NYC parking signs are trying to grab your hard-earned dough
Here are some parking signs that may trick you.
What do you think about the “Authorized Vehicles Only” sign? The sign must display the agency that is permitted to park when the “Authorized Vehicles Only” sign is in effect. Likewise the Warrior or Cop is required to enter the authorized agency on the ticket.
If not, you win!
This “No Parking Anytime” sign has an orange “Temporary Construction Regulation” addendum and “Dept of Transportation” entry on the bottom of the sign. Therefore, this is a legal NYC parking sign.
But, does a temporary construction regulation No Parking Sign that is in effect anytime trump a No Parking Sign that is in effect during designated days and times?
Have you ever gotten a “No Standing School Days” parking ticket? Me, too. Here is a tiperoo:
- If there are any school-related activities going on, the days or hours the No Standing School Days Rule is in effect. DO NOT PARK IN THE SCHOOL ZONE
- A Warrior or Cop must enter the days and hours the rule is in effect. The correct entry is “school days” not “all days.” If the days are misdescribed, you win
- Remember schools may be in effect on a Saturday or there may be school-related activities on a Sunday. Be careful!
Are you permitted to stop temporarily and expeditiously drop-off a passenger in a no stopping zone, and leave the area immediately?
Here’s a brainteaser
Are you up to the challenge?
Commentary
I have a mental checklist I run through before parking in a vacant parking space in NYC.
- Red sign you’re dead. Move along little doggie, unless the rule is not in effect
- Is there a temporary construction rule or temporary no parking paper sign in effect?
- Stricter rule trumps less strict rule
Good luck.
Be safe.
Larry B
After all these years, we are still trying to make sense out of NYC parking signs. The Evil Empire may have redesigned them, but the redesigned signs are still confusing.
Larry is happy to translate these signs into English and save you a bunch of money.
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Great info …………Thanks
Hi Robert,
My pleasure.
Thanks for your kind comment.
Regards,
Larry
Hi, my name is Gary and I was a Traffic Supervisor-2 within the N.Y,C. Police Dept . I did write a book called : All about Traffic & how to beat a parking summons ” It is available in Barnes & Noble or Amazon . I had to retire due to a pipe line anuresym stroke and seizure which was caused by my Traffic Manager-1 a nasty BITCH .
Hi, my name is Gary and I was a Traffic Supervisor-2 within the N.Y,C. Police Dept . I did write a book called : All about Traffic & how to beat a parking summons ” It is available in Barnes & Noble or Amazon . I had to retire due to a pipe line anuresym stroke and seizure which was caused by my Traffic Manager-1 a nasty BITCH .