Drive fast, live hard, no regrets... Sorry Penske

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by baltassoc
Last winter I was towed for parking on a street with no parking between 3 and 5 am.

No one could tell me why there was no parking between 3 and 5 am. It just the way it is.

Apparently, that particular sign is much disputed, because they had a copy of it taped to the wall at the impound lot.

My sister, after a night of debauchery and other assorted goings on, once returned to the last known location of her vehicle to find not only her car, but also the street it had been parked on were gone. No sign, no bull dozers, nothing was there to indicate that her decision not to drive home that night was going to cost her $170 in towing fees.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by LessinSF
Actual e-mail sent firmwide by an attorney here last month:

"What’s illegal about exiting freeway off-ramp and immediately reentering on next on-ramp?"

Granted I am a shitty driver with not that much experience behind the wheel but what IS wrong with this? I am positive that I have done this many times. (I get lost a lot).

[Southern Patriot]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Oh, well that's even worse. How the hell are you going to turn around?

Since we're doing this, I got a speeding ticket for going 6 over in a 65mph area. At 11:00 pm. 6 over!!! In Northern California. Who gets a ticket for 6 over? Around here no less. Most of the time I drive 10 or 20 over. But I could only be so mad because if he had paced me in Oakland only 10 minutes earlier, it would have been 25 over.

Well, down here we give those tickets to Yankees. I'm not sure who they give them to in California.

Are you Mexican?

[spookyfish]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Oh, well that's even worse. How the hell are you going to turn around?

Since we're doing this, I got a speeding ticket for going 6 over in a 65mph area. At 11:00 pm. 6 over!!! In Northern California. Who gets a ticket for 6 over? Around here no less. Most of the time I drive 10 or 20 over. But I could only be so mad because if he had paced me in Oakland only 10 minutes earlier, it would have been 25 over.

Speeding through Oakland is more than justifiable, no?

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Granted I am a shitty driver with not that much experience behind the wheel but what IS wrong with this? I am positive that I have done this many times. (I get lost a lot).

Beats the fuck out of me. I do it all the time to avoid traffic lights on the feeder.

[baltassoc]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Beats the fuck out of me. I do it all the time to avoid traffic lights on the feeder.

And that would be what's wrong with it.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by spookyfish
Speeding through Oakland is more than justifiable, no?

I guess that's why I didn't get pulled over. Flow of traffic and all. I was barely keeping up.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My sister, after a night of debauchery and other assorted goings on, once returned to the last known location of her vehicle to find not only her car, but also the street it had been parked on were gone. No sign, no bull dozers, nothing was there to indicate that her decision not to drive home that night was going to cost her $170 in towing fees.

Wait - the STREET was gone? Bulldozed? What?

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I just got hit with a $65 parking ticket for parking on the wrong side of the street -- i.e., in a legal spot, but with my car facing the wrong direction. Is there any good reason for the city to be enforcing that particular provision? Not that it's a suprise that they'll soak you for whatever they can, but I'm pissed.

Was this by chance in Massachusetts?

My honey got one on my street a while ago. We happened to walk up as the ticket was being written. The parking police kindly offered tips for how to avoid paying the ticket but said once he'd set pen to carbon ticket book, there was no turning back.

I was just reminiscing with my best friend from college friend about a parking on the wrong side incident. Right after college, she and her then-SO came for a visit. Driving with them to my favorite shallow bar of the day, I pulled into a spot on the opposite side of the street. There was a single cop busting people for this act. He pulled me over. I got out of the car to go hand him my license and registration and he told me to go back to wait in the car. It seems he had so many people pulled over, there was a backlog. We waited for what seemed to be an eternity. Friend's then-SO said "Just leave [Sparklehorse]!!" I started up the car and drove off. Hell broke loose for the cop -- everyone else bolted. The cop chased off after us down the street but we turned down a side street and "lost" him.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I was just reminiscing with my best friend from college friend about a parking on the wrong side incident. Right after college, she and her then-SO came for a visit. Driving with them to my favorite shallow bar of the day, I pulled into a spot on the opposite side of the street. There was a single cop busting people for this act. He pulled me over. I got out of the car to go hand him my license and registration and he told me to go back to wait in the car. It seems he had so many people pulled over, there was a backlog. We waited for what seemed to be an eternity. Friend's then-SO said "Just leave [Sparklehorse]!!" I started up the car and drove off. Hell broke loose for the cop -- everyone else bolted. The cop chased off after us down the street but we turned down a side street and "lost" him.

Way to drive fast and live hard with no regrets.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
Wait - the STREET was gone? Bulldozed? What?

In the early 2000s, Houston spectacularly pulled off a Beirut circa 1979 motiff on the city streets, including the humble path that leads to my own abode. Finding navigable streets downtown was something of a challenge.

Someone made an "Orange Barrel Capitol of the World" art car at the 2004 parade. I think it won the People's Choice award.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Oh, well that's even worse. How the hell are you going to turn around?

Why would I turn around?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
Was this by chance in Massachusetts?

My honey got one on my street a while ago. We happened to walk up as the ticket was being written. The parking police kindly offered tips for how to avoid paying the ticket but said once he'd set pen to carbon ticket book, there was no turning back.

I was just reminiscing with my best friend from college friend about a parking on the wrong side incident. Right after college, she and her then-SO came for a visit. Driving with them to my favorite shallow bar of the day, I pulled into a spot on the opposite side of the street. There was a single cop busting people for this act. He pulled me over. I got out of the car to go hand him my license and registration and he told me to go back to wait in the car. It seems he had so many people pulled over, there was a backlog. We waited for what seemed to be an eternity. Friend's then-SO said "Just leave [Sparklehorse]!!" I started up the car and drove off. Hell broke loose for the cop -- everyone else bolted. The cop chased off after us down the street but we turned down a side street and "lost" him.

Years back I saw the Smiths play a show in Philly. Afterwards my drug addled friends wanted to cruise around and see if they score some more weed in areas of town where you can score weed on the street. Cops spot us driving around in BMW and notice the "thing that doesn't fit in" and hit the lights. Someone yells out, "hit it, let's ditch him", so the driver takes off. Hi-speed chase through the streets of Philly. Cut to the end: driver pulls a U-turn over a median, blows out tire, keeps going but speed is impaired, hangs a left turn, dead end alley. Oops. 3 cop cars cordon us off, spotlights on, guns drawn. We all have to get out and lay down on the ground. And apparently, if you are the driver and you have a Military I.D. in your wallet and you are an officer, you get off with a warning: "you have 30 minutes to fix the tire and get the fuck out of Philly. If we see you after that, your ass is ours".

We got out. The tire and wheel damage were somewhere north of $600. Could have been worse.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Years back I saw the Smiths play a show in Philly. Afterwards my drug addled friends wanted to cruise around and see if they score some more weed in areas of town where you can score weed on the street. Cops spot us driving around in BMW and notice the "thing that doesn't fit in" and hit the lights. Someone yells out, "hit it, let's ditch him", so the driver takes off. Hi-speed chase through the streets of Philly. Cut to the end: driver pulls a U-turn over a median, blows out tire, keeps going but speed is impaired, hangs a left turn, dead end alley. Oops. 3 cop cars cordon us off, spotlights on, guns drawn. We all have to get out and lay down on the ground. And apparently, if you are the driver and you have a Military I.D. in your wallet and you are an officer, you get off with a warning: "you have 30 minutes to fix the tire and get the fuck out of Philly. If we see you after that, your ass is ours".

We got out. The tire and wheel damage were somewhere north of $600. Could have been worse.

. . . Sorry, Penske.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Why would I turn around?

You're one of those people, aren't you?