part of the alley, I’m parked on private property. I went round and round with the city over being cited on private property. I’m a Real Estate broker, so I ordered a plot map from a title company showing the property lines and how far they extend into the alleyway. I took photos of my vehicle parked behind the garage that clearly shows I’m on private property.
I filed a appeal with the city, in my appeal I provided all of my supporting documents, I requested all tickets that have been issued for the past 10 years in that alleyway. The appeal for these tickets offered two options, one provide any evidence of your case, they will decide if your right or wrong, two, request a formal hearing where you can subpoena / request documents from the city, bring in witnesses, the person who wrote the ticket will be required to appear. Both forms of appeals require the person filing the appeal to provide supporting documents in making their case. I was provided a hearing date that was a few months down the road. A month before my hearing I contacted the city to inquire about the documents I had requested. I was told they will not provide these documents because it was too costly and time consuming. As I was explaining to the person on the phone that they are required by law to provide the records I’m requesting she hung up on me. I called back several times and was sent to their VM, they never return my calls.
It was about two weeks before my hearing, I wrote the city another letter, in this letter I cited the sections and codes to where the city is required by law to provide me the records that were requested prior to my hearing, on he back of the citation it is clearly states my two options . I wrote in my letter that the city has two options, drop the citation or I’ll look at a class action against the city for their illegal practice. I have to note, This was right around the time a superior judge ordered the city of LA to repay millions of dollars for their illegal ticketing practices for nonworking parking meters.
Two days before my hearing I received a letter from the city stating in light of the evidence that has been provided to them they were reversing the citation. My opinion is they did not want that can of worms opened and it was clear I was not backing off.
James, thanks for letting people know that they have to be proactive. Kudos to you, Sir!
Just be careful with the evidence and look over your shoulder. Might want to get a safety deposit box and release a copy to the press in the untimely death provision in your will.
file a Freedom of Information Act Request, much faster results and they will drop the ticket when they get that request lmao
edit: also, people have 20 days to reply or something bad happens
@@_Circus_Clapped_ I did something like that and ended up in a mutually assured destruction kind of situation. I get an electric car because my university had free charging (cheaper to drive 3 hours a day and use the stations then live on campus). They wrote that, had it on their site, everything. I got there and they charged a ridiculous amount of money to PARK and the parking passes didn't count. They limited the hours of charging and had illegal credit card fees despite requiring credit cards only. They waited by my car to get me tickets. I got a few thousand pennies to pay for a ticket and they called the police, which then threatened me. Late one of the cops apologized because they realized the director lied to them. I put in a FOIA request to get all the director's emails and threatened to go to court after meeting a lawyer (I was in a student's legal union). They didn't give me a single ticket after that, I didn't dispute the last ticket. They avoided me, I avoided them, and they knew shit would hit the fan if they went for me, and I knew they'd make being a student hell if I fought for money money back.
Way to standup for your rights!!! Great job!!!
When she walked out and thought my car is stolen she was right
Sounds like it is time for a Rico case against the PPA and the City of Philadelphia.
I lived in Philadelphia, one day they installed permit parking only signs. I called the PPA and they said you have two weeks to get the permit. I ordered one, but within 12 hours of installing the sign, there were tickets on a ton of cars. I had to spend an entire day at the PPA to get the ticket thrown out.
I went to Drexel back in the 80s. We had a fire hydrant that we'd leave in front of the house when we had to go somewhere. When we got home, we'd pick up the hydrant and put it back in the trunk of the car. OX (Theta Chi) thug life.
@@MrVvulf Thay did that on the Dukes Of Hazzard too
@@lawrencebraun7616 Was that in the movie, or the show? I watched the show back in the day, but not the recent movie.
@Rollo_Tomasi Let us know how that works out.
@Rollo_Tomasi I feel your pain dude! 😠 Eventually some shi-t is gonna go down.
Funny story, back in the 60's my uncle owned a paint and body shop. Across the street was a cannery and the workers would park in front of his shop blocking the gate where he brought in cars. One day he went out and painted the curbs in front of his shop red. A few days later he saw a cop ticketing people. About 3 years later he saw a city crew out there inspecting the curb, he figured he was busted. Nope, the crew repainted the red zone and left it there.
I don't remember if Steve reported on it or not (I saw the actual news story), but about a month ago in Detroit, a pizzeria owner painted all the handicap spots outside of his store blue because the signage was confusing and some of his customers were getting ticketed. The painted spots made it much more clear where the handicap parking was, thus making violations less likely to happen.
The City of Detroit sent out a work truck the very next day and removed the unauthorized paint, promising (to the news crew present) that they will look into the sign situation at a future date. Which I'm sure they will.
Knew an equipment mechanic who opened his own shop, and the state started replacing the bridge right by his house and shop. The workers kept parking in his driveway. The last time he talked to the foreman and he made them move their cars, they parked in his driveway again the next day.
He finished the tractor he was working on, grabbed a chain, and started dragging vehicles across the highway into the corn field.
Those who didn't get their cars moved in time also paid him to pull them back on to the road.
@@scotcoon1186 YES!!!!
@@scotcoon1186 I wonder how many of them were in "Park?" I guess you could tell by the black marks going across the highway.
@@BlankBrain Yes....the black marks.....IF the transmission wasn't damaged !!!
