Parking Ticket for USD 255, what do i do about it?

Hi all,

I am driving a car rented from Hertz with a foreign license in CA. I
received a parking ticket for $255 for parking in a bus loading zone (I
didn't see any sign or I didn't recognize the sign, I parked there for
about 20min.). Will that bring me any problem while returning the car
to Hertz in five days time?

I heard that Hertz is going to pay the bail and charge my credit card
which has no credit left currently. What if I cancel this credit card
next month?

They do have my home address in my home country. But I wonder what they
would do about that...

Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

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Hi all,

I am driving a car rented from Hertz with a foreign license in CA. I
received a parking ticket for $255 for parking in a bus loading zone (I
didn't see any sign or I didn't recognize the sign, I parked there for
about 20min.). Will that bring me any problem while returning the car
to Hertz in five days time?

I heard that Hertz is going to pay the bail and charge my credit card
which has no credit left currently. What if I cancel this credit card
next month?

They do have my home address in my home country. But I wonder what they
would do about that...

Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

Here's a suggestion: pay the fine. It is not appropriate to violate the law
in someone else's country and then evade the penalty. I don't do it when
I'm a guest in someone else's country, and I would expect that foreign
visitors not do it when they're guests here.

wrote:
Hi all,

I am driving a car rented from Hertz with a foreign license in CA.

I
received a parking ticket for $255 for parking in a bus loading zone (I
didn't see any sign or I didn't recognize the sign, I parked there for
about 20min.).

None of which constitutes a valid excuse.

Will that bring me any problem while returning the car
to Hertz in five days time?


Not when you return the car. But when Hertz gets the ticket.

Why not just pay the ticket?

I heard that Hertz is going to pay the bail and charge my credit card
which has no credit left currently. What if I cancel this credit card
next month?


So you are saying you violated the law and you want to know how to get
away from it?

They do have my home address in my home country. But I wonder what they
would do about that...


Maybe you can move to a foreign country.

Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

It's OK. All of us have violated laws before and it's not a problem,
as long as we pay the fines and not try to get away from it.

This has happened to me 3 times through the years; in Tampa, Chicago and I
forget the other city. In all 3 cases, I got a parking ticket. After I
returned the car, I kept monitoring my credit card for several weeks and
even months to check if there were any additional charges and none was ever
charged. I could be wrong but once they get the ticket they would have to go
back to their rental record for that car and find out who had it rented at
time time, and it's probably not worth their time. Since I was never charged
for the ticket, I assume they paid it but never charged me. Or, perhaps,
there is some other explanation. Which bring up the question; how do you
know that Hertz will pay the ticket and that they will automatically charge
your card. I don't know how they can do that without you authorizing it.

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Hi all,

I am driving a car rented from Hertz with a foreign license in CA. I
received a parking ticket for $255 for parking in a bus loading zone (I
didn't see any sign or I didn't recognize the sign, I parked there for
about 20min.). Will that bring me any problem while returning the car
to Hertz in five days time?

I heard that Hertz is going to pay the bail and charge my credit card
which has no credit left currently. What if I cancel this credit card
next month?

They do have my home address in my home country. But I wonder what they
would do about that...

Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:33:02 -0700, "PTravel"
wrote:


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Hi all,

I am driving a car rented from Hertz with a foreign license in CA. I
received a parking ticket for $255 for parking in a bus loading zone (I
didn't see any sign or I didn't recognize the sign, I parked there for
about 20min.). Will that bring me any problem while returning the car
to Hertz in five days time?

I heard that Hertz is going to pay the bail and charge my credit card
which has no credit left currently. What if I cancel this credit card
next month?

They do have my home address in my home country. But I wonder what they
would do about that...

Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

Here's a suggestion: pay the fine. It is not appropriate to violate the law
in someone else's country and then evade the penalty. I don't do it when
I'm a guest in someone else's country, and I would expect that foreign
visitors not do it when they're guests here.

It might work to go to the police agency that issued the ticket
and plead stupidity. As a foreigner, it might work.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

I think youll find you authorise Hertz (and any other real car company) to
charge any parking/speading/ ticket fines to your credit card when you sign
the papers in the rental office. Have a read of the print on the back im
pretty sure you'll see your signing to agree with this!



"Cesar Neri" wrote in message
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This has happened to me 3 times through the years; in Tampa, Chicago and I
forget the other city. In all 3 cases, I got a parking ticket. After I
returned the car, I kept monitoring my credit card for several weeks and
even months to check if there were any additional charges and none was
ever charged. I could be wrong but once they get the ticket they would
have to go back to their rental record for that car and find out who had
it rented at time time, and it's probably not worth their time. Since I
was never charged for the ticket, I assume they paid it but never charged
me. Or, perhaps, there is some other explanation. Which bring up the
question; how do you know that Hertz will pay the ticket and that they
will automatically charge your card. I don't know how they can do that
without you authorizing it.

wrote in message
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Hi all,

I am driving a car rented from Hertz with a foreign license in CA. I
received a parking ticket for $255 for parking in a bus loading zone (I
didn't see any sign or I didn't recognize the sign, I parked there for
about 20min.). Will that bring me any problem while returning the car
to Hertz in five days time?

