Not the actual sign
There’s just something so New York about this story on so many levels. FYI, DUMBO stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
Someone Posts Bogus ‘No Parking’ Sign
Several Brooklyn residents woke up to find their street empty – because someone had posted a No Parking sign and police had towed their rides.
The sign, which bans parking on a street in the DUMBO neighborhood from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays, mysteriously appeared Monday or Tuesday, residents said, and then police started ticketing and towing cars parked there.
But the Department of Transportation says there aren’t any parking restrictions in the area and it doesn’t know who posted the placard, which looks official.
Resident David Bourgeois said he had to pay $205 to retrieve his Mini Cooper, with a $60 ticket on the windshield, from a police pound Wednesday after it was hauled away.
“It’s just outrageous,” he told the Daily News for Friday editions.
The DOT said it would try to dismiss the ticket – and take down the No Parking sign.
Stupid robocops. Ha, ha, ha.
Probably the towing company put up the signs!
202 bucks a pop for towing off cars…
They probably made thousands of dollars with that little sign.
Look for more of this to come. Christmas is coming and the tow truck drivers need to get the wife that new mink coat.
The DOT said it would try to dismiss the ticket …
Thats just sad…
As Yoda said: “Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’…”
Hey – get this – post a “No Parking” sign in the police parking lot, see if someone tows the squad cars – now that would be REALLY funny.
I would probably call the neighborhood cop and insist that my car was STOLEN. Possession of stolen merchandise is a felony. So is accessory after the fact.
Is there still a bureaucratic problem?