It's quite normal to see delivery trucks (FedEx, UPS) with 20 tickets on their windshield. It's just a cost of doing business.
And it's not like the violations are rational. The restrictions are designed to seem reasonable, but really just to snag as many people as possible.
For example there is no overnight parking on the street - at all - in brookline (suburb of boston). And of course the fees are at least 3 times as much as any normal city charges.
I'm so glad I don't live there anymore.
In Pittsburg the law is you can get give someone a parking ticket for street cleaning, unless the street was actually cleaned, AND the car was in the way (so move it before or after and you are OK). Not so in boston - they watch the clock and as soon as the time starts (to the second) they give everyone a ticket. But of course there is no budget for an actual street cleaning truck.
It's quite normal to see delivery trucks (FedEx, UPS) with 20 tickets on their windshield. It's just a cost of doing business.
And it's not like the violations are rational. The restrictions are designed to seem reasonable, but really just to snag as many people as possible.
For example there is no overnight parking on the street - at all - in brookline (suburb of boston). And of course the fees are at least 3 times as much as any normal city charges.
I'm so glad I don't live there anymore.
In Pittsburg the law is you can get give someone a parking ticket for street cleaning, unless the street was actually cleaned, AND the car was in the way (so move it before or after and you are OK). Not so in boston - they watch the clock and as soon as the time starts (to the second) they give everyone a ticket. But of course there is no budget for an actual street cleaning truck.