ricco67 Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 I was wondering if there is a different between standing and parking in Houston?Reason being is that I had a client of mine complaining that he got a ticket waiting on his elderly neighbor(disabled) inside of a store and parked in the handicapped spot and waited for her (and his wife) to come out. Not 30 seconds after she went in a cop came by, saw him, gave him a ticket and said he was parking in a handicap zone (DUH!) but when he tried to explain the officer simply wrote her a ticket.Can she fight the ticket because she could have easily pulled out and had the car running or what?edit: bad spelling. too little coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 If her friend had a handicap permit, get yourself a court date, and have the permit in hand as well as the elderly neighbor to testify, if they do not have a permit, pay the ticket and learn a hard lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Do not ever park in front of the Federal Building unless you can afford a $200.00 fine. Take a glance next time you pass by there and see how many signs are crammed into each other. Anyone can get confused. They snuck in a handicap sign recently and wrote me one at 8:45 at night!? So these ticket writers are going gung-ho even after dark. A few years ago when Minute Maid park was pretty new, I worked there in the evenings. Always parked my car in the "safe area". Came back from work around 4:30Pm and it had been towed. They had just installed the zone signs that morning after I parked and walked to work a few blocks away. They could have issued a fine but to even tow it? I wasn't the only one. They towed over 25-30 autos that morn. Now thats was chicken sh..t of them. Blackmail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted February 20, 2008 Author Share Posted February 20, 2008 I was at the Hotel ZaZa a few weeks ago on a saturday night (10pm?) and I saw a few limos and cars waiting across the street. Thought nothing of it. Out of a blue I see a city car pull up at the first available spot and proceeded to give every limo and towncar driver a ticket for parking in the Taxi zone. Considering the day and time, I was stunned. I guess they work 24hrs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 Be sure of one thing, if you get a ticket in a handicap parking spot, note whether or not there is a sign posted. Texas state law requires a regulation blue handicap sign (no homemade signs) be posted directly in front of the space no lower than 3 ft and no higher than 8 ft. If it's not posted fight the ticket. signs painted on the ground in the space DO NOT COUNT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I was at the Hotel ZaZa a few weeks ago on a saturday night (10pm?) and I saw a few limos and cars waiting across the street. Thought nothing of it. Out of a blue I see a city car pull up at the first available spot and proceeded to give every limo and towncar driver a ticket for parking in the Taxi zone. Considering the day and time, I was stunned. I guess they work 24hrs?I was leaving Agora (leaving - didn't actually go in...bleh) several weeks ago and parked on the street behind Westheimer - a city vehicle pulled up to a car parked the wrong way on the street...and this was about 9pm-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 I was leaving Agora (leaving - didn't actually go in...bleh) several weeks ago and parked on the street behind Westheimer - a city vehicle pulled up to a car parked the wrong way on the street...and this was about 9pm-ish.were you on hawthorne? the residents are irritated about the parking situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 20, 2008 Share Posted February 20, 2008 were you on hawthorne? the residents are irritated about the parking situation.Nope - Missouri street (north side of Westheimer).I definitely know what you're talking about in the area around Brasil, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 Be sure of one thing, if you get a ticket in a handicap parking spot, note whether or not there is a sign posted. Texas state law requires a regulation blue handicap sign (no homemade signs) be posted directly in front of the space no lower than 3 ft and no higher than 8 ft. If it's not posted fight the ticket. signs painted on the ground in the space DO NOT COUNT.This is good to know because I got a ticket for parking downtown in a handicap spot last week. There were three head in parking spots and I parked in the far right spot. The center spot has a handicap sign up, but the place where I parked was just striped. I just didn't see the stripes because it was striped with dull gray brick and it was around 9:00pm.I took a picture and it clearly shows the sign is in the middle parking spot. I guess it's time to fight. However the ticket does say parked in a stiped area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 6, 2008 Share Posted March 6, 2008 i know someone who got towed from the red striped areas downtown (near the corners)this past weekend. ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolMan Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 The red striped areas are obvious becuase it's usually by a fire hydrant. Plus I don't think it is legal to park that close to a cross street because it doen't make for safe turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 The red striped areas are obvious becuase it's usually by a fire hydrant. Plus I don't think it is legal to park that close to a cross street because it doen't make for safe turns.nah no hydrants in sight. it's the corner thing but towing AND a ticket bites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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