Ever see the TV show Parking Wars, Philly makes millions a year on fines and selling off cars they take. Once you turn on that cash flow you don't turn it off.
Parking Wars was a TV show about Philly, Detroit and ?. It made everything look like the 'people's' fault. I'm sure if they even hinted of a corrupt system, there would have been no show.
It is always in a lower income neighborhoods that they ripe off with there bogus fines
Very true.. I bet most fines are in low voter registration areas. It's way easier to fine for money than tax for it.
I would have to move, I couldn't live somewhere that caused me to have to take pictures of my car or that had me wondering when my car would be legally stolen.
Fastest way to turn it off us don't let any cars drive in the city for 30 days. ( this includes delivery of any kind) and the people will pass all over the city government so fast they will jump ship and move to another state.
This needs an independent council investigator with unlimited subpoena power, unlimited forced employee overtime pay to comply with subpoenas, immediate jailing for non-compliance contempt, and and then criminal prosecution seeking decades of punitive civil reparations for citizens that will seize perpetrator cars, houses and bank accounts to pay citizen reparations on top of imprisonment. This might also inspire fixes without any outside MBA consultant.
I can agree with that. The government never will of course. Are there really any bureaucratic solutions left?
Also, we always end up in the same comments section. Your taste is golden.
We can only dream
No overtime pay to show up and fix the problem you caused. This prevents them from taking advantage of someone else for a couple of hours.
The real legendary TayZonday. Interesting, lol. Mr Chocolate Rain weighing in on the topic. The only problem is if you give one organization unlimited power to fix a problem, they will inevitably, eventually, become corrupt themselves as well.
Obviously, you don’t live in Philly. That would require at least one person with integrity. Never happen!
"Weird reason is they are making money off of it." Isn't that always the case.
The mafia in its glory days couldn't dream up a better hands off moneymaker.
Always! Our whole court/judicial system is set up to fleece citizens. They draw everything out for years. Forcing high lawyer fees on the accused.
It's a club of corrupt extortionists....under color of law.
People should stop doing business to the entire area where this is taking place, but that is my opinion on it. I think they call it a boycott, but in this type of scenario a boycott of the entire city.
@@happycows Hard for them to make money if they spend it replacing signs. Don't take the signs just fell them. If they have to restake signs after 2 or 3 times they stop putting it up.
Don't mess with private signage though not the same fight.
@@dannymccarty344 We have slowly become "We the sheeple United", to eventually become wool sweaters or worse lamb chops.
In the mid 90’s I received a ticket from the City of Orlando that I thought was improper but the cost/benefit analysis made fighting it a loser to contest. So I went to my banker, who my firm represented, and gave them a heads up that I was going to literally “draw” a check in payment. I figured the City would not know what to do as they couldn’t simply run it through the fed clearinghouse and the cost of processing it by them would be a redemption satisfying my outrage. True to form they balked saying it wasn’t a legal instrument and therefore the payment was not made timely and I owed a further late payment penalty. I confirmed that my receipt showed my timely tender of payment and told them go pound sand. If you pursue this I’ll counter sue you for a frivolous and malicious prosecution because under the UCC I could write a check on a banana peel and if they had inquired of my bank they would have known it would be honored because all the requisite information required by law was on the homemade check. They backed off and had to send a courier from the Treasurer’s office to negotiate the check. I had so much satisfaction from that sequence of events.
It’s great to hear when the good guys win!
About 50 years ago I guy I knew sent a t-shirt to the IRS filled-out as a check. I've no idea if that would work today, but the Treasury did finally cash it after several months.
That happened to me in Boise. A parking meter was added to my parking spot while I was parked, and they gave me a ticket for not paying the meter. Then they denied installing the parking meters that day. I started carrying a camera in my car after that.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Well, you got off light for Boise TBH...
I'd tell them to prove it. THE CEMENT WOULDNT BE SET YET IT TAKES 5 DAYS. PUT YOUR FOOTPRINT INTO THE POST AND MOVE IT.
@@cynthiarothrock4255 you know nothing about concrete!
@@splashpit the concrete used in highways take 5 days to dry. Fast setting concrete cannot be used where strength is a safety requirement. ( anywhere your driving a loaded rig or on bridge) fast is fine for home projects but not allowed in any building foundation as its to weak and walk will come down.
do a records request for when that meter was installed.
I would go after them for GRAND THEFT AUTO.
Except you cannot sue the government without their permission.
You'd never find a prosecutor to file for a case...
@@jasonwilliams3967 Never say never. You just have to have the right person with the right motivation. Say a prosecutor that also had his car towed and wants to make an example. Find a judge that has also had his car towed... LOL. They get hit with a GTA charge that sticks. I bet this nonsense would stop cold. Fixed in one day.
Fraud!
@@nunya3163 If you have enough money, you can have the party responsible "dealt with". Never walk, talk or feed themself again.
