NYPD Parking Placards for Personal Use (New York, York: insurance, legally, move)

[sirtiger]

Originally Posted by BlakeJones

Must be nice to have a badge, separate rules for you and everybody else.

across the street from my parents house in queens....the owner (yes he is FDNY) puts up FDNY cones in front of his house to ensure street parking for himself only. no joke

[bellakin123]

Originally Posted by sirtiger

^^once its in the system, its hard to get rid of the ticket.

Not if you know the right people

[Jaydata]

Originally Posted by SanMan2k5

So you got pinched and because of that you're going to bring others down? Be a man.

I don't think BlakeJones is upset about his car being towed as much as his suspicion of the reason his car
was being towed. If the cop neighbor really was the one called in to tow his car to get the spot, then is fair
game to snitch on the cop to reciprocate his move to get back at him. Although things may escalated
quickly if the cop neighbor also retaliate in some other way.

[SanMan2k5]

Originally Posted by BlakeJones

Must be nice to have a badge, separate rules for you and everybody else.

There are perks with every job. Don't be jealous. Where do you work? Don't get benefits from that job that others not in the field don't get?

[brianNYC92]

Originally Posted by bellakin123

Not if you know the right people

It depends. If the ticket was issued by the traffic department (electronic type, not hand written type), there is no way to dismiss it.

[bellakin123]

Originally Posted by brianNYC92

It depends. If the ticket was issued by the traffic department (electronic type, not hand written type), there is no way to dismiss it.

Are you a cop or work for the traffic dept?

[ehanson]

I've been wondering about cars parked with traffic cones on the roof and whether it's related to this. Have seen them on ever type of vehicle and it's happens most often so their obviously personal vehicles...

[brianNYC92]

Originally Posted by bellakin123

Are you a cop or work for the traffic dept?

I am neither. My friend is a cop and that's what he told me.

[BlakeJones]

Originally Posted by ehanson

I've been wondering about cars parked with traffic cones on the roof and whether it's related to this. Have seen them on ever type of vehicle and it's happens most often so their obviously personal vehicles...

You'll see that when they need to clear the street, like when ConEd has to dig up the road or a crew is filming the next day. They will put up no parking signs but they don't want to have to deal with towing all those cars. ConEd will actually pay a guy to sit in car all night long and put a cone down every time a car moves. For cars that don't move, often the guy will put the cone on the roof of the car which is what you've seen.

Those zones are actually good for parking - I've gotten into it with those guys several times where the guy tells me I can't park there and I just point to the no parking sign several hours from then and assure him that my car will be gone by then. He doesn't care for my assurance and I don't care for his problem and I just walk away and my car is still there when I get back

[bellakin123]

Originally Posted by brianNYC92

I am neither. My friend is a cop and that's what he told me.

Maybe that's what he wants you to think LOL j/k

but seriously--I know a few and they've been able to make them disappear. Maybe they know certain people <shrug>