NYC Muni-Meter Quiz to Test Your Erudition and Dexterity

Last Updated on September 14, 2022 by Lawrence Berezin

It’s time to take an NYC muni-meter quiz.

We’ve spent the past six weeks learning about parking at a muni meter. Meanwhile, the NYC Council has passed a series of laws making parking at muni meters more bearable. Therefore, it’s up to the driving public to implement these tactics.

That is to say, and it is time to test our knowledge of muni meter rules, regulations, and laws. This is an open-website test. You’ll find the correct answers in the comment section below.

Ready, set, park!

Your NYC Muni meter final examination

1. The start time on your muni-meter receipt can be 5-minutes past the violation time on your ticket. [True or False?]
2. Likewise, you have ___ minutes to vacate your parking space after the expiration time shown on the muni meter receipt. [ A) 3 minutes B) 5 minutes C) As much time as you need D) No additional time]
3. Meanwhile, if you fail to visibly display your muni meter receipt on your car’s driver’s side dashboard and get a parking ticket for “failure to display muni meter receipt,” you cannot fight this parking ticket and win. [True or False?] pay it immediately, no questions asked.

Ready for more?

1. Further, a parking ticket warrior is empowered to cancel a parking ticket for “failure to display muni meter receipt” if you present the warrior with a paid MM receipt showing you purchased time within 10 minutes of the time the parking ticket was issued. [True or False?]
2. All mechanical meters have been replaced by muni meters in all five boroughs of NYC, except Queens. [True or False?]
3. You are permitted to park at a broken muni meter if you leave a note on your windshield alerting a cop or warrior that the MM is broken. The message must be signed by “Epstein’s Mother.” [True or False?]
4. In the same vein, Larry recommends parking at a broken muni meter. [True or False?]

Keep going. You’re doing great!

1. Meanwhile, all muni meters are being re-programmed NOT to take your money if parking is free on the day/time you attempt to pay the MM, or there is no paper to print a receipt. [True or False?]
2. A “parking field” consists of both sides of a city block where a muni meter lives. [True or False?]
3. “Meter #,” “Operational,” and “Limit” are all required elements for a VC 38, “Failure to Display MM receipt” parking ticket. This means a warrior must enter this information or the parking ticket is dismissable upon application. [True or False?]
4. You are permitted to transfer unused time from one muni meter to another muni meter as long as the parking rates are the same. [True or False?]
5. All muni meters accept quarters, dollar coins, and parking cards for payment. Meters marked with a credit card logo also will accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover Network cards. [True or False?]
   
6. You must pay for parking at muni meters on Sundays, even though in the past, parking was free at mechanical meters on Sundays. [True or False?]

Commentary

It would help if you learned the rules of engagement before parking at an NYC muni meter. Above all, knowledge is power and the best way to keep your money where it belongs. In your wallet.

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The NY City Council has taken an enlightened view towards the NYC driving public by passing some quality of life laws to make parking at muni meters less costly. Here’s a wonderful guide to remind you of the current state of muni-meter parking.