How much $$$ are parking tickets in your town/city?

1) I live in a town, 25 miles west of a major city. Considered rural, it is surrounded by a two affluent suburbs and three lakes.

2) Parking tickets here run $55.00. Given that local police dont have much crime to bust they primarily ticket OWIs and often keep a tight inventory on the locals on weekend nights. The locals, old and young, do not appreciate the police. Whenever the police have the opportunity they tow your car and call on the same company they have been using since the 1950s to do the towing. The towing bill is $180 + $30 per day after the first 24 hours.

So in the scenario you are too intoxicated to drive and leave your car somewhere overnight in town you might have a rude awakening the next day if you left it on the street or in an area that doesn't traditionally allow overnight parking. Even if it's not bothering anyone.

The real shame is that a ticket is the same amount whether you are bill gates, or totally poor.

Think about that for a second. It basically means that parking laws don't apply to really rich people.

This is totally inequitable. Parking tickets should be based on a percentage of income and assets.

Chicago $65

No idea (I don't get parking tickets).

garth wrote:

No idea (I don't get parking tickets).

You should crawl out of your mom's basement every now and then.

Morristown, NJ

$25 - Had paid for time in a metered lot but the ticket fell off the dash so wasn't visible when the meter police came around.

I'd say that's pretty cheap - I got my car towed once in SF (thanks, Folsom Street Fair) and towing was $525 plus a $64 ticket.

I'm in Duluth, MN and the university parking tickets are $12. Not sure what the city tickets are, however.

$115 in New York City.

Fedex pay around $1.8 million annually.

$50 here in Columbus, OH.

Fort Lauderdale- $30

I think they're $15 or $20 here in Lancaster, PA. Not that expensive, but they're annoying because I usually only get tickets because the pay stations malfunction constantly.

Boston

Ranges from $25 (expired meter e.g.) to $100 (bus stop, hydrant, handicap spot, etc.).

Those are amounts are out of date and not proportional to other costs in the city. They probably should be doubled or more to keep pace.

College Station

25 or 30 dollars (can't remember exactly; haven't had one in about a year now).

Meter run over

1) I don't live in a town/city

2) Not sure - haven't gotten one here

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote:

This is totally inequitable. Parking tickets should be based on a percentage of income and assets.

I would agree with you about speeding or dangerous driving tickets. Parking on the other hand usually isn't dangerous to others. The rich can risk others lives with no consequences since the fines are meaningless to them.

10 min outside of Los Angeles: $ 65 for expired meter, $ 75 for street sweeping parking violation. At least those are what I have gotten so far.