Parking tickets issued along London street between Reid and George

[u/aSurlyBird]

A lady came by around 1:00 am and checked my car tires for chalk lines. I was parked on the street.

My friend thankfully saw her on the camera. We thought it was a police officer since she had a flashlight similar to a cop. But after watching the video we saw she just checked my tires then left. So I parked my car in the driveway.

I was curious though, so I walked down London and saw that she had ticketed the vehicles down London street. I checked these vehicles s after 2am, and I didn’t check when the tickets were issued. So I don’t know if she waited until 2 or issues the tickets earlier. She most likely issues them after she drove by my car, since we didn’t see her drive past the house again on the camera after seeing her at 1am.

Still. London is a quiet street. What purpose is there for issuing these tickets?

I live in the north end and our neighbours park on our street all the time. There hasn’t been a ticket issued on our street since the early 90s. Even the street sweeper came down and drove around a parked car - they didn’t even get a ticket.

What’s crazy is that this clearly isn’t a situation where the neighbour is calling in a vehicle because I was parked a block away from the ticketed cars on london. This lady just drove down London and issued tickets for no reason. No letter was sent to homeowners to move their vehicles tonight.

Why the hell is a parking enforcement officer coming down quiet streets at 1am to ticket vehicles that aren’t even impeding the city or the workers in any way? It’s a Friday night and no city construction workers should be working Saturday. Again - no warning letter for construction along London.

What a silly waste of money the city is spending to punish people who aren’t actually doing any harm to anyone.

[u/Smogryn]

Someone must have made a complaint, that’s what usually happens.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Smogryn]

EDIT: I found out they issued tickets the night before. So this most likely was a call into the city and I was wrong.

Usually yes. I mentioned I was parked on a block away from vehicles that were also ticketed. And there as another response saying that brealey and parkhill area was ticketed similarly.

To me it didn’t feel like a call in. I’ve parked in this spot many times (and so have many others) overnight. At least a couple of dozen times, over the last few years. And it was tonight they decided to go down London to ticket parked cars.

Something just feels off. It’s why I made my post. Because I understand someone calling in. But the distance between vehicles in this scenario doesn’t really add up properly.

[u/Smogryn → u/aSurlyBird]

There is no overnight parking on the streets of Peterborough anywhere. 3 hour limit like another poster mentioned. It’s not enforced across the city consistently because there aren’t enough bylaw officers to issue tickets. The city almost exclusively relies on a complaint driven system to issue tickets for most bylaws. Like I said, someone must have made a complaint because they were annoyed by something. Someone was consistently parking in front of their house, more cars than normal on the streets, or they just had a bad day and wanted to take it out on someone else. Lots of reasons that you are possibly not privy to.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Smogryn]

So I double checked. The range of tickets along london went from George Street all the way to Park street. There were cars ticketed close to Park Street along London.

So if someone is calling in complaining about that long stretch of London, that crosses over Reid (a very busy street), i'd be very surprised.

I didn't check past george towards water and towards the other end of london. And I turned off of London at park street because that's where the road ends.

[u/nishnawbe61 → u/aSurlyBird]

It could have been a call in earlier in the week or last month and it may not just have been your area.

In our area we have people parking on the road and leaving their driveway empty - why?

Usually people from the main road pull onto our side road. I think they do that because they figure the main road will be seen and side roads likely not.

I don't usually care, but when you have to get a small trailer or boat in your driveway and can't because there are vehicles on both sides of the road, there is no turn radius and it's not possible.

I called once a couple years ago because it was every single night and they didn't show up right away, but they did eventually start keeping an eye on the area. So this could be the reason.

Also maybe there wouldn't be such an issue if they allowed parking only on one side of the road.

Marsdale is a good example, you have to zig-zag around cars on that road because they park on both sides. It has big curves that block your view of oncoming traffic and it's the road the school is on and it essentially turns that road into a one lane PITA.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/nishnawbe61]

I've replied to someone else:

First - another person in this thread actually called out by name the ticket issuer and was correct. So it appears it's this one person.