I heard that Hertz is going to pay the bail and charge my credit card
which has no credit left currently. What if I cancel this credit card
next month?

They do have my home address in my home country. But I wonder what they
would do about that...

Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

PTravel wrote:


Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

Here's a suggestion: pay the fine. It is not appropriate to violate the law
in someone else's country and then evade the penalty. I don't do it when
I'm a guest in someone else's country, and I would expect that foreign
visitors not do it when they're guests here.


On the other hand, rental cars are clearly marked. There is always room for
discretion, and special zones should be clearly identified as such. It is not
as if it were out of character for an American cop to ticket an foreigner.

"Dave Smith" wrote in message
...
PTravel wrote:


Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

Here's a suggestion: pay the fine. It is not appropriate to violate the
law
in someone else's country and then evade the penalty. I don't do it when
I'm a guest in someone else's country, and I would expect that foreign
visitors not do it when they're guests here.


On the other hand, rental cars are clearly marked. There is always room
for
discretion, and special zones should be clearly identified as such. It
is not
as if it were out of character for an American cop to ticket an foreigner.


First, rental cars are not clearly marked -- that's intentional, so that
they won't be targeted by theives.

Second, bus zones are always clearly marked -- I've never seen one that
wasn't.

Finally, why should a rental car get a pass on laws that everyone else is
required to observe? Rental cars are rented primarily to U.S. citizens in
the U.S. -- only a small fraction are rented to foreign visitors.
Nonetheless, when I rent a car in another country, I am expected to follow
the laws, and I do. I expect no less from foreign visitors who come here.

PTravel wrote:


On the other hand, rental cars are clearly marked. There is always room
for
discretion, and special zones should be clearly identified as such. It
is not
as if it were out of character for an American cop to ticket an foreigner.


First, rental cars are not clearly marked -- that's intentional, so that
they won't be targeted by theives.


First,, it seems that there some states that prohibit labelling cars with
stickers that identify them as rentals. Not all states do that. It is certainly
not international.

Second, bus zones are always clearly marked -- I've never seen one that
wasn't.

Second, you have seen clearly marked bus zones. That doesn't mean that there are
improperly marked bus parking zones. The OP said he either didn't see the sign
or didn't recognize it. If there is a bus loading zone it's a pretty safe bet
that it is a tourist area and, hopefully, there are a lot of tourists.

Finally, why should a rental car get a pass on laws that everyone else is
required to observe? Rental cars are rented primarily to U.S. citizens in
the U.S. -- only a small fraction are rented to foreign visitors.

It is called good will, something there used to be a lot more of.


Nonetheless, when I rent a car in another country, I am expected to follow
the laws, and I do. I expect no less from foreign visitors who come here.

Me too. Five years ago I was in the Netherlands and driving along on a 80 kph
road, stopped in a small town to look for a hotel room, came back out onto the
highway I had been on and proceeded in the original direction. As I was
accelerating back up to 80 kph I spotted a sign indicating there as photo radar
and that the speed limit was only 50 kph. I have no idea why the speed limit
suddenly dropped. It was a country road, just like it had been north of that
town, and no houses or anything around. Never the less, I slowed down to comply
with the speed limit, but too late. Five months later I got a speeding ticket in
the mail for doing 54 kph in a 50 kph zone. That is 2.5 mph over the speed
limit.

I paid it. It wasn't worth the hassle if I ever had to go back there, since
many European flights go through Schipol and I didn't want to get arrested for a
$30 ticket. But I can tell you that they being so sticky about that measly 4
kph means that I won't be planning on spending any time or money there.
Similarly, I once ran into a store to pick up something. There were lots of
empty parking spaces on the street because no one shops downtown there. I had
no change for the meter, but was only going to be a few minutes. I came out and
found a $7 parking ticket on my windshield. I paid it, but I don't shop
downtown there. The city is always trying to rejuvenate their decrepit downtown
area, and then they hire all those parking enforcement people to pounce on the
few people who do come.

Sure. I was wrong. I didn't pay them their 5 cents for parking for 5 minutes.
Big deal. It is not like parking is a problem there. Lack of customers is their
problem, and their zero tolerance for parking violations is a prime example.

Foreigners are stupid??

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On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:33:02 -0700, "PTravel"
wrote:


wrote in message
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Hi all,

I am driving a car rented from Hertz with a foreign license in CA. I
received a parking ticket for $255 for parking in a bus loading zone (I
didn't see any sign or I didn't recognize the sign, I parked there for
about 20min.). Will that bring me any problem while returning the car
to Hertz in five days time?

I heard that Hertz is going to pay the bail and charge my credit card
which has no credit left currently. What if I cancel this credit card
next month?

They do have my home address in my home country. But I wonder what they
would do about that...

Any suggestion or idea is appreciated!
I am very sorry to violate any law. It was my second day in U.S. (not
to excuse)

Here's a suggestion: pay the fine. It is not appropriate to violate the
law
in someone else's country and then evade the penalty. I don't do it when
I'm a guest in someone else's country, and I would expect that foreign
visitors not do it when they're guests here.

It might work to go to the police agency that issued the ticket
and plead stupidity. As a foreigner, it might work.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *