Thanks to Amanda for capturing this dumpster fire of a parking job:
“This gem in SW made it about 36 hours.”
Not quite as entitled as the previous examples we’ve seen this week but, well, I can’t really think of a scenario for parking like this unless you are blind drunk or waaaaay to old to be driving. Remind me to tell you a story about the later that I witnessed a couple weeks ago.
Sherman and Harvard St, NW
Thanks to Amanda for sending this morning:
“I thought this was an appropriate follow-up to yesterday’s Jaguar in front of Call Your Mother. The pic makes it look like the 4Runner is moving, but no. It’s parked (if you can call it that) fully in the crosswalk. No driver. DC plates.”
Thanks to Adam for sending the shot above: “Mind blown, the new Jaguar I-PACE parked in front of Call Your Mother at 8:00am on Sunday! I had not previously heard of it or seen it, and it looked like a spaceship as I crossed the street (stopping to gawk caused me to be second in line for bagels instead of first). An electric car partially parked in the crosswalk… concerned about the environment, but less so the rule of law.”
And Darren sends the shot below: (more…)
Thanks to Bob for sending: “From the corner of Brown Street and Newton this morning.” (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
My car, which was legally parked in a Resident Only Zone on 3rd Street NE, between L and M Street (East side, closest to M Street) was ticketed and towed on Monday at 9:37am. I learned of the ticket on Tuesday morning, via an e-mail notification from the DMV Ticket Alert Service. I didn’t learn of the tow until the third inquiry call made to the Towing Control Dispatch Center, but that’s another story.
The stated reason for the ticket was that I was parked in an Emergency No Parking spot which, per the DMV Associate I’d spoken with, had been reserved for the day by a resident/neighbor. It’s my understanding that these notices are supposed to be put up 72 hours prior to the time the area is being reserved, meaning that there would have been a sign up on Friday on/before 9:37am. There was no sign up on Friday at 4:00pm and there was no sign up when my boyfriend walked by the car on Saturday. (more…)
Thanks to Rob for sending: “So Sad, Too Bad – Red Sharpie Parking Pig strikes again!
Spotted this note laying on the sidewalk on S Street near the dog park in Dupont. When I picked it up I realized this isn’t the note from yesterday, but a new one that picks up where the first one left off. Unfortunately the recipient must have ripped the top corner when they removed it.”
Thanks to pithypants for sending another instant classic:
“Spotted on 17th Street, across from the dog park. I want to meet the author of this note because red Sharpie + ! + 🐷 = they seem INSPIRED!”
Photo by PoPville flickr user fromcaliw/love
“Dear PoPville,
I saw a car park this weekend at the end of a block at 3rd and I St NE and get a ticket with 30 min for being too close to the stop sign at the end of the street. That car was then towed away only a few hours later only to have another car park in the “spot” a few minutes later.
DC law is you have to park at least 25 feet short of a stop sign but there is no sign marking the distance or staying no parking in this location. (more…)
Thanks to Terry for sending not one but two of these curious parking signs in Dupont: (more…)
Jay sends the above from SW: “Almost got run over by a biker when clearly there was no reason to be on a sidewalk.”
And Frank sends the shot below from Georgetown: “A contender for the Jack Evans Park Anywhere Award.” (more…)