Do you pass on your parking tickets?
By Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
April 22, 2010 10:44am CST
I dont mean the penalty notices you get for parking in the wrong place but the tickets you get from the machine to display in your car to prove you've paid.
When I went to the hospital this morning, I went to the staff car park (since I pay £70 a year for the privilege of parking at work) but they had no staff spaces left in the multi-storey or any other designated area on site. The place they told me I could go, was about 15minutes walk away. So, I just parked in the public car park and paid the minimum fee of £2 which allows 4 hours. I was back at my car within the hour so, I passed on my ticket with 3 hours remaining, to another driver. The car parks are not run by the hospital trust but by a contracted firm so I was not depriving the hospital of funds. What about you - would you pass your ticket on and would you accept if someone offered you theirs?
(Before anyone points this out to me, yes, I am obviously aware that this is technically "wrong".)
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@dawnald (85137)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
I don't see why it's technically wrong. You paid for the time and why shouldn't somebody else use it? It's the same as if you paid for time at a traditional parking meter and when you left somebody else pulled up and used it.
Yeah, I'd do it.
We were in Las Vegas going on 3 years ago and had gotten 24 hours passes for the monorail. They had about 3 hours left on them when we left, so we gave them to somebody.
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@Wizzywig (7847)
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22 Apr 10
I dont think I've ever parked at a meter... I agree with you and its only "technically wrong" because it tells you in the 'terms & conditions' on most tickets that you shouldn't. If I did it in a council run car park, I would probably be fined for it and so would the recipient... if we got caught
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@AnnieOakley1 (5596)
• Canada
22 Apr 10
I don't see anything wrong with it. You paid for 4 hrs, so what if you share that 4 hrs with someone else. I don't see the difference.
I've never done it because the opportunity never arose.
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@AnnieOakley1 (5596)
• Canada
22 Apr 10
That's right, since you were a prepaid ticket holder, they should have given you a space for free, in my opinion, and not made you pay again that day.
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