CPA Ticket

[rich204]

Originally Posted by mrkajz44

No offense, but this story sort of sounds like the OP comes downtown daily and parks in a spot that is illegal. The only saving grace is he is in the car and therefore the CPA sometimes lets it go. Personally, I don't understand the whole "in the car thing". If you are parked illegally, sitting in the car doesn't make it any better; you are still illegally parked.

Semantics or not, if this is done every day I feel the ticket is likely deserved.

I pick someone up everyday.

A few years ago, CPA says it was ok to wait for someone getting picked up without paying. I emailed CPA to confirm and I was told, "If our officers see a person in a vehicle it is considered occupied and a ticket will not be issued."

I don't have a problem putting in a quarter for a couple minutes but why should I when CPA says it's ok.

[ken0042]

I guess you missed my earlier question- is this a no-stopping zone?

[guzzy]

If you were parked in a legititimate pay zone and not a no stopping zone, the smart thing would have been to plug your credit card in the little blue machine and pay your fifty cents once you saw him take your picture.

[Wormius]

If it's a daily thing, I can see the aversion to plugging the meter, but the parkplus system makes that incredibly easy. Otherwise just find a better spot to stop temporarily or coordinate with your spouse so that they're waiting by the lobby or front doors to come out.

[northcrunk]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

How is it a cash grab to enforce parking?
Like it or not, parking is a limited commodity downtown.
If they didn't issue tickets, it would be impossible to park or even get arond anywhere in the core.

It's not a cash grab, it's a deterrant to discourage behaviour that most people would agree would cause a problem.

You work for CPA?

[Locke]

Originally Posted by lazypucker

So nobody ever noticed that the OP only signed up on Mar 2014?

Where did the Wannamaker "Do Not Help" mantra go now?

Hes got a parking ticket and Alberta has no Night Court, hes practically in Hell already.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

How is it a cash grab to enforce parking?
Like it or not, parking is a limited commodity downtown.
If they didn't issue tickets, it would be impossible to park or even get arond anywhere in the core.

It's not a cash grab, it's a deterrant to discourage behaviour that most people would agree would cause a problem.

Originally Posted by northcrunk

You work for CPA?

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