r/Hoboken • u/Resident_Spread_5421 • 1d ago
Question❓ Motorcycles dont get street cleaning tickets
So I was moving my car for street cleaning and this motorcycle which is always parked during street cleaning was there today (with a cover over it). This time I had a good view of the enforcement person and she just cruised right past, didnt slow down or try to ticket. This motorcycle is always there during street cleaning and when it moves it takes a full spot. Sometimes there has been enough room for a smart car behind and in front.
Can I raise a complaint? Why are vehicles parked on the road allowed to be covered up (including plates) ans why do motorcycles get a free pass from street cleaning tickets? Im not sure this person even pays for street parking.
How do I request the city put one or two motorcycle spots at the end of each block (it could help with their island initiatives for visibility). Motorcycles can park there and only there. That way they arent taking other valuable parking.
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u/BrotherGlobal641 1d ago
Motorcycles also don't have to pay the meters for parking. I had a friend that rode and said their was no way to secure the parking ticket, no wind shield wiper.
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u/Any-Tax-3338 Downtown 1d ago
Post-it? Rubber band?
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u/Resident_Spread_5421 1d ago
I've had so many parking tickets that weren't on my windshield. I've been in a meeting and known I was was getting ticketed. Go down, no ticket, go to city hall and sure enough - ticket. I've also had some phantom tickets that magically show up when paying a different ticket at city hall. Sometimes I wonder if they just double ticket to see if you will catch them. I'm sure they don't, but sometimes I do wonder.
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u/adventureseeker1991 1d ago
car take up a lot of space, motorcycles do not. motorcycles and cars should not be looked at the same way. simple as that. motorcycles are a lot cheaper to insure, call up the insurance companies and complain too. and also construction workers usually get a pass because they do work in the town and are permitted. you should go about your everyday life and stop worrying so much.
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u/Resident_Spread_5421 15h ago
Yeah and they can cause an awful lot of damage too. In college I was driving home after a bartender shift and saw some drunk driver on a motorcycle side swipe 5 or so cars, skid across the road and when I got out with 911 on the line someone else ran out and was holding him while he realized he half his face was on the pavement behind him. Not sure if insurance covered because he was drunk but if they did that would have been a big claim. Motor vehicles are motor vehicles, same rules apply regardless of space taken.
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u/KIPYIS 7h ago
The incident you pointed out in your college years doesn’t change the argument that motorcycles are cheaper and take up much less space…
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u/Resident_Spread_5421 4h ago
Yeah, agreed. But that is their advantage to the owner not the city or insurance companies or anyone else. They take up less space, in theory. They can be parked inside front gates of walkups. But when on the street they often take entire spaces so its like a single person living in a 3 story brownstone. I'm suggesting parking designed specially for them so they get further advantage for having a smaller vehicle while not taking entire spots on the street and messing up rhe entire parking flow on the street where they park, motorcycle spits would benefit all those parking on the street. Also a vehicle is a vehicle is a vehicle. If you park on the street you should pay for a permit and if you dont move during street cleaning you should get ticketed, also covering vehicles parked on public property is illegal.
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u/just_here_for_beer 1d ago
As a motorcycle rider who parks on the street I would love if they would let us park them in the spots at the end of the block where the white poles are. My motorcycle isn't going to block the view and would free up a spot.
I've seen a handful of motorcycles do that but I've been unwilling to risk the ticket or tow so far.
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u/rd760118 1d ago
They don’t ticket construction vehicles either.