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Check out our top 6 "You should've paid your ticket!" moments, in this compilation from Parking Wars.
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Viewers get behind-the-scenes on-the-street perspective, as employees of Philadelphia Parking Authority go on their daily rounds, frequently dealing with irate locals as the workers issue citations, boot vehicles and tow cars. The series also follows the ticket-writers and booters of Detroit’s Municipal Parking Department.
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Zero Edward Queen, oh wait: Jason we gotta hit.
Why is my car being booted so now I'm having a park of tickets? This is where I live.
If you owe tickets and you parked on a city Street, then you are eligible to be booted.
People are leaving my city at a rapid rate, you're a big reason for it.
There's not a No Parking sign.
You know where you got tickets at though this is where I get tickets at me, and the lady from Park enforcement have had an ongoing argument.
I can't say that she went to write a ticket on my car and I told her to get off my street that it was residence here.
The street belongs to the city.
If you choose the park there, then you have to pay.
The ticket.
I've only had this car for three four months.
How many parking tickets could I have gotten on that plate? It doesn't have to be on this particular car.
Once you get six tickets, you get on the boot list.
That's absolutely absurd.
You need a better system.
I paid the average of three thousand dollars a year to parking enforcement.
The bill can't be more than 200 bucks.
It could have been forty dollars go after people that owe you money.
I live here before yesterday.
Yes, I'm just as broke as you I appreciate you towing my car for less than 300 in tickets.
Call the number at the bottom of the sticker they'll tell you how much you want what you need to do.
Don't harass me on my job: I, don't come to your job and harass you about dropping your fries or doing whatever it is.
You do the lady that broke the ticket.
I wrote a note and said: please don't take it! My vehicle I live here.
She placed another ticket to the other side of the car game on hello.
If you park in the same spot every day you supposed to get a ticket every day park on I'm gonna go and see what I owe Sonia.
It's the silver Ford Focus Vehicles, located west on service.
That's affirmative I have a feeling the tow truck's going to come before.
I get an answer on how much to take down to them, but there's no way this car has more than a hundred dollars in tickets.
That's impossible! I was singled out today.
The city makes up its own rules as it goes in that mode that we're out to get them.
It's your responsibility to keep up with your things, we're heading over to meet Sonia, hey watch out for that guy over there with the focus he kind of Off the Wall okay he's hot.
He gets a chance to make it down to the payment center.
Before I get there.
With the tow truck I'm, giving the citizen a little gray Spirit, we got some other vehicles.
We got to release going back down to that Focus.
They booted this car at 128 and it's 3 28.
So he had a couple hours.
I hope he's nowhere around I.
Don't want truck, is here until they caught me on the radio and tell me anything.
Different I have to proceed with the toe hi.
Sir I can't do anything until my dispatch call me so your cat, the cashier, has to contact them.
I.
Understand that what you're saying, but you could have paid tickets before we even came and booted the car, it hits the phone back slow down.
They only can take it until you pop that boot once the tow truck is here, I have to take that boot off.
Everybody knows the situation as soon as you pop this she takes it.
Can you please check in our radios right here on my hip case? They call me and that's what I was explaining to him on the phone.
We don't need people to come.
Take people's cars, that are honest, working people.
You have a horrible job, it sucks the people put their stuff in this predicament.
We didn't secure these tickets.
No, you can cut this guy a break until they tell me to stop.
I cannot stop all right.
He didn't make it.
This is really inhumane.
I gave the guy a couple Grace periods earlier.
He got down there a little too late.
He needs to be a little bit more peace and love.
This is not part of the solution.
I understand you're, concerned about your friend, but your friend is doing the right thing, taking care of his eyes and penalties, and hopefully he don't see us again.
Okay, ma'am I'm right here at 17th, Street I'm gonna swing around just searching for the booted vehicle purple pink color, oh okay, the situation is the car was booted for unpaid tickets.
It hasn't been brought in that's the bottom line.
That's my sister car get you on her car all right.
My man, I just talked to my sister, he's the only way to pay the ticket.
Now she said you already know she had to move just come around and tell him Stevie I'm paying the ticket now.
Well.
Let me explain to you how it works.
Once we dispatched out to pick up a vehicle we have to take the car I, don't understand what you mean because you get older, you have to pick the car up.
That's right! Huh! Yes, come on! That's just ridiculous! Somebody's going to pay the car that you got to find another ride or get on the bus and stuff to go.
Get a pick up a car.
The fact that she's gonna pay for it today she doesn't have to pay for the tow.
The only inconvenience is she has to come there and pick the car up for my sister's, a missionary going to try to do the right thing for for the country.
This is what she gets for being a missionary if she goes to church all the time.
My man, she ain't, no bad person, It's upsetting, but we have to take the car, but it's ridiculous.
They need to talk to their drivers to have no more compassion for people instead of just being well.
This is my job.
The decision was made, it wasn't my decision to make and she had not had these tickets.
We would not be here.
That's the bottom line.
This is why the city is in the state that is in today what if my transmission is tore up? Are they going to pay for her transmission when they're pulling like this get his name? So we know exactly, he told it.
What I'm trying to find out is what's the policy on the towing.
If it's two days, is it five days? Oh you mean, as far as the car being towed once it comes up on the computer.
That is beautiful.
It's totally if I had been here on location.