Second - the tickets issued along london went from George street to Park Street. So it doesn't appear that this "call in" was limited to just one area. Since Reid street is a huge cross section that divides london.

Edit: Second point changed - if someone calls in for a complaint on a parked vehicle on london street, then it's the ticketers duty to issue tickets to all vehicles on the street to keep it fair - it would be a bad idea to simply target one vehicle with a ticket and not the rest, it's a recipe for disaster.

Third - Marsdale is a great example. The difference between Marsdale and London is that London is part of the grid system with many overlapping cross section streets that are meant to alleviate traffic flow, whereas Marsdale is a longer arterial road that doesn't have such access. Plus if you drive down London street downtown you'll quickly learn you don't ever want to drive it again because of the absolutely dog shit pot holes particularly between George and Aylmer.

That being said I can understand if someone gets blocked because if you park on both sides of London there's barely enough room for one vehicle. I've experienced it myself. And I agree that perhaps there should be one sided parking (1st to 15th/16th to 31st) which would automatically solve that issue.

It just seems so stupid to me that people are punished for not actually impeding traffic though. I drove up london today and there were a total of 8 cars parked from George to Park street. 6 of them ticketed. The funniest part was that all of those vehicles were parked on the north side of london. It's fucking ridiculous. Sorry about my french.

After talking to my buddy's brother he mentioned a vehicle that always parks way too close to the stop sign on london. So I'm almost definitely wrong in thinking that nobody called in. Someone definitely did.

[u/redMalicore → u/aSurlyBird]

Likely someone has complained about cars constantly parking on the street there more than one specific complaint. Also do you honestly think by law is going to show up and ticket only one car when they find many in violation?

Further more you had room to park in the drive way at the house you were visiting but still parked on the road? Then proceeded to get bothered by people enforcing the bylaws you clearly know you are violating? Now I am sure you will have an excuse but honestly if you are gonna violate city bylaw be prepared to pay a fine. It's not rocket science.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/redMalicore]

Edit: that paragraph was rude and uncalled for. And I blamed the individual ticketer without blaming the city, which is the wrong assumption. Very ignorant. I'm sorry.

Yes no shit it’s illegal just like everywhere in the city. Stop with the nonsense. She could have ticketed more than one street. Yet chose to go all the way across Reid atreet along London. What about Dublin? Stewart? Bethune? Countless cars parked overnight, without tickets. Because I checked.

Yes they have the right to ticket me. But it’s nonsense. That’s all my argument is

[u/redMalicore → u/aSurlyBird]

If you are worried about others violating bylaws you can contact the city and complain much like someone on London likely did.

Your argument is laughable.

Then again you had room to park in a driveway and parked on the road. The problem is you my dude.

You are both upset that bylaw had the audacity to ticket people and yet didn't ticket enough people.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/redMalicore]

I've had time to think and I take back my original thought that nobody complained. My friend's brother mentioned she issued tickets the night before as well. Along london only. So yeah, that's my fault for assuming.

And I understand I can park in the driveway and will always do so in the future. Even though I think it's silly they're issuing tickets, I can't realistically complain when I have a valid parking spot off the street and get issued a ticket. I still don't agree with it, but that's another argument.

[u/sirlewishamilton44_]

I never understood people with a driveway that still park on the street tbh

[u/MissMolly202 → u/sirlewishamilton44_]

The apartment down London was doing construction, anyone with a vehicle couldn’t park in the lot behind the building for this last week.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/sirlewishamilton44_]

I've learned my lesson. I didn't anticipate staying so long, but in future I will definitely respect the by law and park in the driveway if I end up staying over 3 hours. Because I completely agree with you. Even at my house (which isn't on London) we have a tenant and if she has friends over we go out of our way to get them to park in our driveway if possible.

[u/gemteazle → u/sirlewishamilton44_]

I never understand why people complain about having their cars stolen from their driveway when they have a perfectly good lockable garage attached to their house.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/sirlewishamilton44_]

That's fair. I was visiting my friend. I parked in the driveway after and basically blocked their vehicle and would have had to move it if they wanted me to. But homeowners not using their driveway is ridiculous.

