"Just saw a nurse, leaving an overnight shift at the hospital, remove a parking ticket from her "

[Demovictory9]

Link to tweet

Pulp Fact replied
Avi Bueno
@Avi_Bueno
Just saw a nurse, leaving an overnight shift at the hospital, remove a parking ticket from her windshield.

She asked the officer if there was any way he could reverse it. He said no and told her to fight it online.

Not a single thank you.

Cancel fucking meters,
@NYCMayor
.
4:24 AM · Mar 20, 2020·Twitter for Android
33.9K
Retweets
178K
Likes

[FirstLight]

1. That's some bullshit!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. They relaxed ticketing here in Philly

notably for meters. They supposedly will only ticket for "safety" reasons (double-parking, too close to a fire hydrant, etc).

Link to tweet

TEXT

The PPA
✔
@PhilaParking

UPDATE: The Philadelphia Parking Authority WILL NOT be enforcing meters, kiosks or residential parking time limits during the current COVID-19 health emergency. Additional details on parking enforcement and office closures can be found here: https://bit.ly/2QlxXvO
View image on Twitter

1:20 PM - Mar 17, 2020

(of course we're also the city that had it's own reality show featuring the PPA )

[BBG]

5. And in Pittsburgh too

nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. I expect she'll be successful in fighting it.

Although the first question that comes to my mind is: Don't they have dedicated staff parking at the hospital?

[cstanleytech]

12. If might not have enough as keep in mind normally they operate in shifts

so they probably have enough parking for the current shift with some overlap but if they suddenly are calling in everyone they can to help out then they might have run out of spots in the designated parking area for staff.

[mucifer]

4. Chicago has suspended parking tickets unless it's an extreme case.

[wnylib]

16. Cuomo has suspended meter and double

parking tickets in NY state. No parking tickets for medical people and other essential workers. Also allows people to pick up carry out food from places that cannot be open to sit down diners.

[Demonaut]

6. it's an electronic ticket, once sent it's recorded, he can't reverse it

this is not a mean cop story

[ornotna]

7. He didn't have to write it in the first place

So yeah, it kind of is.

[Demonaut]

8. how did he know it was a nurses car?

just ignore all cars?, as a cop it's a shitty job and the lowest in pay

[EarthFirst]

10. You're right; being a cop is a shitty job.

Go find meaningful work if your passion is to “serve & protect” the public.

[Demonaut]

11. lol, until you are assaulted, or call them because you are worried about something

hypocrite

[ornotna]

17. Oh, I don't know

Could it be that it was parked near the hospital? (we don't know)

Just the fact that what is going on in this country right now, it was a dick move. Normally I wouldn't bat an eye at a post like this, but the times are different. Really different.

[Demonaut]

18. for some they might not have figured it out

[Duppers]

13. Bet there's a way.

If not, I'd chip in to help pay it.

[cstanleytech]

15. Hmm ya I can see why they would not want to let the officers void such tickets but they

could and should consider adding an option to let the officer flag tickets in the system for a recommendation to void it and enter the reason why.

[mnhtnbb]

9. There are signs taped to the meter paying stations

downtown here in Raleigh indicating parking fees are not being charged currently in order to minimize physical contact with the parking stations that might pass along the virus by touch.

[iluvtennis]

14. That's shameful. nt