Parking On City Streets
You’ve gone to visit a relative, or you’re at a party and are too tired to drive home. Your car is safely parked on the street in front of their house and there aren’t any ‘no parking’ signs that you can see. So it’s fine to park there overnight, right? Sorry, not so simple.
In many places, the overnight parking regulations don’t have to be posted on every street. For instance, I live in a small town just outside Toronto. Although you would miss it if you were looking in a different direction, there is a sign posted when you exit the highway that says something like ‘NO PARKING ON CITY STREETS BETWEEN 2 A.M. AND 6 A.M.’
I’ve lived here for two years now and never noticed that sign before. One night I parked on the street while I took some bags into the house. Sure enough, I forgot to move the car into the driveway before I went to bed. Next morning, there was a shiny $20 parking ticket on my windshield.
I found out later that if you have overnight visitors, you can call the city and let them know the license plate numbers of any cars you’ll be parking on the street. That way, you won’t be ticketed like I was.
Moral of the story: find out what the parking regulations are before you leave your car. It will save you a ticket and maybe keep your car from being towed – but that’s a story for another day!
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