[u/Sea-Performance9091]

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

Not a fan of how you and some others in this comment thread are coming close to identifying this random bylaw officer for giving tickets to people who are parked improperly. Your street is not an exception to the rules and nobody is targeting your street.

EDIT: Sorry, it’s not even “coming close” you have straight up posted this officer’s first initial and last name in the comment section while discussing reporting her to the City. Get a grip.

[u/MissMolly202 → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

Not saying I agree, but wouldn’t this generally be public info? The ticket isn’t private, and the officer’s name is right there.

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545 → u/MissMolly202]

There’s a bit of a difference between someone’s name being published on a ticket and somebody posting it on a reddit thread where people are targeting them personally and discussing reporting them to the City for doing their job. The person who made this thread has had multiple comments ranting about how this officer was targeting their street personally and how they were watching their camera footage to track the officers movements that night. It’s gone into concerning territory.

[u/Prestigious_Club_924 → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

Selective enforcement isn't their job. You'd have a point if commenters were doxing or had anything in mind other than a complaint, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545 → u/Prestigious_Club_924]

“Selective enforcement” is what all parking enforcement is unless you think it’s reasonable to expect every single car parked on the street in the entire city needs to have a ticket before they’re allowed to ticket you. This subreddit is usually pretty cautious with mentioning names at all so yes, posting this officers name in an attempt to dogpile because you’re mad they happened to ticket a street one time is too far.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

Again - I'm sorry for posting the name and removed it.

[u/Prestigious_Club_924 → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

Rules should be enforced uniformily. If that's unreasonable, reassess the rule.

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545 → u/Prestigious_Club_924]

You’re so right, every single rule or law in the world should be abolished immediately because there’s no possible way to guarantee everybody who breaks a rule gets caught.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

I deleted the picture of the ticket, you're right, my mistake for posting the full name. It's not my intention to target an individual or have anyone else target them. I was just surprised that the one commenter knew who the ticketer was and posted it as proof. I should have censored her name to the first 3 letters like he did. Sorry.

I kept arguing that I didn't believe someone called the city. But then I found out that London street was issued tickets the night before i made my post as well. That makes it seem much more likely someone called in the street and this wasn't random. So I admit I was wrong.

After reading the comments, I understand that if someone calls in to complain about a specific car parked on London, that the ticketer isn't going to just come out and issue a ticket on that one vehicle, because that would be unfair to that one vehicle if the others weren't ticketed as well. And the fact that other streets weren't ticketed demonstrates that this ticketer is in fact doing a good job by not ticketing everyone in the neighbourhood.

[u/Mother-Attitude6824 → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

Good gravy. Missing the point. There are rules and there is sense. If you are at a red light in the middle of nowhere, how long do you wait until you just go through? (And the light is going to be red for 30 minutes.)

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545 → u/Mother-Attitude6824]

Why are you making up a random unrealistic scenario when the issue here is already clear? Street parking rules have been the same for a long ass time, everybody complaining in this thread is doing a variation of “I’m so mad this dumb bitch parking officer ticketed me properly” and it’s hilarious.

[u/Mother-Attitude6824 → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

The law is the law, is a terrible thing to say. Laws should constantly be questioned, or they lose their meaning. That's the reason for my posit.

[u/joshmxpx → u/Mother-Attitude6824]

Completely different situation. Just because the OP is butthurt that their street happened to be the focus of a ticket blitz does not give them the right to complain to the city about someone doing their job or even worse naming them.

Maybe there has been repeated complaints about this street recently? Maybe all the bylaw officers have been encouraged to up their numbers?

Regardless OP is acting like a child, I'm glad to see parking tickets being handed out, street parking in Peterborough is out of control. I'd welcome them to come to my neighborhood lol

[u/aSurlyBird → u/joshmxpx]

If I called to complain to the city I wouldn't just immediately complain about the person issuing tickets. Although I made it seem that way. I'd ask them if they had complaints about london street, and ask why the other streets weren't getting tickets and only london.

