Saturday, April 30, 2011

It Can Happen To Anyone

When we first moved here, we got a ticket for parking in a residential area zone in Arlington. You could say we didn't know any better.  In our neighborhood, we usually notice the signs that are routinely posted on the tree trunks that advise the person trying to park to stay away from a certain area for a specific period of time. The time allocation is usually related to someone moving and they need the curb space for the moving van. One of the disadvantages of not using the car every day is that these sorts of signs can pop up out of no where. We got in the car and noticed that we had a big fat ticket sitting on our windshield that had been there already for a couple of days. The city does make it very easy to pay the fine on line. This one was for $50.00! Now we need to make it a habit to check the car and where it is parked every day to make sure this does not happen again. We never had to worry about this in our old suburban neighborhood that had plenty of street parking, that we never needed. 
We usually notice these signs

But obviously missed this one

Don't think there is any way out of it

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