Campus parking monitors have no other calling than to generate money. They view cars like advertisers view ads that need to be clicked on a web page; the more paper they can click under a wiperblade the more they make. Parking enforcement personnel has to be the lowest calling in the world for those that crave power. Riding around in aluminum sided mopeds, they are due even less respect than the person who dresses in a chicken suit in front of the local Cluck and Shuck . Today I parked on a street next to the college and came out to find a "ticket" on my windshield. This "ticket" was the size and texture of a grocery store receipt ($30!). After time and day, the crime was printed in dark: driveway access. Below that, it said "appx 2 feet." I parked between two driveways and there was about a foot or so on either side of my car. No signs about restricted, limited, or banned parking anywhere. Is there an ordinance that states I have to be 24 inches away from a driveway? Well I measured my car: 14 feet. Tomorrow I'll measure the curb. Among my complaints when I get this in court (even if it has to be a class field trip that day!) is that on the first day of classes, with students and instructors driving dizzy in pursuit of spaces, why not issue warnings? The only answer is that these predatory parking police will take money because they have no control over anything else in their lives.
Ordinary Joe
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