Parking Enforcement in Springfield

[strider]

First in wins! Nothing else matters!

OK, then common sense says....avoid bending up that fender and look out for the other guy...

[nvrenuf]

Exactly Strider! I was first to enter from W side of roundabout making a left turn and realized that dumba$$ in very big car coming from S had no plans to slow down and allow me my right of way. So I stopped mid-round and gave them only enough room to get through. They flipped me off I presume for taking up so much space.

[nvrenuf]

And BTW, I heard people on Perry also received tickets for wrong-way parking.

[cindi]

are the glow worms the ones giving the tickets?

[JaxUnicorn]

Glow worms??? 

Oh, and there is a car parked in the alley between Pearl and Silver either south or north of 6th.  That needs a ticket too, yes?

[nvrenuf]

Glow worms are the bright neon colored shirts that the Community Officers wear. Don't know Cindi, did not see anyone. Was only informed of the incident.

Yes JaxUnicorn, blocking an alley should also receive a ticket.

[danno]

Saw a glo worm driving slowly down Silver yesterday morning.

[ChriswUfGator]

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.

Gainesville is ridiculous, I got towed a dozen times while I was in undergrad. If I never had to see that seedy Elite Towing lot again, it'll be too soon. Everybody, even the city, has contracts with these towing companies who drive around constantly looking for 'victims'.

The worst was my own apartment complex, they gave out parking passes that had these suction cups you were supposed to put on your windshield. If you left your car in the sun, they'd fall down and you'd get towed.

After literally the 5th or 6th time (at $85 apiece) that I got towed because of it and the towing company and Colonial Village each told me to pound sand and that it was my fault, I went into the office with a copy of the small claims suit I was about to file against Colonial Properties Trust and they finally paid me back. Shortly after that we got permanent stickers.

Then around UF, you have red, green, yellow, orange, etc., passes that allow you to park in certain zones you have to familiarize yourself with. Downtown, GPD will ticket you for dumb$h!t like having your tire on the white line in a parking spot. I'd say Gainesville is a living breathing example of what any city DOESN'T want when it comes to parking enforcement. It's a nightmare.

[sheclown]

Exactly Strider! I was first to enter from W side of roundabout making a left turn and realized that dumba$$ in very big car coming from S had no plans to slow down and allow me my right of way. So I stopped mid-round and gave them only enough room to get through. They flipped me off I presume for taking up so much space.

[AlexS]

Vehicles approaching the roundabout yield to circulating traffic, however, drivers must obey all signs to determine the correct right-of-way in the roundabout.

If it is, seems you would yield to circulating traffic, or traffic coming from left? This may be on the books, but since very few seem to know/follow, I guess safest approach is as if it is a 4-way stop (tho people that stop at a yield when the yielding situation doesn't warrant it drive me batty ;-).

In the roundabout "yield to circulating traffic, or traffic coming from left" is the same as circulating traffic comes from the left (of course assuming a yield sign on all 4 entries into the roundabout). The real problem here is that people driving cars don't know the traffic rules. That needs to change.

[AlexS]

And how is this roundabout discussion related to "Parking Enforcement in Springfield" anyway ? Anyone care about thread topics any more ? Are there no rules for this forum ? Where are the moderators ? Or is this just a big free for all. All topics in any thread, hijack at will. Why even bother with topics any more. Let's just have one thread and discuss everything there. Sooner or later it all ends up with SPAR, rooming houses, demolitions, etc anyway. This is getting sooooo annyoing.

[cindi]

well, although, not strictly speaking, roundabouts are a general "traffic" issue and although not specifically parking the spirit of the thread has been maintained.  and until your little outburst it has been a refreshingly SPAR, rooming house, demo free conversation.  but thanks for ruining 4 pages of that.

[zoo]

Sorry, not really fun at all...

[strider]

 Danno, can you please modify the thread title to include roundabouts?  It will be less stressful for some and it will somehow guarantee that the discussion gets back to parking enforcement.