Steve, the same thing happened to me in New Orleans. I was part of a group of 5 Air Force officers who rented a car and drove from our temporary base In Mississippi to New Orleans. We parked in a spot in the French quarter just after another vehicle had pulled out of the space. After about an hour and a visit to Pat O'brian's we decided to put our "Hurricane" glasses in the car so we wouldn't have to carry them around all night. When we arrived at the car it was gone and another car was parked in it's place. While we were standing there wondering if our rental car had been stolen a tow truck pulled up and started to remove the car that was parked where ours had been. We asked the tow truck driver if he had towed a blue Oldsmobile from that spot earlier. He replied that yes he had. We asked why and he pointed to a pole on the sidewalk. He said see that pole? There's supposed to be a no parking sign on it but someone apparently stole it. We asked where our car was and he told us the city's impound lot. Luckily a pickup came buy and offered us a ride to the lot. While walking through the impound lot on our way to the office we noticed there were no Louisiana plated cars in the lot. They were all out of state, as was ours. Upon reaching the office we were told we could pay an $85 fine and get the car back or surrender our drivers license and get a court date. I happened to have a check and we paid the fine. The next morning we left our base in Mississippi and flew back to our permanent base in Florida. I then called my bank and canceled payment on the check. The JAG office told me just not to go into New Orleans for the next 7 years. Or at least don't get pulled over there. I haven't been back since and that was over 20 years ago.
I had a guy courtesy relocate my tv.
Had some tweakers try that once, They got to dig steel shot out of their ass. I had to repair drywall😕
@@loganwebb5086 Glad to hear you consider the impact to the environment by not using lead shot.
@D ray ...then paid it forward on the smart tv account
@@loganwebb5086 Rock Salt would have been better.
The petty cruelty of government never ceases to amaze me.
And I'll never understand why people see this and think the answer is to make the government bigger, more powerful, and further disconnected from the individual.
@@spaceracer23 size of the government does not really matter, quality does, you can have an very shitty small government too.
It is a reliable source of revenue.
I’ve studied government for nearly 40 years. Respectfully, you have no idea. And I got to experience what I studied when I was unfortunate enough to live in Stealinois and Chicago.
In my opinion Courtesy towing is theft.
IF I lived there I would certainly file a police report and press charges on them. No matter what the DA does with the thef, I would see about possibly filing suit for unlawful seizure.
I live there, got "courtesy" towed once. I asked a worker why my car was gone, he said they were street sweeping but someone had removed the temp no parking signs. Told me my car was somewhere within 1/2mile section of a specific street. It was in a grocery lot.
I get they don't want to cancel their schedule but they need to.
This reminds me of a story I heard out of Cincinnati in the late '90's. A woman decided that her personal "random act of kindness" would be to take rolls of quarters with her when she was out walking in the downtown area (which she did everyday) and feed the quarters into parking meters that had expired so that the drivers would not get ticketed. A policeman stopped her and told her it was illegal for her to do this, and when she asked him to show her what law she was breaking he gave her a summons. When she went to court, the judge threw it out because no code section had been violated. Whereupon the Cincinnati City Council passed an ordinance specifically making her behavior illegal (I think this illustrates Steve's point that cities do these things on purpose to get more money). It was only when the story broke in national news media that Cincinnati was shamed into repealing this ordinance.
As a former employee of a small city, I approve of this tactic by citizens to protect their rights, possessions and funds. Photograph of your vehicle can and will protect you.
I always photograph my car + place a GPS marker in my phone, just because I am sometimes forgetful and want to easily find my car later.
@@ianbattles7290 that will not help if they move the car
@@rialtho_the_magnificent get an ipad to keep in the car and use ‘hey siri’ to find it.
If the car has any service like OnStar you can have them call you when the car is moved like that. You can then report the car stolen the moment they move it. When the police are chasing their own city government around all day it will stop.
Approve all you want, this should be highly illegal. This is THEFT of vehicle by the city. Period.
There is case in London where they actually lifted the car up , painted yellow no parking lines on the road , then dropped the car back on the road and give them a parking ticket for illegal parking!
That is hilarious! The only thing worse would be a yellow racing stripe down the middle of the car 🤣😂
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/motorists-fury-after-reliant-robin-13294256
This has been going on there for so long it’s ridiculous I mean they made a tv show out of it PARKING WARS 😂
The blatant corruption and contempt with which they're treating their citizens is disgusting.
And yet people are so lazy they keep voting these crooks into office because they have a D or an R in front of their names.
This is similar to a “Dukes of Hazard” episode but instead of parking signage it was a speed limit sign that was changed remotely from 55 to a lower limit after the Duke boys passed.
I didn't read your comment until after I posted something similar to this... I know we weren't the only ones to see the similarities here.
I was thinking the same thing.
I've always worried about that when I am in a veriable speed limit zone, especially around D.C.
1st Rule of Acquisition: Once you have their money, you never give it back.
Ferengidelphia
I was stationed at Luke AFB in 1990 and my motorcycle was stolen. I reported it... 6 months later a police officer calls me at 7 pm and tells me my bike had been recovered, a day after it was stolen. Great news right? No, I had 6 months of storage bills. $2400, more than the bike was worth. The towing company graciously cut it in half. So it was $1200 to get my $1800 motorcycle back thanks to the ineptness or intentional lack of notification from the police and/or towing company. At the time I was married and had 3 children and made $1100 a month.
A friend had his two uninsured newer quads stolen from a camping cabin in a 'nice' place. He got a call from a tow yard and was glad to pay the crazy fees in advance since they were still in pristine condition - as per the tow yard. You guessed it - they were thrashed, stripped and un-rideable. No refunds.
