The reason I ran from Downtown... follows me...

[DetroitInJAX]

So I come home after a day at work and out shopping, and the 86 Mercedes 300SDL that I am watching for a friend has a PARKING TICKET on the windshield.  In Riverside!  It was parked on Osceola in front of my house.  Now, Ive lived here since October and have parked my car every which way but upside down in front of my house  and never been ticketed for it.  I look at the rain soaked citation to read "parking facing improper direction"...  How in the hell is this even legal?  Does anyone understand me when I say how infuriated I am right now?

Anyone around here know how to get me out of this?  I'm so mad I can barely even see straight....

[tufsu1]

Sorry dude...but when parked on the street, your car is required to face the same direction as traffic...that's been the law for many many years!

[Karl_Pilkington]

ahh the taxman cometh.. well don't sweat it, just your contribution to the betterment of Jax.  It is true, they will ticket you for parking in the wrong direction.  At least its not as bad as getting a ticket for expired tag in your own driveway!

[NotNow]

ahh the taxman cometh.. well don't sweat it, just your contribution to the betterment of Jax.  It is true, they will ticket you for parking in the wrong direction.  At least its not as bad as getting a ticket for expired tag in your own driveway!

Hey!  I got one of those.  My kid's car parked at the end of my driveway....I'm still steamed.

[The Compound]

Thats been going on for several years now in riverside.. If you didnt get a ticket before you just got lucky. Its still pretty random, but happens often.

[David]

Well thanks for the PSA. When I lived in Riverside last year I ALWAYS parked in the wrong direction because a. it was easier since I always came the opposite way home from work and b.  I thought only dense cities like Boston, NY etc etc enforced that. I didn't know that was a law here as well.

I think it's b.s. but i'm sure someone has a case for it due to a few people parking like that then pulling out against traffic and causing an accident.

[Charles Hunter]

Bingo!

[ChriswUfGator]

So I come home after a day at work and out shopping, and the 86 Mercedes 300SDL that I am watching for a friend has a PARKING TICKET on the windshield.  In Riverside!  It was parked on Osceola in front of my house.  Now, Ive lived here since October and have parked my car every which way but upside down in front of my house  and never been ticketed for it.  I look at the rain soaked citation to read "parking facing improper direction"...  How in the hell is this even legal?  Does anyone understand me when I say how infuriated I am right now?

Anyone around here know how to get me out of this?  I'm so mad I can barely even see straight....

Dude, I saw that car, and the ticket. Sweet ride, I love those W126's. Gold/Tan with the upgraded chrome wheels, tinted windows, and a yellow ticket under the windshield, right? LOL

Small world...

[billy]

They do this in Atlanta, too.

[lindab]

On the 2500 block of Herschel Street they have been enforcing wrong side parking regularly. About a week ago on a walk near Ernest Street and Osceola we met a parking patrolman in a scooter putting a ticket on a wrong way car. He told us that he patrols the streets in Riverside several times per week. I think it is straining at gnats. Sorry for the bad news.

My biggest gripe is abandoned cars with stripped off tires and broken windows sitting at the curbs. The City takes a long time to get rid of those babies.

[mtraininjax]

I've heard of friends who have cars in their garage, under a tarp, and the inspector will go and verify that the car has correct tags, and if not, write people tickets. Not even on the pavement and the inspector is writing tickets.

These days, revenue is hard to come by.

[heights unknown]

Whether it was a one way or two way street, there is good logic behind ticketing for facing the wrong way; probably much easier to cause a traffic accident in those instances, especially if it is a one way street; less so if it's a two way street.  At any rate, as someone said, this has been the law since the twelfth of never, so don't sweat it; just park facing the direction of the traffic. Much worse things have happened to you I am sure.

Heights Unknown

[Omarvelous09]

I don't understand why people get upset about this... i hate when cars in (springfield, riverside, downtown, etc...) park like that. its so dangerous...especially on busier streets.

[The Compound]

My biggest gripe is abandoned cars with stripped off tires and broken windows sitting at the curbs. The City takes a long time to get rid of those babies.

If you call 630-CITY and report an abondoned car, they will come and put a 3-day sticker on it to be moved or towed.

[Shwaz]

This happened to a friend of mine on Copeland. I've heard of these parking tickets being pretty common out at the beach too.

Every month the 'community patrol' comes through my work parking lot on Bay St. checking for expired tags and writting ticket's. It's funny to see people scramble to their cars for a quick get away.