Does it seem like there are more tickets being handed out for parking on the “wrong side” of the street lately?
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I got one last February, in front of my house, when I had to move my car out of my drive for about 2 hours. Cost me $45, and it really pissed me off to have to pay that fine.
@ 5:20 pm on April 12, 2011
Not in Dallas, but this happened to me in Austin one weekend when I parked at a friend’s house to carpool to Lubbock. 3 days later, I came back to 3 tickets for the same offense. I argued the case in traffic court and was told I could have received a separate $40 fine for each 4 hours it remained that way.
I paid up and have been living on the right side of the law (and road) since.
@ 5:51 pm on April 12, 2011
Happened at our house in Lakewood/M-Streets a few times recently – we’ve been notifying our guests and people as they move in.
@ 6:33 pm on April 12, 2011
DPD could spend more time stopping speeders on almost any street in Dallas!
@ 6:40 pm on April 12, 2011
Hopefully they are using the proceeds to repair streets and compensate neighborhood police patrols.
This post brought to you by the word: “Snarky”.
@ 7:06 pm on April 12, 2011
Is happening all the time in Lake Highlands
@ 7:15 pm on April 12, 2011
Somebody’s gotta pay for those signature bridges.
@ 7:35 pm on April 12, 2011
@ Lee…Dallas PD, for the most part, will ONLY issue parking citations when responding to a call from a complaining citizen. If you get a “wrong way” parking ticket, you can thank your City of Dallas parking enforcement who scour the streets daily, instead suggesting other ways for Dallas PD to spend their time.
@ 7:47 pm on April 12, 2011
These Dallas Revitalisation Projects aren’t going to pay for themselves…you know!
@ 8:16 pm on April 12, 2011
I got a ticket reminder in the mail a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t recall parking near the Hard Rock Cafe on the evening of the Lady Gaga concert. Then I remembered I had loaned my car to my 16-year-old son that night. I guess he thought I wouldn’t find out.
The wrong way parking tickets are bleeding into (gasp!) North Dallas…
*it’s the single biggest threat to our community…*
Or, not, and just a way for the DPD to drive revenue to a broke butt city.
@ 8:07 am on April 13, 2011
Park your car correctly. Problem solved!
It’s not that hard.
@ 8:08 am on April 13, 2011
Wrong-way parking is, ultimately, an irrational pet peeve of mine, so I’m kind of glad they’re doing it. I just wish Addison police would enforce it in the Addison Circle neighborhood.
@ 9:41 am on April 13, 2011
They haven’t made it to Canyon Creek yet. Not only do people park the wrong way, they park 3 feet from the curb. It’s a hazard.
@ 9:45 am on April 13, 2011
Two years ago, in NE Dallas, two people got wrong way parking tickets in front of my in-law’s house, while delivering food for my sister-in-law’s post-funeral lunch. And the cops knew it was for a funeral.
Seems a little excessive.
@ 9:51 am on April 13, 2011
What Sammy said. Let’s talk about why it’s illegal:
By the vary definition of parking over there you are driving on the wrong side of the road in order to reach the parking space, and then replicating that action a second time when pulling out of the space.
Is it really so evil that you have to park on the proper side of the street and/or turn around to reach the parking spot on the other side that you so desperately yearn for?
@ 9:52 am on April 13, 2011
Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay the fine.
B.S. tickets. They aren’t just for people driving crappy cars anymore! (TM)
@ 9:57 am on April 13, 2011
I think it’s great. I always park my car facing the correct way on the street. It’s a law, so if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
@ 10:39 am on April 13, 2011
Taillights are more reflective than headlights and thus are easier to see. I believe this is the main reason the law is in place. Growing up on a curving street in Richardson, I can understand this law. That, and the whole wrong side of the street argument. Yeah, it sucks if you have to move your car and do a 3-point turn to make it face the right way, but it beats a broken headlight at night…or a ticket.
@ 11:25 am on April 13, 2011
My husband came home one day to find City Parking Enforcement measuring with a ruler the distance from the curb to our friend’s car who was visting us in Lake Highlands. A bit much..don’t you think?