If people that ran these scams were more often than not just found dead, the fraudulent practice might not happen as often. Qualified Immunity has to end.
@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 amen
They can't LEGALLY charge you for a stolen bike for STORAGE FEES. When they were responsible for returning it.
@@jenniferwhitewolf3784 nut jobs that do that in the country end up under the outhouse.
This happened in the town I used to live in. It was a small town of maybe 5000 people, and it had a pretty prominent college in it. The city liked changing the parking signs in streets near the college to make it so totally legally parked student vehicles were suddenly illegally parked. You'd go down streets you've been down a thousand times and see shiny, brand spanking new no-parking signs and tickets posted on a dozen vehicles. A few months later, the signs are gone. Few months more, new signs are back and more tickets. They kept doing this.
She should get a hefty interest payment also.
That would be punitive damages, not interest.
Philadelphia Parking Authority will steal your car but the Philadelphia DA will let criminals back on the street without any charges.
because people who own cars have money to extract. Insolvent criminals aren't worth their time.
@@atfsgeoff THAT'S RIDICULOUS !!!
I once live in North Texas, the city would switch one way signs after midnight with no warning. Posted up near the signs would be 20 or so police cars issuing out tickets like free candy, for driving the wrong way on a one way street and searching cars for contraband. It was a moneymakers dream come true for the city. Pirates only understand rum, loot and booty and are willing to sail off the edge of the earth in their never ending quest for all 3.
Some criminals wear badges
@@T25de all badge wearers are criminals.
I recently saw a video about an intersection in Paris, France where you could enter but couldn't legally exit in any direction (with a car).
@@seneca983 that’s nuts
@@robertgosney5657
That’s just asinine and you lose any credibility as an adult when you spew it
It wont end until there is a federal law forcing higher monetary fines against wrongful tickets.
Years ago, I got pushed through an intersection near Independence Hall (and pedestrians) by a Philadelphia police car. The pedestrian walk light had turned red, but the walk was full of pedestrians. Philadelphia has a long history of traffic/parking abuse. My father, who worked within a block of City Hall, refused to ever drive in the city, for just those reasons.
Once upon a time, I went to a pub with friends. My friends were drinking beer from pitchers. I was drinking soda. People were buying the pitchers, and I finally bought one to be sociable, even though I wasn’t drinking. Just when the pitcher arrived, everyone decided to go home. So… there I was with the pitcher of beer. Rather than waste it, I drank it.
Then I went outside and remembered that I had parked at a meter; however, I was a little too drunk to drive. It was a place where cops would hang out, and there was a residential neighborhood nearby with free parking, so I decided (in my uninhibited mood) to ask a policeman to move my car. This, he was delighted to do. Instead of putting it in the neighborhood, though, he insisted on driving it to a parking lot, which was unattended for the night, allowing free parking. I was going to walk the eight blocks to my house, but he was so happy with my civic conscientiousness that he drove me home. How nice, right?
The next day, I went to retrieve my car, and the parking lot attendant called the police on me. The only reason I got away without being arrested is that I remembered the cop’s name, and they knew him. It took some fast talking.
Why would you be arrested for parking in an unattended parking lot?
Its technically trespassing if you have no business at the location. If you get a flat tire and pull into a parking lot, if the owner is a dick, he can have you ticketed for trespass. Police dont generally write em tho, they ask you to leave the area.
We had a vehicle stolen before we could get the paperwork into our name. We reported it and the vehicle was recovered 150 miles away. The tow yard operator was absolutely smitten about the fact that it was going to take months to get thru the covid impacted courts to get the paperwork proving we owned it. According to him, the fees were going to be very “unfortunate” even if we attempted to pay in advance. We called the cops back and requested assistance and they were kind enough considering the situation to fax the tow yard a release order to us. I wish I had thought to use a camera at the time we picked it up 3 hrs later. The tow operator was furious.😂
Imho but firm opinion..tow yard operators and tow companies are a extra special sort of scum.
@@camwinston5248 So much so, that their work address should be "Mos Eisley, Tatooine"
@@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith obi wan kanobie warned them..he warned them all..especially Luke
@@camwinston5248 Well, it IS a "wretched hive of scum and villainy"!
"we control the horizontal, we control the vertical..." Outer Limits intro.
Should order 2 yards of manure..fresh free deliverery on their front lawn on an 85 deg day..bastages..
You're entering a dimension of s**t....wait !...the signpost up ahead.....it.....it......
it..........sorry ladies and gentlemen...THE SIGN HAS JUST BEEN CHANGED !!!!!!
I was in Philadelphia about 35 years ago and it was almost impossible to find a parking place.
Philadelphia is also a city that is very aggressive in civil asset forfeiture including peoples homes.
A similar thing happened to me and my dad going to a Tigers game downtown. We parked in an area where street parking was legal, but we still took pictures of where we parked. Came back and the street sign posts that where empty when we went in had "No Parking" signs on them when we came back and every car down the street had a ticket on their windshield. Luckily the pictures got it dismissed in court, because there was no way my dad was going to pay that ticket.
The FBI needs to get involved. Charge the city with racketeering.
The FBI, really?
REALLY!!!!! Please turn off CNN
Don’t you know the FBI doesn’t charge Democrats 😂
Philly is a mob government.
