Time for Another 5-Question Parking Ticket Quickie Quiz

Last Updated on November 17, 2017 by Lawrence Berezin

5-Question parking ticket quickie quiz will match you against a Warrior

Are you ready to rumble? Here’s a parking ticket quickie quiz that will test your knowledge of NYC parking laws and rules.  Are you still smarter than a Warrior? Or, will it cost you big time to park on the street in NYC?

Pick up your trusty #2 pencil and begin.

5-Question parking ticket quickie quiz

1. A place of occurrence can be described in three different formats. 1) In front 2) Opposite 3) Metes and Bounds. Here’s what a metes and bounds description looks like:

N/S of Waverly Avenue_15 feet West of Greene Avenue in Brooklyn

-Translate the metes and bounds description

-Is this metes and bounds description misdescribed?

2. True or False? Your burden of proof on appeal is to persuade a 3-judge appeals panel that the original judge made a mistake of law or fact based on the evidence submitted. You cannot offer new evidence on appeal.

3. What’s a stop line? Can you park in the area between a stop line and crosswalk line?

4. True or False? You can park in front of a driveway if you own the property. It doesn’t matter whether your car is registered to the property address.

5. True or False? A commercial vehicle can park within 15-feet of a fire hydrant, if:

• It’s between sunrise and sunset
• A driver remains seated behind the wheel
• She has the keys
• And is ready to move her vehicle on request of a person in authority

Commentary

Parking ticket rules, laws and signs are getting tougher and more difficult to decipher. Please don’t attempt to park in NYC without a least a rudimentary knowledge of the curbside commandments.

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• Can more than one rule regulate a parking space? (Yes)
• Which rule do you have to follow? (The stricter rule)
• How long is a bus stop? (A bus stop extends from the bus stop sign in the direction of the arrow(s) until the next parking sign or the end of a block)
• How far from a fire hydrant do you have to park? (15 feet)
• Does a driveway or fire hydrant end a bus stop zone? (NO!!)
• Can you stop temporarily to expeditiously drop off or pick up a passenger and leave immediately: 1) Bus stop? 2) No standing zone? 3) Safety zone? 4) Fire hydrant?

Please, learn the basic rules of the curb. It will save you a bunch of your hard-earned dough.

I’ll post the answers to the questions on Friday, November 17, 2017

Here’s a terrific guide to defenses you can raise against each parking violation.

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-Translate the metes and bounds description

North side of Waverly Avenue_15 feet West of Greene Avenue in Brooklyn

-Is this metes and bounds description misdescribed?

Yes. It is misdescribed. The North Side of Waverly Avenue does not exist. The sides are East-West. Ergo, 12 feet West doesn’t exist.

2. True or False? Your burden of proof on appeal is to persuade a 3-judge appeals panel that the original judge made a mistake of law or fact based on the evidence submitted. You cannot offer new evidence on appeal.

Absolutely true!

3. What’s a stop line? Can you park in the area between a stop line and crosswalk line?

Here’s a detailed explanation of a stop line. Yes. You can park between a stop line and a crosswalk line.

4. True or False? You can park in front of a driveway if you own the property. It doesn’t matter whether your car is registered to the property address.

Your car must be registered to the property address to legally park in front of the driveway

5. True or False? A commercial vehicle can park within 15-feet of a fire hydrant, if:

• It’s between sunrise and sunset
• A driver remains seated behind the wheel
• She has the keys
• And is ready to move her vehicle on request of a person in authority

False. This well-known exception to the fire hydrant rule is limited to passenger vehicles only