PARKING WITHIN 50' of a STOP SIGN IS ILLEGAL! archived
This comes up all the time on Parking Wars. They don't mark yellow curbs near fire hydrants either. I'm pretty sure this law is covered in the driving test you took as a teen.
RobB said:
WTF is Parking Wars?
TV show, which follows parking enforcement staff in Detroit, Philly, and Providence. Watching people try and complain/get out of being ticketed and/or booted is a guilty pleasure. The indignation! How dare you give me a ticket!
I've taken the NY written test once and the NJ written test twice. I wasn't aware of this law either.
It's one of the questions on the driving test in New Jersey. Time for a refresher course maybe?
May 3, 2012 at 6:06am Edited
When I got my license they didn't have stop signs per se. There would be an old man in a straw hat sitting atop an ox and when you approached the intersection he'd slowly get down off the ox and wave his hands above his head in a criss-cross fashion. I hope this message helps spread the word and prevents others from getting tickets. Not going back to Driver's Ed for any refresher courses.....
Yeah, I knew that... but it is a little screwed up that some stop signs actually have signs saying, "no parking within XX feet of sign".
marylago said:
Yeah, I knew that... but it is a little screwed up that some stop signs actually have signs saying, "no parking within XX feet of sign".
And some stop signs are encrusted with Christmas lights, but not all of them. Do you treat the blinky ones differently?
And yes, the 50 foot rule IS in the driving test. You are also supposed to signal a turn 100 feet before you make it. Man, I would LOVE to see them enforce that!
Not quite sure myself, but I was chuckling when I posted it. It's been a rough morning. I changed it to more of what I was trying to say.
How about we just get them to start enforcing signalling a turn and work our way up to the 100 foot concept
johnlockedema said:
RobB said:
WTF is Parking Wars?
TV show, which follows parking enforcement staff in Detroit, Philly, and Providence. Watching people try and complain/get out of being ticketed and/or booted is a guilty pleasure. The indignation! How dare you give me a ticket!
Sad to say I've watched this show enough to have recognized one of the "stars" when in Philly a while ago.
mbaldwin said:
johnlockedema said:
RobB said:
WTF is Parking Wars?
TV show, which follows parking enforcement staff in Detroit, Philly, and Providence. Watching people try and complain/get out of being ticketed and/or booted is a guilty pleasure. The indignation! How dare you give me a ticket!
Sad to say I've watched this show enough to have recognized one of the "stars" when in Philly a while ago.
It's a guilty pleasure, I'll cop to DVR'ing COPS as well. I never said I'm perfect!
DEFCON_Creator said:
And yes, the 50 foot rule IS in the driving test.
I remember this. I took the NJ test in 1987.
You are also supposed to signal a turn 100 feet before you make it. Man, I would LOVE to see them enforce that!
I remember this, too, and I follow it.
I know that I remember more small details for longer than other people do. I don't know what the solution to this problem is. It's our obligation to remember this stuff, though.
Isnt it usually maked below the sign for those who forget??... i must admit i haved pushed this one ...
When I got my license (in 1973!) I had to re-take the written exam, since it had been more than a year since the driver's ed test in HS. I remember the stop sign/parking question being on there. The one question I got wrong was: What is the speed limit on State Highways?
I wish that they would enforce the more important laws (like speeders in residential neighborhoods for a start, and drivers not stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks) rather than ticketing cars for being a little too close to a stop sign.
as I recall lately, it is whatever the cars with the taped license plates are doing!!!
How about the cars that park right up to your driveway apron so you're barely able to pull out of your driveway? This happens countless times (especially lately, when realtors/potential buyers of the property across the street park right up to my driveway -- and give me an argument when I ask them to pull their cars back so I can get in/out). Geesh.......
I have thought about buying a plastic hydrant to put in front of our house to keep people from parking too close to the driveway.
Either that or a meter.
Either that or a meter.
I was taught that the 50 feet point is usually where the dividing line between lanes on a side street ends. For example, where Jefferson meets Ridgewood the white central line extends 50 feet.
Of course, I might not remember correctly ;-)
Of course, I might not remember correctly ;-)
DEFCON_Creator said:
Not quite sure myself, but I was chuckling when I posted it. It's been a rough morning. I changed it to more of what I was trying to say.
Now THAT's funny...
50 feet?? I leave a car length from the sign or crosswalk if there's no yellow curb. Wowza. Where was this?
Didn't recall this law from the driver's test either. Learned the hard way with a ticket in Newark many yrs ago. Almost no stop signs have the little warning attached, it's another thing you're just supposed to remember. If almost no one knows or cares pedestrians have the ROW in a crosswalk, not sure how many know this law either.
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