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by Zenless on August 14th, 2009
In L.A. you can park at some places on every day but Tuesday, the other side of the street not on Wednesday, and other days not 3 to 5 p.m. It's easy to get caught, say you're off on Tuesday, you sleep late and don't move your car.
I'm guessing you've never lived in NYC with a car or any big city. It's bizarre.
by Scoped_Knife on August 14th, 2009
I reckon for half of them it's just laziness, and the other half are terrible at parking. Particularly parallel parking lol ^_^
by Mendtos on August 15th, 2009
Playing the cat and mouse game of illegal parking has its appeals.
by gtravels loves her life penguin on August 14th, 2009
NYC checking in. You need a UN interpreter to figure out some of the parking signs. Traffic enforcement seems to hide behind trees just to pop out the second your meter expires. That's just on the one in a million chance that you get an actual parking spot. And don't park one millimeter too close to a fire hydrant or you'll find your car towed and yourself about $350 poorer. But if you want to pay to park in a garage in certain areas of midtown, be prepared to pay $40 for one hour. It's a jungle out here!!;)
by MarcusCrassus on August 14th, 2009
Cuz the parking lot is to far from my class.
by philosopher-saint on August 14th, 2009
I dunno. Doesn't life make plenty o' other demands for your attention w/o having to worry about some picayune detail like parking yore @#$%'n car?!
;-)
by J and B on August 14th, 2009
They're counting on the odds being in their favor: They'll be done and gone before parking enforcement comes by.
by Dr_Dredd on August 14th, 2009
Time pressure, sometimes. If you're running late, you tend to take the first spot you can find, legal or not. :-)
by Sokoot on August 14th, 2009
Sometimes it's an emergency.
by Merriment on August 14th, 2009
Now where's the fun in that?
by Self Consuming Cannibal on August 14th, 2009
Laziness and thinking they won't get caught.
by Kewl Guy - has gone 360 on August 14th, 2009
too lazy or think they can get away with it
by what on August 15th, 2009
who knows,pride.
by Symbeline on August 15th, 2009
Because even if they do, the justice system will still seek to drain you of your petty wealth however they can, instead of like, preventing car accidents, rape and murder.
by Anonymous on August 14th, 2009
They think that they are being rebellious.
by machinerat on August 15th, 2009
Because deep down they like paying voluntary taxes.
How annoying do you find looking for a parking spot?
by AnonymousGirl on November 19th, 2011
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Is it legal to post "No Parking" on just one alley? Traffic study alley too narrow (16 Ft.)for parking. Other alleys allow parking.
by gcodepro on December 23rd, 2010
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Have you ever chastised someone for taking up two parking spots? Was it fully satisfying?
by MrX on May 10th, 2011
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If your car is in park, but your are in the car, and the motor is still running, are you legally conciderd parked or not?
by paht on June 5th, 2011
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What do you think is going through someone's mind as they drive the wrong way down the one-way lane in a parking lot?
by machinerat on December 1st, 2011
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Alternate side of the street parking rules suck!
by Dr_Dredd on August 14th, 2009
NYC checking in. You need a UN interpreter to figure out some of the parking signs. Traffic enforcement seems to hide behind trees just to pop out the second your meter expires. That's just on the one in a million chance that you get an actual parking spot. And don't park one millimeter too close to a fire hydrant or you'll find your car towed and yourself about $350 poorer;)
by gtravels loves her life penguin on August 14th, 2009
Yup. I remember that well from living in NYC, and I didn't even have a car at that point!
by Dr_Dredd on August 14th, 2009
Yeah. I'm actually in Queens, where it's somewhat humane. But having a car in Manhattan is crazy!!
by gtravels loves her life penguin on August 14th, 2009