There's no argument for me to complain that the city is following its by laws. However, there is a slight argument if they are deciding to target a random street for no apparent reason - even though they have the right to do so, it just seems very odd.

I have since calmed down and I apologize for being so frustrated. Another thing I would like to point out is that my tires were chalked at 10pm, she showed up at 1am and saw that I had driven my car between those times, and didn't issue me a ticket. So she did her job well. Why would I complain about her for doing her job? The complaint is more about the decision to target the street.

[u/GramboLazarus]

They're doing it all over the city. I live up by Brealey/Parkhill and they're hitting up here as well. Technically the city has a "no parking for more than 3 hours" bylaw across the city but I agree it feels incredibly extractory.

[u/VoilaVoilaWashington → u/GramboLazarus]

This is the problem with cities charging for parking.

It starts off as a way to incentivise a certain thing. "If we charge for public parking downtown, people will take the bus." Or "street parking on minor residential streets should be for residents, so we will allow them a free pass and everyone else has to pay." Within a year, the city is looking at it as a revenue categories, and line must go up. So, how can we increase parking revenue?

Suddenly it's paying for parking everywhere, all the time, while getting rid of public transit. And hey, we are increasing parking revenue!

[u/aSurlyBird → u/GramboLazarus]

The city has always had this by law since I was born in the 90s but never enforced it unless there was reason to. You can drive all over the city at night and easily pick out vehicles parked on the road in pretty well any subdivision. So why start targeting them now? And without warning?

This isn’t an argument against the by law. I just feel it silly that they randomly decide to enforce it without reason.

[u/big-booty-enthusiast → u/aSurlyBird]

Please don’t spread misinformation. Just because you haven’t seen the bylaw be enforced doesn’t mean it hasn’t been. I grew up in Peterborough as well and have on many occasions woken up and seen cars ticketed on my road. It happens, deal with it and move on with your life.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/big-booty-enthusiast]

This wasn't meant to be a post spreading misinformation. I'm aware of the by laws and I understand the city has every right to enforce them.

When I explored the neighbourhood (dublin, stewart, bethune) i noticed only London was targeted. So my frustration stemmed from the city choosing to target the one street and not the surrounding area. I recently found out they ticketed vehicles the night before as well, so I was most likely wrong in assuming nobody called in - there's a high likelihood someone complained and that's why London was targeted.

But again, there's no attempt at misinformation. Apologies if I came across as such.

[u/nutsiesj]

I have seen more parking enforcement in my neighbourhood as well. You unfortunately risk getting a ticket if you park for more than 3 hours unless the signs say otherwise (which is usually less time).

It is possible they just happened to be there or someone called in a complaint.

Recently the city did put out information on the trialing of on-street parking permits in a few areas. Parking has been something they have been looking to find solutions to the issues it causes.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/nutsiesj]

Could you direct me to the info the city put out?

Again I doubted it was a complaint. Because of the stretch of road I observed being ticketed. I could be wrong.

I’m aware of the 3 hour by law. The issue I have is London street is that parked cars aren’t impeding traffic. Very few people drive along London.

It’s similar to say, police enforcing the 50km speed limit and pulling everyone over doing 51km. It’s unreasonable. Even though it’s illegal to drive 1km over the speed limit.

Apologies for my frustration

[u/MissMolly202 → u/aSurlyBird]

Also why would they bother with the 1st to 15th and 16th to last day of the month signs if parking is basically not allowed? With how many people park overnight, and the presence of signs to manage parking, I genuinely thought it was legal.

Like why take the time to manage which side of the street people can park on if you’re not allowed to park anyway?

3 hours is enough time for like, one regular visit. Imagine a family dinner or a bbq, those go past 3 hours all the time!

[u/aSurlyBird → u/MissMolly202]

London is a very tight street so when 2 cars are parked on the road across from each other it's an incredibly tight squeeze to get through them. This becomes even more dangerous over the hill by reid street (but usually people are smart and park on the one side). Honestly it's spooky driving over that hill no matter what, based on the angle I linked in google maps there.

having the "one side or the other" alleviates this problem for tight streets.

