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Is New York City Rigging Their Parking Meters?

April 26, 2017meters new york new york city parking rigging

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Is New York City Rigging Their Parking Meters?

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For immediate release… “Parking Expert” Erik Feder gets a NYC parking ticket – on purpose! Is it possible that the City has rigged some kind of system that detects when a motorist has left their car at a meter without paying? Many readers of PARKAZINE (“Parking Expert” Erik Feder’s free NYC parking e-newsletter) complain about how fast NYC police and traffic officers write parking tickets – especially at parking meters. These drivers lament the fact that they only left their cars for a minute and BANG! – there was a parking ticket on the windshield. The experiment: The Parking Expert tries it for himself After getting dozens of emails complaining about this type of thing, Erik figured that either A.) People were exaggerating and they were really gone a lot longer than a minute or B.) Something funny is going on. With that in mind, he decided to conduct a little experiment. Feder parked at a meter on 2nd Ave in Manhattan, didn’t put money in the meter, started his stopwatch and ducked