Anchorage Alaska, mid 90's. Swapping "2-hour free parking" signs for coin-op meters, with the parking-enforcement following aloing writing "meter expired" tickets for each and every car as they move to the next spot. They dismissed every ticket challenged, but surely made some bucks from those who didn't. Not the only story of the Anchorage parking authority, but parallel to this one.
Steve; something similar happened to me years ago. I had just bought my home, and in the neighborhood on the main road to enter the neighborhood, the signs posted the speed was 25 mph. Well, one person who worked for our county council made a complaint that the speed for the neighborhood was to fast. So a county worked came and changed the sign at the beginning of the main road to a 15 mph sign, but didn't change the other posted speed signs within the neighborhood. The main road is over a mile long just to get to the entrance and has 4speed signs on that section. So the sign that was changed was the one right after you turn into the main road to the entrance, but the sign halfway to the entrance was still 25 mph as well as the two sign as you left the entrance of the neighborhood. So a county sheriff pulled me over on my way to work for speeding. He said I was doing 25 in a 15 mph zone. I pointed to the posted sign about 10 ft in front of me that said 25 mph as well as the on posted by the exit of the neighborhood. He ignored that, wrote me a $150 ticket, that I contested and won. The county was then ordered to refund nearly 100 speeding tickets deputies had issued, and had to change the sign back to match the others. They had violated state regulations by changing the sign without DOT approval first, nor did they submit a request to respond the area to a lower speed. It was a huge mess, and gave the councilmen and sheriff's office a big black eye.
It is NOT “a mess” - it is activity by crooks jacking you because you are unable (or stupidly, unwilling) to move away from this sh*t pit.
Thank You, Steve. I’m glad I don’t live in a big city; your stories (and Louis Rossman) have convinced me to never move there. Corruption. These people need to be punished. Perhaps towed behind the tow truck, or hung from the truck crane.
When I saw the title I thought, "Please don't let this be Florida." Today I have something for which to be thankful.
They will only change when it costs them more to keep using the old system.
This was the real reason why Will Smith left Philly to Bel Air 😂
In west Philadelphia born and raised, in the PPA is where I spend most of my days, we yelling and screamin' and shouting some words, when a couple a' meter maids were up to no good, they started towing cars in my neighborhood; I got one little ticket it was a good scare, but my mama said "you're moving in with your aunt and uncle in Bel-Air"...
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Yep.
Happened to me in Tampa. Out-of-towner for a wedding I arrived and parked downtown for a party at 6 pm on Friday - parking is free from 7 pm Friday until 7 am Monday. I paid for my hour and then my car would be legally parked until Monday morning. Went to the party and walked by my parking space at 11 pm and my (all of the others too) car was gone and there were bags placed over the meters saying there was a special event in the morning and the spots were now closed. Turns out they bagged the meters at 7. If you can pay for up to two hours on the meter, and the parking is free after that, the notification should go up at 5. I paid to get my car back but it had to wait a day and incur a fee because they needed time to process the paperwork. Went to court for the ticket and try to get my towing fee back. The judge never did understand my argument and thought I was saying the policeman lied on the ticket he gave, but reluctantly waived the $25 ticket after the entire front row of the court agreed with me and protested for me. She said she had no power to refund the $250 towing bill.
They do that so often here in Philly. I take pictures too because the city is always seeking money and they know people will not fight it.
San Francisco doesn't care: ticketed for violation of signage that wasn't posted when I parked. Took pictures on finding the ticket. Compared then with old Street View imagery. Submitted all. Ticket quadrupled and added to registration renewal cost. Haven't driven to or done business in SF since.
Get it on the news in an election year, might get you a new mayor.
In Omaha NE, I normally parked across the street from a certain store. The meters stated on them that they were M-F. One Saturday, I saw a city employee writing a car on a line of cars, I informed him that he better look at the placecard inside the meter. He looked and kept writing tickets, after he left, I looked and it still said you could park for free on Saturday & Sunday.
I just love your reports on parking in the City of Brotherly Love. And I think you've hit the nail on the head, Steve, they're making too much money to change things.
in england, the City of Westminster (part of Greater London) is known as a parking company with a council attached
When you have to take a picture of you car everytime you park you know that the city is out to get you for abusive reasons...
Until government is held ACCOUNTABLE for the harms it inflicts, nothing will change. Government just paying back the fines is nowhere close to holding them accountable.
I had motorcycle stolen from Florida. Phili cops called and told me they had it and waited until after criminal case. Told me I could pic it up with towing and storage charges of $980 already. That was first call from them.
It's still sad how they punish the *victims* of theft just because they are so greedy and don't care.
This is such a great channel and this story reminds me of the line "from chaos comes cash". Something that should not be the case! Thanks for such a clear and pragmatic view. It's great to see as an engineer coming from a lawyer. Go Steve.
No....you are right...that $hould not be the ca$e.............HOWEVER......................
Greetings from a fellow Finn. Thanks for flying the flag!
I used to watch the TV show Parking Wars, which was originally about the PPA. The segments about their impound lots were interesting.
I'm not sure why I started doing this, but every time I have been in a large city I have taken pictures of my car, meters etc when I would leave the car.