At that time, I was taking the car right Jennings there.
You understand what I'm saying.
Well, that's what I'm saying after you get the ticket.
How long is it after that you can tow the car in order for the vehicle to become towable? She has to get three tickets, that's when they come out and put the device on it or if I had been here, it would have been told right.
Then.
Why long ago has this law been set because I had a vehicle in Philadelphia? That's still here that hasn't been told and I got 900 something dollars of tickets.
It hasn't been told yet they're still sending me stuff about book.
Receiver I've got all that, so we're actually very lucky say what the hell was that lucky three years, I can't be lucky.
My sister live in a town and they towed her car in two days.
This is the car on the street.
Yes, it's on the street.
Well then, you're lucky, that's not luck! That's there's! No way in the way.
You can tell me that below for three years and my sister right here in the same town yeah, let's look no, that ain't left, my man I mean come on now, let's be realistically, let's not love! That's not luck.
There's no way in the world, I'm gonna be that lucky three years come on now come on now I'm, 45 years old, my man I'm, not no child I'm, not a child.
You talking to somebody that's 18 years old man.
That's there's no way in the world I'm 60 years old and I'm explaining you what I know: okay, I, don't know everything.
Okay, what I said in my evaluation of the situation is that it was luck, yeah, that's a hell of a love, then yes, sir, that doesn't make sense.
The young gentleman did not want to hear with my exclamation or reasoning, and he wanted to challenge me.
He is trying to buy time for his sister going down to make the payment.
My compassion comes with situations this situation here there was no payment made sister, probably hadn't, even gotten out of bed.
Yet we have one I, hear someone yeah again Buddha from paid parking tickets.
They got me and then something I'm concerned about really huh yo.
What's up with this man be a bullet for unpaid tickets? It's cool my other world right there.
Well, this is a nice car, too I love me a Chevy, 2000 Impala I mean anybody I'm, like okay I'm doing my thing, I'm talking about that.
Never seen someone walk all over their car after being booted.
That is definitely a first.
My place is for y'all always have a second card.
If you don't that's your ass, let's take another car across the street, we'll run that one too see if it's bootable, they won't have any cars.
We can't do that.
She wants to press or walk.
Not me not today, no way, I mean no way.
I mean no I mean stop foreign.
It's a nice car.
Is this your car? Yes, okay, you have unpaid parking tickets on this car um.
Okay, well I'm, sorry, but the boot is locked on there now they're gonna tow my car away.
Well, no! No! No! No! You can call this number they'll.
Tell you exactly how much you owe they will accept a payment plan if you can get some money down there.
My situation was this: came from Iraq I'm, a retired veteran they broke down the workforce and I haven't worked since February.
They won't even give me welfare a war veteran.
You believe that I mean if you had come up before we locked it.
You know we could have taken it off.
We would have given you a break, but once it's locked on there, we don't have a key I'm, really sorry about it.
Before we locked I was in Hugo's Lobby on war and I was in Iraq like I, say you just get on that payment plan and they'll send somebody out there right now.
All right all right take care all right, I'm in a bad situation, they doing their job, but it's another mom.
On top of me, another cross now I'm carrying two I, can't sleep at night because of the casino in Iraq and now to make it even worse.
They put a boot on my car he's not having such a good day once it's locked on there.
We couldn't take it off when we wanted to yeah everybody I think when they get booted feels like I'm just having the worst day of my entire life.
It's all relative I'd rather get the boot any day of the week than be in a car accident s, and once you take care of it, we'll come back out and take it off.
Okay, where can I pay that at can I give you a check or something once you've been building they don't take checks, give them your license.
Plate they'll, tell you how much it is.
Oh, my God, this is so terrible.
R4, September I didn't pay my parking tickets.
She understands that she does have hockey tickets and she's calling to take care of it.
Oh my God looks like he's talking about 675.
It's kind of a crappy way to do business really yeah.
Basically, we've motivated them huh, hopefully, she'll get a get the boob removed today, so I had to come downtown to pick up my check so now, I gotta spend my step check on some tickets and that's up once you get booted, you got to pay all right.
You can lose your car we're trying to motivate them today.
Hopefully she pays her tickets yeah.
We got one now right here, this one: that's it yeah I'm, just parking yep the vehicle is being booted for six or more parking tickets, all to the city of Detroit.
It could be on this vehicle.
Do you have more than one vehicle in your name? No! Thank you for this for this for this plate.
For my vehicle awesome speechless here, I mean I'm, trying to find a parking place close to go to court I'm going to try to get another vehicle that I have.
That was picked up for a nuisance ticket all right, sir right now you can call that number at the bottom of the stick.
In order for you to be in our system, you got at least have six or more pay parking tickets.
It may not be on this vehicle.
They're gonna build any vehicle that you have co-signed for all right good morning, all right good morning.
This stinks because I mean I.
I know I owe a ticket.
You know, I got a couple other vehicles that old tickets on so now he he gave me the good the understanding of it.
One thing he would need to do is just follow that paperwork that I gave him he'll be all right.
Sometimes people feel to realize that we um attach your tickets to your driver's license, so it doesn't matter how many times you change Vehicles.
You still had those tickets, the city of Detroit may be slow, but they never forget.
So don't think that just because you haven't um received the boot in two years that you're not eligible, we just haven't, got to you.