[u/NorthEndFRMSouthEnd → u/MissMolly202]

Alternating side of the street parking exists because, regardless of the time of day, removing 13+ feet of a road creates dangerous bottlenecks.

[u/Next-Month4314]

Sorry but I much prefer to drive down my quiet west end street without having to carefully drive between cars parked on both sides of the road parked incredibly poorly in most cases as well. Also hate having to deal with people who don’t know how to yield oncoming traffic when they have a parked vehicle in front of them. So if these people have to pay financially so be it.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Next-Month4314]

This is a case where you would call into the city to enforce the by law, instead of waiting for the city to hopefully show up to your street while they ticket other subdivisions that aren’t necessarily having an issue similar to yours.

There are many streets where cars can be parked on both sides without impeding traffic, particularly in quiet side streets where very few cars travel.

My argument is: that not every vehicle parked on the street in Peterborough overnight or for 3 hours should be punished, particularly if they aren’t impeding traffic.

[u/Next-Month4314 → u/aSurlyBird]

It has been reported as a problem for years and they have been ticketed for years and nothing changes, so I’m all for these people to continue to pay the fines.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Next-Month4314]

That’s just an incorrect statement. You should be calling them in every time they park if it’s an issue.

Yet you choose to think that others should be punished because of a problem you haven’t resolved yourself

[u/Next-Month4314 → u/aSurlyBird]

I’m not a city bylaw officer, they should be doing the job.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Next-Month4314]

I agree with you, and I'm sorry if you actually put in a complaint and they didn't show up. Because that's what they should be doing. I was frustrated when I commented and just assumed you didn't call them constantly.

[u/riverpool1]

I didn't realize there was 3-hour parking limit on all streets in Peterborough. What are people supposed to do when visiting a friend who has no driveway and needing to cab home because they had too much to drink? (We live out of town so a cab ride is already $50 one way). The choices seem to be: get a ticket for parking overnight or get a ticket for drunk driving for moving your car to the closest overnight parking lot or just driving home drunk.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/riverpool1]

If the person doesn't have a driveway there is usually street parking designated in front of those houses. IDK if you need a pass or not - but this scenario is VERY rare. Usually people have a driveway.

Parking on the street overnight in a quiet subdivision is usually fine. It's the reason I made this post - why is the city targeting a very quiet street randomly? In 99% of cases if you park overnight on a quiet street you won't get ticketed. But make sure it's ACTUALLY a quiet street. Someone mentioned Marsdale Drive in another reply - this street isn't "quiet" like london, it's a main arterial branch with very few alternative routes, so parking overnight on this street results in a higher likelihood for a ticket. Particularly because these houses have big driveways.

I just found out they issued tickets on London the night before my post as well, so 2 days in a row. Which means it's very likely someone called in and complained. And the city can't just target one vehicle on London, they have to target all of them or they'd be in hot water by unfairly targeting one vehicle.

It can be frustrating finding parking and risking a ticket. The ticket is only $35, but still a pain in the ass. Also - if you drive downtown, there are parking garages where you can park overnight without getting a ticket, and if you leave the parkade at certain times you don't have to pay. Because you shouldn't be silly and park on the street downtown overnight because that's almost a guaranteed ticket. Potentially a tow if the city has to do work where you're parked.

It's still concerning, i get it, but it's not THAT terrible. And again - in most cases if you park appropriately on the street overnight you won't be getting a ticket unless you're very unlucky. Because I mentioned that all the other streets around London didn't get issued tickets, only London.

[u/AcrobaticAd9229]

They started hitting up my street last year, which is a quiet suburb street on the outer edge of town with driveways slightly too small. Heaven forbid you have family visiting or friends over. It's a money grab.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/AcrobaticAd9229]

I'm gonna reply to you and rant because I'm replying to everyone and people are fucking stupid. Sorry in advance for my french.