Sounds like a good habit
I've had a very similar thing happen to me almost 20 years ago in San Diego. I was in the Navy at the time and my ship was in drydock. The ship yard only had street parking available for us. I had a 24 hour duty rotation. Parked my car on the street Monday morning and wasn't able to see it again until Tuesday afternoon. In that time the city erected a construction zone around my car. Then, ticketed and towed me for being illegally parked in a construction zone.
It seems as though Philadelphia routinely violates the fourth amendment.
yeah, the state Pennsylvania or maybe even the federal justice department should fine the city for not complying with the law.
If Philadephia would have to pay something like 10K to 100K per day they do not comply, I'm sure they will suddenly be able to fix it. ;)
@@Robbedem Good luck with that, the PPA is run by the state, not the city.
In Boston (MA), temporary no parking signs are put up several days in advance, usually for construction, moving, or parades. There is never any parking (or traffic) in my neighborhood on the day of the Christmas season celebration. However, every few minutes, the horse-drawn carriage passes by, usually with very happy children riding in it.
You know your city if messed up when you feel compelled to lock your car and take a picture of it, not for fear of another driver hitting it, but for fear of the city changing signs on a whim.
The Harry Nice bridge (301 connecting MD and VA ) no longer has toll takers so if you don't have EZ pass they mail you a bill for the toll ($6). They are mailing out the bills for the tolls 6+ months after the fact tacking on an additional $25 late fee. I had it happen where I got 2 hits a year later. I spent 45+ minutes on hold to talk to someone at EZ pass to get the 2 late fees taken off. Had I not called it would have cost me $62 vice $12.
A side street near downtown here has no parking in one side of the street. The city painted the lines for parking spaces on that side.
I WONDER WHAT THAT MEANS?????
Happened to me in Blairsville PA. Went to an automotive school there during the day back in the 90's. Parked on the street at 7am no meters present. Came back to leave at 4pm, new meters installed all down the street (had no meters on that street before.) Had a $20 parking ticket on the window, So did 15 other cars parked on that street.
The Constitution prohibits the states from passing any laws which apply ex post facto….looks like this would sort of apply to changing a sign and then ticketing a car already parked.
But this isn't a state... this is a local government authority.
@@EarlJohn61 Boys and Girls???.....Can we say LOOPHOLE?????????
Had this happen in Amsterdam too. One day I came back from work and there was a sign that informed me cars in front of my house would be towed in twelve hours or so. Glad I wasn't out of the country or staying at a friend! Monsters.
If everybody fights tickets, they have to streamline the refunding system. You have expenses, that they should reimbursed, too.
Reminds me of a skit on the Dave Allen Show decades ago. It was a British comedy show. In one segment a parking officer pushes the curb away from a car and then writes out a ticket for it.
Something else Maryland was doing with the Harry Nice bridge - they have cameras that read an run tag numbers. For Virginia residents when a tag is ran it tells the cop if the person has a conceal carry permit. A lot of King George Virginia residents have a conceal carry permit. When a vehicle going into Maryland flagged as a conceal carry permit holder, it would notify the cop on the other side of the bridge and the person would get pulled over for no reason in an attempt to bust the person carrying a weapon into Maryland.
Don't forget MSP tracking cars that bought cigarettes just over the bridge then slapped them with thousands in fines for having a couple packs of untaxed cigarettes.
@@goofygal27 - didn't know about that
I recall seeing a video of a Canadian town that had a sign saying no parking where the curb is green. The sign itself was not beside a green curb but people would get tickets for parking beside the sign, and with no part of their car beside a green curb.
As someone who grew up just outside of Philly, I can confirm that the parking situation there is notoriously awful, especially downtown.
On a related tale....Years ago, the municipality I worked for had to replace two structures downtown. As the streets in question were one-way, we needed to alter the streets to bi-directional, we placed "no parking effective MM-DD-YY" three weeks ahead of mobilization over the permitted parking signs. We also took pictures of the sign placement for the record. Once the contractor mobilized, the public continued to park per the permitted parking. The City ended up towing a significant number of cars that ignored the "no parking" project signs... I didn't hear about any repercussions from the towing...
sometimes there's even local t.v. news stations that will do a televised report too
That's exactly the reason I only park in private parking garages when in Philadelphia!!! Generally I don't even stop in Philadelphia, unless absolutely necessary!!! It's very hard to trust the PPA!!! You're definitely right Steve, it's all about money!!! Steve, you should check out the Parking Wars TV show! Many of the shows were shot in Philadelphia, with the PPA! Just type in Parking Wars, Philadelphia into TH-cam and you'll find full episodes!!! They also have some shows that take place in Detroit!
This makes me curious about the accessibility of this new handicap spot beyond just a new sign. How far is it to a ramp to the curb? Does it have extra space for wheelchair or other mobility devices to load/offload. Basically does this handicap space meet the requirements in accordance to the ADA?
It may have been reserving parking in front of a disabled person’s residence, for the convenience of that disabled resident. So does not have to be ADA.
Nope it doesn't pass muster
Well....I see from your comment that the light is on ...and somebody IS home !!
