AsianSurprize
12-10-2010, 01:09 AM
Hey guys,
So over the weekend the new laws were passed in regards to UBC parking and how tickets were issued and whether they could legal enforce the consequences such as towing, and preventing you from graduating if you had tickets.. Well...
I learned this the hard way. I had accumulated a few UBC parking tickets because for a long time (about 8 months for me) you could park without being towed. This was because UBC did not have the legal authority to tow you and demand their money.
Many of you guys may have heard of the lawsuit that UBC had been fighting over the year, and they have won that lawsuit. Basically now, if you have tickets you will have to either appeal them, pay them or not park on campus.
I spoke with the parking authorities after they towed my car. They said that the authority was given to them as of Monday, December 6th, 2010. They, by law can now tow any car that owes them money through parking tickets. Generally they will only tow cars with 2 or more tickets to their plate. They will tow you even if you have paid for your parking that day but you have 2 or more tickets to your plate. I saw them towing two guys that had paid. They have a lot of authorities checking tickets now, and are pretty much just towing whatever car has tickets on them. If you plan to park on UBC and have accumulated a lot of tickets I suggest you do the following:
-Change your license plate, they still won't be able to tell who you are unless they check your license plate, if your plate is clean they will not tow. For the next month or so they will be checking everyone's plate regardless of whether or not you have paid for parking.. this is their way of getting back at the people who 'owe' them money.
-Pay for your parking from now on. The parking authorities will blacklist your car if you get even one ticket. They have a list in the office of all the cars and their plates who have one or more tickets.
If you don't do these things there are several penalties that can happen.
First off you get your car towed, which they charge you a $90 towing.
Then you will have to pay back all the tickets that you owe. Depending on when the ticket was issued you will either have to pay $60 per ticket or $30 per ticket. I think anytime after Sep2010 is $60 and anytime before that date is $30.
Lastly, if they find out that you haven't paid for your tickets, UBC WILL NOT LET YOU GRADUATE until you pay them. This is an actual law that the provincial court has passed for UBC. There has been a lot of discussion as to whether they can really find you and make you pay because they may not be able pin point the actual owner of the car and therefore cannot assign blame, however I wouldn't want to take any chances.
I hope this has helped all of you, because I had to pay a shitload of cash to get my car back, and I don't want it happening to any other guys.
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PLATE ASAP!!!
So over the weekend the new laws were passed in regards to UBC parking and how tickets were issued and whether they could legal enforce the consequences such as towing, and preventing you from graduating if you had tickets.. Well...
I learned this the hard way. I had accumulated a few UBC parking tickets because for a long time (about 8 months for me) you could park without being towed. This was because UBC did not have the legal authority to tow you and demand their money.
Many of you guys may have heard of the lawsuit that UBC had been fighting over the year, and they have won that lawsuit. Basically now, if you have tickets you will have to either appeal them, pay them or not park on campus.
I spoke with the parking authorities after they towed my car. They said that the authority was given to them as of Monday, December 6th, 2010. They, by law can now tow any car that owes them money through parking tickets. Generally they will only tow cars with 2 or more tickets to their plate. They will tow you even if you have paid for your parking that day but you have 2 or more tickets to your plate. I saw them towing two guys that had paid. They have a lot of authorities checking tickets now, and are pretty much just towing whatever car has tickets on them. If you plan to park on UBC and have accumulated a lot of tickets I suggest you do the following:
-Change your license plate, they still won't be able to tell who you are unless they check your license plate, if your plate is clean they will not tow. For the next month or so they will be checking everyone's plate regardless of whether or not you have paid for parking.. this is their way of getting back at the people who 'owe' them money.
-Pay for your parking from now on. The parking authorities will blacklist your car if you get even one ticket. They have a list in the office of all the cars and their plates who have one or more tickets.
If you don't do these things there are several penalties that can happen.
First off you get your car towed, which they charge you a $90 towing.
Then you will have to pay back all the tickets that you owe. Depending on when the ticket was issued you will either have to pay $60 per ticket or $30 per ticket. I think anytime after Sep2010 is $60 and anytime before that date is $30.
Lastly, if they find out that you haven't paid for your tickets, UBC WILL NOT LET YOU GRADUATE until you pay them. This is an actual law that the provincial court has passed for UBC. There has been a lot of discussion as to whether they can really find you and make you pay because they may not be able pin point the actual owner of the car and therefore cannot assign blame, however I wouldn't want to take any chances.
I hope this has helped all of you, because I had to pay a shitload of cash to get my car back, and I don't want it happening to any other guys.
PLEASE CHANGE YOUR PLATE ASAP!!!