Citation for parking semi on public street

You or your representative will have to appear if you are pleading the ticket...but
Before you pay go to the city or county website and check the parking regulations under the statute on which you are cited.

 

Also check the parking limitations on your street. Had a neighbor call on me and report me to the police department. I was bobtail but couldn’t park on my street or even in front of my house to restock and take a shower. This was the only thing as that same neighbor alerted the city that my sprinklers were getting the sidewalk wet even if it was a few drops. Ya they complained about that.

glad the commies went back to commiefornia.

later found out my neighbor across the street had gotten a warning from the HOA for starting his stock corvette at 6 am to go to work. The guy thinks I’m the one who called on him.


Either way you have neighbors that snitch.

 

I experienced that. Call the jurisdiction that issued the ticket or the clerk of the court for the jurisdiction and ask them about the amount of the fine. My ticker had no $ amount on it. The standard amount for that ticket was a $90 fine, IIRC. If I didn't pay that fine before the court date it would have escalated and been serious. Since I paid it there is no lasting effect. Just because there is no fine amount on your paperwork doesn't mean there is no fine to be paid.

 

Yeah, one of the many "surprises" you'll encounter. Many communities are forbidding tractor and trailer parking, because it's a liability risk. These morons not paying attention, run into your trailer, it's big business. We just went through that here in Colorado, someone ran into a truck THAT WAS DISABLED on the shoulder, and the truck driver got a ticket for improper warning devices, aka triangles.. There is a HUGE lack of available parking for trucks, another of the many anti-truck feelings most Americans have. I won't go into that anymore, but in your situation, towns are far more lenient on just the tractor, so I'd find a solid place to drop the wagon, might cost you a couple bucks, put a pin lock on it, and drive the tractor home. That's what I did.

 

This is happening more and more! My best advice is to find a secured place where you can park that rig! Any further attempts to park there may in fact get that rig towed. I know a guy that had his towed away. Between the tow bill and storage fees, it cost a bunch of "C" notes to get the equipment back! Sorry OP that this happened to you! Trust me! You are far from the only driver to experience this!

 

Maybe find out if your company will pay for parking and find a storage lot somewhere near you
Even if they don’t it might be worth it for you to cover that???

 

Leaving the truck parked unattended on the street or even in a truck stop is probably not a great idea anyway, legal or not. Too much potential for damage, theft, hit and run, etc. When you take your truck home you are responsible for it so you don’t want to be held accountable for something like that. Do some searching around your town, there has to be some kind of rentable parking somewhere. RV storage lots, wrecker lots, small trucking companies, etc.

 

I've gotten a few of those tickets on my hometime. They were only 27 bucks a piece. I didn't care. I just considered it paid parking lol.....and I still park on that same street to this day. Call the number on there and ask what the fine is and just pay it. I live in Memphis and guys park on side streets all the time. Sometimes cops just want to be pricks, or they're bored. I love on the Northside of town and if I get in late, I'm not going to have my wife come get at those hours nor am I going to have her come to West Memphis. That's ignorant. It ain't like there's ever an abundance of parking at any of the truck stops in or around Memphis, and now that all the stops on 78 are shut down, creativity becomes real.

 

that's why I always factor in where I will park, when I was looking for a job.

I live in the 'burbs and can't park at the house.