@@douglasrowland3722 the last moron whom tried to pass off a noncompliance wheelchair exit was proven to be noncompliance by a quadpligic that WORKS FOR THE COUNTY COURT. and had no problem explaining just how
NONCOMPLIANCE it was. Made them rip it out and get a REAL WHEELCHAIR ASSESSABLE EXIT and INSPECTED TO COMPLINANCE done. ( ya I pissed off a bunch of government stingy ripoff jackass)
All ADA HAS TO PASS BUILDING CODE FOR ADA. PERIOD. buildings ramps or parking. If it doesn't pass code it doesn't pass ADA. and to meet code it HAS TO BE INSPECTED FOR ADA COMPLIANCE. measurements count. Building code counts. Angels count. Clearance is a requirement not an option. And permits from the city making it handicapped makes it a felony to BLOCK IT. ( permit from the city is required)
Back in the 90's my carrier received a phone call from the cops in Vancouver asking them if they were going to be doing anything about the trailer they own that had a dozen parking tickets on it. Boss asked for the trailer details and as soon as the cop told him the unit number boss responded with "oh you found it. That's the trailer we reported stolen 2 months ago". Cops comes back with "oh...........I'll take care of it, can you come get the trailer as soon as possible"?
The entire PPA needs to be jailed and if necessary, the entire Philadelphia city government! These "Parking Wars" scenarios have gotten ridiculous!
If they can prosecute Bill Cosby for something 30 years old....THEY CAN PROSECUTE THIS.....considering how hong it has been going on !!
“It’s such a mess” “It’s a quagmire” Yep, that’s Philly. I got a $25 PPA ticket in South Philly. Mailed the check with ticket # on it that day. They cached the check then had my paycheck GARNISHED for $200 months later. I had never received any notification of any sort.
It happens everywhere, the only way to solve it: charge city for the time and trouble in addition to reimbursement
Had a tangent of this happen to me. Parked pretty much in the same place along side a four foot concrete wall in a commuter train parking lot, Monday thru Friday. On Monday, I go to the usual spot for my usual early train 5:45 am (still dark at that time). End of day, I come back to my car and there’s a $100+ ticket for parking in a “no parking” zone. Turns out, on Sunday, they made parking along the wall a “ no parking zone”, indicated by one sign on each end of this over one block long wall on the wall at car level. Being dark, I didn’t see the first sign where you turn in (not in line of site), nor did I see the second sign at the end of the wall by the crossover, because it was behind another “illegally” parked car. I called the respective city department who said, yes, we could have put notices up a week before hand, and yea, we could have put more signs up, and yea we could have put the signs up higher, but we were just told about this on Friday and were directed to have it in place by Monday morning by “this other” department. Called the “other” department and the finger pointing continued, so I just paid the fine. Also notified each respective then current elected official that I would be voting against them in the next election due to this. Obviously, they didn’t care.
Thank You. Another city I will never spend money in. ... A2 does the same thing.
in regards in my area where I live ive gotten a ticket for rolling thru a stop sign at 430am in the morning in my subdivision so my attorney said plead not guilty and they have to move it to states court where it got thrown out lol worked like a charm. Have had HOA issues that's one of them. I have to get permission to park on the road in front of my house if i have guest staying over night lol love your videos
What's wrong with our morality system and justice?
Capitalism
The pursuit of the almighty dollar is a stronger force.
My wife is hooked on a show called Parking Wars and Philadelphia is one of the Cities.
She was so excited to hear this article.
There are people on the show that come from outside of the city to visit and they say "Never come to Philadelphia!"
Numero quatro today Steve!!
Thanks for the awesome content. I love the creative ways of making the ridiculous seem hilarious ..
You are the fourth poster
@@lobbymccawker2083 lol yea, my add brain took too long to get my thought together.. lol
I have since corrected it ..
An ex post facto law (corrupted from Latin: ex postfacto, lit. 'out of the aftermath') is a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment of the law.
Which is supposed to be forbidden.
A little inside on Philadelphia having friends who live there: this is not accidental or a quagmire. This is one way corrupt Philly makes revenue.
Government robbing the people...or ''picking their pockets''...is not sustainable....but it IS litigable .....
So here's one for you. I drove a really beat up Dodge B200 up to Las Vegas for a flight. I was transporting printers and heavy equipment and that old cargo van was solid for stuff like that. On the way back to my home from the airport, I got pulled over. Now I did have a busted license plate light, but I still think he pulled me over because the van looks like the old Sanford & Son truck... Next thing I know, I am handcuffed and told there are two warrants for my arrest. As it turns out, I got a couple of tickets for allegedly living in Arizona, but not registering my motorcycle. (Was visiting mom in hospital.) LOTS of people think it is ok to just let vehicle go until the previous state's registration tag expire, then license in the state of AZ.
I explained to the nice officer that this had to be a mistake and that I had just gone ahead and plead on the deal and it then went to civil collections situation. So the state of Arizona screwed up and it never made it to the computers that I had plead and this was now a civil collections problem- not a failure to appear warrant.
But that's not what the policeman's computer said. I told him more than once that something had to be wrong, could he please check?
Nope- off to be booked into jail. But because I am polite and not stupid, I was ROORed after a couple of hours. By that point though, its like 4:00AM and my van got towed- after the cop went over it with a fine comb. I know he was looking for drugs. I don't take drugs and I would certainly never transport them. But the van totally looked like "that kind of van."
