DocDon Posted April 30, 2005 Report Share Posted April 30, 2005 There's been some talk here about parking tickets and collections. Came across this interesting article that may question the very legitmacy of the ticket in the first place....$5 Parking Ticket Causes Chaos For All Pa. MetersTowns Find Meters Not CertifiedApril 29, 2005PITTSBURGH -- All Chuck Pascal wanted to do was challenge a $5 parking ticket. But his victory in a Butler, Pa., court has sent shock waves through the state and led some towns to suspend writing tickets.Pascal showed that Butler was in violation of a state law that requires parking meters to be certified as accurate every three years.Now, cities and towns are clamoring for the state's Division of Weights and Measures to certify their meters. The division, which has to inspect everything from gasoline pumps to delicatessen scales, is overwhelmed.Butler has stopped writing tickets until its meters are certified. So has Erie, at a cost of $2,000 a day in fines.At least two dozen municipalities are waiting for certification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katwoman Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 This is BRILLIANT! I can't tell you how much I've paid in parking fines over the years. Too embarassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuss Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 Interresting. I don't recall seeing a single weights-and-measures certification on any parking meter in Chicago. VERY interresting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divemedic Posted May 6, 2005 Report Share Posted May 6, 2005 That is great. It shows you that our legal system has gotten so confusing that the government can't even keep track of it. The tax code is even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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