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05-31-2010, 01:58 AM
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#1 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Woke up Friday morning with my car missing from where I parked it the evening before. I've parked in this spot countless times over the past 2 years always without issue.
I always thought minimum parking distance was 5m from the intersection, like 5m from fire hydrant, but apparently its 6m from an intersecting sidewalk (if there is a sidewalk). If no sidewalk, then its actually 9m from the intersection. Real eye opener for me, 6m from sidewalk is SOOO much space. All these numbers have got to be a pain in the ass to remember, not sure if other municipalities operate on the same guidelines.
More here: http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/parking/...ned.htm#corner
Another interesting/odd one. At least 1.5m clear from either side of garbage cans, that's like 5 feet. Remember that the next time you're at a Chinese restaurant with cramped parking and garbage can out back
Final tally: $105.xx to get my car back, so that I can THEN pay the $50 parking fine. Thought I got off lucky with the $105 bill including my ticket, like how getting towed in Richmond the tow company includes the cost of the ticket when recovering your vehicle.
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05-31-2010, 03:31 AM
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#2 | | Banned (ABWS)
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i can never remember the exact distance.. so I just always stay far away from fire hydrants
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05-31-2010, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by orange7  i can never remember the exact distance.. so I just always stay far away from fire hydrants | Five for Fire hydrants Seven for Stop sign
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05-31-2010, 07:45 AM
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tats a better way to remember it
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05-31-2010, 07:47 AM
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Weird. In the books when I studied it, the distance was 6m each way from the fire hydrant. Unless that got changed recently to 5m, I'm not sure. But I always do 6 just because I was trained to be that far.
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05-31-2010, 08:44 AM
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People park closer than 9m to intersecting streets and closer than 1.5m to driveways all the time on residential streets. Bylaw tends to turn a blind eye to residential streets.
I bet you were parked in a commercial or mixed use residential/commercial area.
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05-31-2010, 09:08 AM
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Nope, strictly residential area on a smaller sidestreet. Like I said, maybe it was just wrong place at the wrong time, but I've parked there countless times in the last 2 years issue free. Maybe just call me lucky in the past, but lesson learnt.
I have seen other cars on the block getting ticketed for parking too close to the stop sign also. Getting a ticket would've sucked enough, getting towed over and missing the car in the morning before going to work was just an extra kick to the balls.
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05-31-2010, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by CRS Five for Fire hydrants
Seven for Stop sign | 6 meters from a stop sign. Quote:
189 (1) Except when necessary to avoid conflict with traffic or to comply with the law or the directions of a peace officer or traffic control device, a person must not stop, stand or park a vehicle as follows:
(g) within 6 m on the approach to a flashing beacon, stop sign or traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
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For you guys who remember what alliteration is, it's easy to remember this because of the "F" and "S" sound in five, fire, six, and stop.
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05-31-2010, 11:24 AM
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#9 | | ninja edits your posts without your knowledge
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Gj! New alliteration created.... Sort of....
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05-31-2010, 08:37 PM
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so what exactly did you get towed for? which bylaw?
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05-31-2010, 09:36 PM
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05-31-2010, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Eff-1 so what exactly did you get towed for? which bylaw? | Parking closer than 6m from nearest edge of an intersecting sidewalk.
Got ticketed around 6pm, not sure when the tow happened as it is not documented. Car was gone before 8am the next morning
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05-31-2010, 10:38 PM
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^ if the ticket was issued by parking enforcement, the little handheld device they use to issue the ticket has an option to call a tow truck automatically with a push of a button.
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06-01-2010, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by UFO Parking closer than 6m from nearest edge of an intersecting sidewalk. | That's not something they actively look for. There's only one or two bylaw officers who will actually patrol and look for that particular offense. The odds are you were towed because someone complained. (They will probably complain again.)
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