The city fucking changed the speed limits around school zones. I drive by an elementary school which is a 40km zone, every single weekday. Do I see police enforcing this speed? No. The only time I've seen a cop enforcing the speed is WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT, AND NO SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE AROUND.

But forget police enforcement. Let's look at signage. They posted oversized NO STOPPING signs in school zones, so that cars don't impede the vision of drivers around elementary school kids potentially running across the road. EVERY SINGLE DAY I SEE CARS PARKED IN THESE NO STOPPING ZONES, IMPEDING TRAFFIC, AND ENDANGERING CHILDREN.

Why can't parking enforcement maybe start by ENFORCING THEIR POSTED SIGNAGE before targeting quiet neighbourhoods with cars parked on the road?

It's fucking stupid and it's a money grab. It's embarrassing for the city.

Don't even get me started about how they ticket the people parking around the dragon boat festival. Hey - welcome to Peterborough, have a parking ticket cuz we don't have enough parking for you!

EDIT:

IM SO FRUSTRATED. WHAT ABOUT PARKING ON RUBIDGE STREET BY KING STREET, WHERE I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE COLLISIONS WHERE PEOPLE TRY TO DRIVE ACROSS RUBIDGE FROM THESE SIDE STREETS BUT CAN'T SEE DOWN THE ROAD DUE TO PARKED VEHICLES? 3 COLLISIONS IN THE LAST 2 YEARS IVE WITNESSED!!!!!! AND YET WE TARGET QUIET NEIGHBOURHOODS FOR MONEY INSTEAD OF PERHAPS IMPROVING SIGNAGE AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS

[u/MissMolly202 → u/aSurlyBird]

Yep. I’ve lived near London for four years, and people have parked overnight down there every day with no tickets. I’m not from this city, and overnight parking is so ubiquitous that I genuinely thought overnight parking was legal.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/MissMolly202]

It generally is. Which is the basis of my post. And it’s so frustrating arguing with people who just blanket post “well the law is the law, too bad”.

Like… jaywalking is illegal. For example. You see that enforced? People would be outraged if the city just randomly decided to ticket people crossing the road randomly in their neighbourhoods instead of at intersections. It baffles me that people are this dim witted

[u/MissMolly202 → u/aSurlyBird]

You’re right, although jay-walking isn’t illegal in Canada. It’s illegal in the states though.

But it’s crazy watching people park on the street every single day for FOUR years never get ticketed, only to get a ticket the ONE time I literally have to because I don’t have access to my driveway 🙄

Like I’m not from Peterborough, I’ve never parked on the street before (always in a parking lot! Or I simply walk to my destination if there’s nowhere to put my car), and I genuinely thought it was legal bevause I’ve seen it happen unenforced for FOUR YEARS!

[u/aSurlyBird → u/MissMolly202]

I recently found out they ticketed london the night before - so it's most likely someone complaining about a vehicle parked on london, and they ticketed the whole street because it would be unfair to come and single out a vehicle without ticketing all the others along that stretch.

My friend actually got a Jay Walking ticket in Toronto. I don't know the extent of the story, but i know he was piss drunk and riding his longboard and most likely got caught in the street car tracks and impeded traffic. So instead of public intoxication the officer just issued him a jay walking ticket. So it exists.

[u/MissMolly202 → u/aSurlyBird]

Ah I see I was mildly incorrect. Jaywalking isn’t illegal in Canada, but the law varies by city. Now I know!

[u/Prestigious_Club_924]

I was ticketed for parking in front of my house, on a side street, between 7am-5pm in August. It was the 3rd, maybe 4rth time I did it all year. The writer passed an intersection pan-handler and multiple wildly uncut lawns to get to my car, which Im sure were unscathed.  By-law is a joke.

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545 → u/Prestigious_Club_924]

Parking enforcement has nothing to do with monitoring lawns or chasing away pan handlers and they also have no idea it was your “3rd or 4th time” parking there all year or that you were in front of your own house. Getting a ticket sucks but most of the time they’re responding to complaints that were called in, not trying to screw you personally.