@ 3:17 pm on April 13, 2011
I live in Okc, Ok on the south side of the dividing line between Edmond, Ok and Okc. Since I moved here a year and a half ago, there hasn’t been a day go by that my east side neighbor hasn’t had at least 2 and sometimes 3-4 vehicles parked, mainly in front of my house, and going the wrong way. Who can I complain to?
@ 7:37 pm on July 10, 2011
FrontBurner® launched in March 2003, the first blog in Dallas run by a media organization. This is where the editors of D Magazine come to waste a tremendous amount of time.
22 comments
I got one last February, in front of my house, when I had to move my car out of my drive for about 2 hours. Cost me $45, and it really pissed me off to have to pay that fine.
Not in Dallas, but this happened to me in Austin one weekend when I parked at a friend’s house to carpool to Lubbock. 3 days later, I came back to 3 tickets for the same offense. I argued the case in traffic court and was told I could have received a separate $40 fine for each 4 hours it remained that way.
I paid up and have been living on the right side of the law (and road) since.
Happened at our house in Lakewood/M-Streets a few times recently – we’ve been notifying our guests and people as they move in.
DPD could spend more time stopping speeders on almost any street in Dallas!
Hopefully they are using the proceeds to repair streets and compensate neighborhood police patrols.
This post brought to you by the word: “Snarky”.
Is happening all the time in Lake Highlands
Somebody’s gotta pay for those signature bridges.
@ Lee…Dallas PD, for the most part, will ONLY issue parking citations when responding to a call from a complaining citizen. If you get a “wrong way” parking ticket, you can thank your City of Dallas parking enforcement who scour the streets daily, instead suggesting other ways for Dallas PD to spend their time.
These Dallas Revitalisation Projects aren’t going to pay for themselves…you know!
I got a ticket reminder in the mail a couple of weeks ago. I didn’t recall parking near the Hard Rock Cafe on the evening of the Lady Gaga concert. Then I remembered I had loaned my car to my 16-year-old son that night. I guess he thought I wouldn’t find out.
Lately? No, you mean in recent years as Robert Wilonsky pointed out in Nov. 2009. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/11/you_might_wanna_park_your_car.php
The wrong way parking tickets are bleeding into (gasp!) North Dallas…
*it’s the single biggest threat to our community…*
Or, not, and just a way for the DPD to drive revenue to a broke butt city.
Park your car correctly. Problem solved!
It’s not that hard.
Wrong-way parking is, ultimately, an irrational pet peeve of mine, so I’m kind of glad they’re doing it. I just wish Addison police would enforce it in the Addison Circle neighborhood.
They haven’t made it to Canyon Creek yet. Not only do people park the wrong way, they park 3 feet from the curb. It’s a hazard.
Two years ago, in NE Dallas, two people got wrong way parking tickets in front of my in-law’s house, while delivering food for my sister-in-law’s post-funeral lunch. And the cops knew it was for a funeral.
Seems a little excessive.
What Sammy said. Let’s talk about why it’s illegal:
By the vary definition of parking over there you are driving on the wrong side of the road in order to reach the parking space, and then replicating that action a second time when pulling out of the space.
Is it really so evil that you have to park on the proper side of the street and/or turn around to reach the parking spot on the other side that you so desperately yearn for?
Don’t do the crime if you can’t pay the fine.
B.S. tickets. They aren’t just for people driving crappy cars anymore! (TM)
I think it’s great. I always park my car facing the correct way on the street. It’s a law, so if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
Taillights are more reflective than headlights and thus are easier to see. I believe this is the main reason the law is in place. Growing up on a curving street in Richardson, I can understand this law. That, and the whole wrong side of the street argument. Yeah, it sucks if you have to move your car and do a 3-point turn to make it face the right way, but it beats a broken headlight at night…or a ticket.
My husband came home one day to find City Parking Enforcement measuring with a ruler the distance from the curb to our friend’s car who was visting us in Lake Highlands. A bit much..don’t you think?
I live in Okc, Ok on the south side of the dividing line between Edmond, Ok and Okc. Since I moved here a year and a half ago, there hasn’t been a day go by that my east side neighbor hasn’t had at least 2 and sometimes 3-4 vehicles parked, mainly in front of my house, and going the wrong way. Who can I complain to?