Parking Enforcement in Springfield

[danno]

I was leaving for work this morning and noticed parking citations on 5 cars parked on the street facing the wrong direction on Silver Street between 8th and 3rd.

I had been out walking the dogs from abot 0800 to 0830.  The tickets were there when I left for the office at 0915.  This is the first time I have seen this in 10+ years.  I remember someone on Pearl that used to call the JSO every time someone parked facing the wrong direction.  She once did this while a open house was going on across the street from her.

[fsu813]

but when it's enforced selectively and rarely, when it happens it just pisses people off.

[danno]

After living in the UK for several years I learned the hard way to remember to park facing the right direction so there is no chace for me to get pissed off.

[Omarvelous09]

This is a good thing, if it happens consistently. I hate when people park the wrong way, its kinda dangerous. Some folks are too lazy to make a u-turn. lol

[cindi]

maybe they can enforce the rv's that have become permanent fixtures on boulevard and the tractor trailers starting a new truck stop at the old tire store that idle all night.

[Captain Zissou]

After living in the UK for several years I learned the hard way to remember to park facing the right direction so there is no chace for me to get pissed off.

I don't know if it's remembering to face the right direction, it's just a convenience thing.  As others have said, if they ramp enforcement up to a 90% citation rate, great job, but until then it's just annoying when you get caught.  In Gainesville it was kind of a russian roulette type scenario, but your chances of getting caught were about 55%.  In jax it's really a non-issue.  I have never been ticketed once, and I'm definitely a serious offender.

[untarded]

I'm all for it!!  I've had a few near head on collisions heading north on Market St by cars pulling into traffic from the wrong side of the street.  I wish they would enforce more strictly.  The problem is also pretty bad on east 7th.

Gainesville was hit or miss but you knew it wasn't ok to do it and doing so could be costly.

[obie1]

Seriously, is it that hard to park correctly? Hope the ticketing keeps up, nobody's laziness is more important than stopping dangerous parking conditions from happening.

[mtraininjax]

You can also report people who do not have a tag on their car. By law, every vehicle, within sight from the street must have a current tag AND registration.

[jason_contentdg]

Still not a fan of the way Brinks employees park on 2nd street.

[Sigma]

Have they started ticketing the 50 mph speeders on Liberty and Walnut?  What about ticketing folks who don't understand how to use the round-a-bouts?

[fsujax]

yeah and ticketing people who park in the alley's and block them and park large passenger vans and buses all along the street!

[sheclown]

Ten years ago, there weren't that many cars to park on the streets of Springfield 

[Sigma]

Ten years ago, there weren't that many cars to park on the streets of Springfield 

This is true! I remember in one day counting 135 construction dumpsters where we now have occupied houses.  Its definitely turned the corner. 

Maybe SPAR can have a driver's training class before you can move into the neighborhood?

[Omarvelous09]

Have they started ticketing the 50 mph speeders on Liberty and Walnut?  What about ticketing folks who don't understand how to use the round-a-bouts?

OMG!!...why cant people figure out how to use the round-a-bouts?? its so irratating, i miss the stop signs.