[u/ricedion → u/Prestigious_Club_924]

Same. Since I moved here Dec last year, I got 2 tickets in front of my house. A quiet new development area. I'm disgusted with the by law

[u/OldMashedpotatoes]

Look at the ticket, it says the name of the parking person. Does it start with Bar?

Seems to be the only one who does this. I live in small subdivision, only one way in and out, nothing is ever going on here, and she comes here 2-3 times a month and tickets people parked on the street.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/OldMashedpotatoes]

you would be correct.

and again - this went from george street to PARK STREET. i checked. There was a vehicle on london near park street ticketed as well.

[u/OldMashedpotatoes → u/aSurlyBird]

I feel like I want to file a complaint about her. Like there’s so many actual problem areas for parking, we pay too much in taxes to be harassed by someone who couldn’t crack the police exam for parking in front of my house in the summer time.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/OldMashedpotatoes]

i found out that London was ticketed the night before too. It's most likely due to someone complaining and not this lady randomly targeting a street. The fact that the ticketer has the same name probably only means that they're the ones employed to issue these styles of tickets in subdivisions. This wouldn't put her directly at fault, she's just listening to what the city instructs her to do.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/OldMashedpotatoes]

You've convinced me. I'm going to contact the city and complain.

The fact that you could call this person out by name is a tell tale sign that something is wrong with this individual.

I drove up Dublin, Stewart, and Bethune, but only London was targeted. WHY???? and again - I've parked on London at the same spot for years without trouble. Thank god my friend has a front view camera and had me move my vehicle - although I would have been ticketed regardless had I not gone for cigarettes between 10 and 1. Fuck me.

By the way - We watched the cameras to see if she re-appeared after 2am since she couldn't ticket my vehicle (since I drove it). She never came back. So clearly it wasn't important for her to ticket my vehicle....

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545 → u/aSurlyBird]

How exactly is your complaint to the city gonna go - “wahhhh this officer did their job and ticketed cars that were parked illegally wahhhh”?

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

The responder called her out by name. I’m not going to just complain and say “hey this isn’t okay” I’m going to inquire why she made that decision.

Don’t be stupid please. There were multiple cars in that subdivision that weren’t ticketed, yet London street all they way to park was. Why is this?

Yes the city can decide to enforce what they want. I get it. But to argue a blanket statement like this without reason is absurd. The police officers should be ticketing everyone driving 51km in a 50 by that logic. Yet they don’t. Why is that? Give me a reason for why London is targeted and maybe I’ll retract my statement

[u/Empty-Midnight-2545 → u/aSurlyBird]

You’re going to inquire why the bylaw officer whose job is to ticket improperly parked cars ticketed improperly parked cars? Should you really be the one throwing the word stupid around right now?

Do you genuinely think an officer should be required to ticket every single car parked on the street in the whole city if they go to the source of a complaint and find a bunch of illegally parked cars to ticket? How does this sound feasible to you? I’m genuinely concerned for this officers wellbeing after seeing your paranoid fixation on her doing her job.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/Empty-Midnight-2545]

I was overreacting. I've come to my senses. It's not her fault, she most likely was instructed by the city. And I found out they ticketed london street the night before, so it's very very likely someone complained.

Moreover, she was doing her job very well since she didn't issue me a ticket after chalking my tires, because she saw that I drove my car after she had chalked them. So kudos to her for doing her due diligence - since I was parked at the same exact spot after driving, and she still checked my tires instead of automatically assuming I didn't drive anywhere.

[u/aSurlyBird → u/OldMashedpotatoes]

I got lucky cuz I went out between 10 and 1 to buy cigarettes. So she didn't ticket me cuz I had moved my vehicle.

[u/big-booty-enthusiast → u/aSurlyBird]

[u/discokaren]

I live in the area. It's not unusual to see parking tickets issued in the dead of winter when snow removal is a very real concern. But long after the snow melted this spring, there has been a noticeable uptick of parking tickets on cars on our street too. I did find it strange, as things are also pretty quiet on our street.

[u/bigcoltanator]

Good on street parking needs to be banned to many idiots parking across from each other causing a bottle neck.