You Comin' Into My City?

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01)
11/15/2019 at 22:15 • Filed to: NYC, DOTS NYC

This E Class is marked for towing, and you’d better believe they have all the info on that Jersey driver. Take off the cone and drive away before the tow truck gets there, and you’re in even more trouble. In this case, the guy was too close to the in tersection (where I work) - E 39th and Madison. And the wheels are not correct. I love cars, but geeze, we have enough traffic. Leave it home and take Jersey Transit in.

DISCUSSION (20)

fintail > Steve in Manhattan
11/15/2019 at 22:23

Gack look at that thing, it’s Joisey in vehicle form.

CompactLuxuryFan > Steve in Manhattan
11/15/2019 at 22:27

Take off the cone and drive away before the tow truck gets there, and you’re in even more trouble.

That doesn’t sound right or like it makes any sense? It’s not even booted. Who in their right mind would make such a law?

dogisbadob > Steve in Manhattan
11/15/2019 at 22:41

don’t they just ticket or boot?

Steve in Manhattan > CompactLuxuryFan
11/15/2019 at 22:42

Cones are placed when a street is marked for plowing, leaf cleaning, or simply parking on the wrong side (we have opposite side of the street parking days to facilitate garbage collection and the like). Booting it isn’t going to happen - they want it gone. And it was, when I went downstairs to get decent coffee.

CompactLuxuryFan > Steve in Manhattan
11/15/2019 at 22:49

Yeah but I doubt they care if you move your car before the tow truck comes. You already got your ticket, and the car’s gone whether they tow it or you move it. Just putting a cone on top to mark it seems like a pretty good system, instead of the parking officer having to wait for the tow truck to show up.

DipodomysDeserti > fintail
11/16/2019 at 02:03

That’s a weird looking Camaro.

DipodomysDeserti > Steve in Manhattan
11/16/2019 at 02:05

I’ll be in your city next week for half a day before heading out to mary fucking poppins London.

Manny05x > Steve in Manhattan
11/16/2019 at 07:02

I used to work right in that building.

Jayvincent > Steve in Manhattan
11/16/2019 at 08:27

there should be an u gly tax for those wheels!

Thomas Donohue > Steve in Manhattan
11/16/2019 at 10:41

Was there a ticket on it? It looks like whatever is there is on the inside of the windshield .

Not sure how they can enforce someone moving the car before it’s towed, other than sending an additional fine. But how would a p erson know they can’t move their own car? Most of the time in NYC I thought a cone on top of the car meant don’t tow this car.

T hen again, I know better than to p ark illegally in NYC.

Steve in Manhattan > Manny05x
11/16/2019 at 18:35

261 Madison?

Steve in Manhattan > Jayvincent
11/16/2019 at 18:35

When I come to power ...

Steve in Manhattan > dogisbadob
11/16/2019 at 18:53

Depends on where it is ... fairly busy intersection at Madison Ave.

Steve in Manhattan > Thomas Donohue
11/16/2019 at 18:57

Yeah - you don’t fuck around here. And I believe you have to go all the way out to Queens to get your car after bailing it out (costs hundeds).

Manny05x > Steve in Manhattan
11/16/2019 at 21:15

Yup i used to work on the 7th n 8th floor, Aftra health & retirement fund.

fintail > DipodomysDeserti
11/16/2019 at 22:52