The next business day, I went straight to the court. I called the state and asked about my warrants, how do I settle them etc.
Their Answer: "What warrants?"
If the office had just called the state for a paper check, he would have realized that like I said, it was a mistake. So I spent two hours being arrested and booked, had to get the tow truck driver pick me up at the jail around 4AM and then drive me to their impound yard.
And all for the small fee of $250...
I later found out that because the officer did not call in for a paper confirmation on this warrant, I had the right to sue for essentially what was a denial of my civil rights. Well I could have sued, but since I had just gotten a job with the state... well I did not want a hornets nest thank you. Viewers, you can and should be reimbursed for a baseless arrest and associated fees like what happened to me. As professional as the officer was, he should have had a serious reprimand. State database checks for an actually legal copy of a warrant are available 24 hours a day. They computers are NOT considered an official arrest warrant!
As to Philadelphia and their pencils and FAX paper, I saw the same thing in the courts. I was in charge of bringing automation to the county paperwork process. The state hired me to automate the paperwork and go digital. So with upgrades, you always go for the low hanging fruit at the front of the process- Clerk of the Court. She sits at a window and timestamps all paperwork- then places it in a wire basket for another person to touch, then copy in triplicate, whereupon it goes into a three different baskets... One gets mailed to plaintiff, one to defendant and the third is considered the official record of the court.
Well I brought in a document scanner and sat it on the counter next to the clerk. Then I showed her how easy this was to use. All she had to do was drop the paperwork in- it would scan automatically. The documents would then distribute digitally and were watermarked- no more need to mutilate papers in a copier, time stamper, etc. WAY less trouble and paperwork. Stuff was updated real time and the parties could see everything from the internet. Absolute no brainer, great system reduces paperwork and associated physical storage by 2\3rds!
The Clerk crossed her arms and told me the following: "I have been doing this job for almost 30 years. I retire in just two more years. If you think I am learning anything new, you are most sadly wrong." So I went to her boss. Her boss crossed her arms and said, "I have been doing this for 45 years. If you think we are going to change on my shift, forget it."
MY wimp of a boss would not implement what the city\county\state demanded we do. He was far more interested in feelings than any form of progress. Things like this still happen all across the country. So after three months of useless milling about and trying to get someone in power to force this state required change, a resolution was arrived at. I had been hired to implement this "offensive" technology by the state. Fire me, and you remove the issue. And that's exactly what they did...
15 years later, I checked with a friend who still works there. They still manually stamp everything, put it in a basket and then store everything on reams of paper...
In a situation like that, know wonder I had a false warrant.
And lest you think it was easy to quash a warrant that was never issued, let me tell you it was not. They don't have a method for quashing a warrant unless you have a warrant number. Since it was never issued, no number. I practically had to appeal to the Supreme Court of AZ to get it removed.
There is a lot of screwed up stuff out there Sir and we all appreciate your efforts!
PPA sounds a lot like Dickens' "Circumlocution Office".
You fight this on principle. I fought a ticket/tow one time but the ticketing agent or tow truck driver did not show up to the case. I won by default. Then I had to go back to the tow yard to get back my 115 back. A lot of hasstle just to get back where I was. Maybe 3hrs of time.
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Faxes for communication. I had Blue Cross actually tell me that they dont have email, thus I would have to submit my application by Fax. So now we have a third place that still uses faxes to communicate. those places are: Blue Cross health insurance, North Korea for launch notifications, and the Philidelphia PPA!!!
Write law that when government makes mistakes, government pays all charges, fees, rentals and legal fees to make citizens whole.
Instead of government making residents ''whole''.... It seems they wan't to make a HOLE in the residents !!!!!
They still wont care. They will just raise taxes.
The only way that will work is if those government employees responsible for illegal actions spend time in the slammer for each instance.
Here in the UK it's possible to contest a wrongfully issued parking ticket & then claim the cost of contesting it should the ticket be found to have been wrongfully issued.
My last £35 ticket cost the local authority £440 because they refused to admit they were wrong.
This is some Dukes of Hazzard level nonsense. Boss Hogg must be running Philly.
And roscoe is the chief of police. Complete with giggling every time they write tickets.
In some cities, you can get a judge to rule in your favour on a ticket and never get your money refunded...ever. I know of someone who had that happen twice...he said that the city still owes him over $600. You HAVE to pay the fine BEFORE you can contest the ticket.
And then sometimes they try to argue that paying the fine was an implicit admission of guilt. Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
@@DeathBringer769 Yes. Especially when you are required to pay first if you want to contest it.
We used to remove people like these from their offices by force. We've gotten soft
Watching the Parking Wars - doesn't surprise me that this happened to her!
Good argument not only for taking a picture of your car but also front and back dash-cams!
Very, very smart woman!!
My neighbor did this exact thing to me. He wanted a reserved parking spot infront of his house and somehow got an official city of Calgary handicapped zone sign. @ 6:18 PM on June 3rd he installed the sign himself making my car illegally parked. With 45 minutes Parking enforcement was on scene threatening me with a ticket. Luckily I got to move my car. The city, police and parking authority said it was a roads maintenance issue and may take weeks to investigate. The neighbor, who is not well liked on the street, had his bogus sign stolen. The theft was not reported to police and the city has not yet investigated despite my security camera video showing him installing the sign.