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ワシントンDCでの駐車違反 取り下げ

2015/07/24

ワシントンD.C. 豆知識

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4月にワシントンDCに遊びに行ったときに、駐禁を取られたのですが、
どう見ても規則が分かりづらい場所で、他にもたくさんの人が駐禁を取られており、
その後も何人もの人がその場所に駐車しようとしていた場所で、
どうしても納得できず、取り下げるよう申請していた返事が3ヶ月以上たってやっと届きました。

結果、100ドルの駐車違反代が免除されることになりました!
ネットで申請しましたが、通知ははがき一枚でペラッと。よくやった、自分!

裏は真っ白。チケットの番号と宛先は消してあります。


下にアピール文章と写真を貼っておきましたが、
こんな分かりづらいく、駐車違反を取るための罠のようなチケッを、
大勢の人が憧れるアメリカの首都ワシントンDCので起こるなんてとても悲しい。
こんな駐車違反は受け入れられない。とアピールしました。 
(大げさながらアメリカ人の自尊心を大事にしつつ依頼)

ちなみにこの場所は、下の看板の一番左、時間が変更されているのがポイントです。
4時~6時半は、駐車違反が取られます。
そしてそのことを示す一番右の看板が長ーーい通りの端っこに一つあるだけ。

ワシントンDCは駐車の規則が分かりづらいので、要注意です。




The parking area was about 430 feet long, and there is only one red sign for this regulation (violation) at the corner of the street.

The parking system of Washington D.C. is difficult. I saw some free parking space before, but it was written zone 2 or 6. I didn't understand, but I didn't park there, because I didn't want to get ticket.  I focused on if there is payment system near there when I was looking for parking space then.

The green sign near the Parking bending machine was obviously amended. The amendment was “9:30AM-4PM (Monday-Friday)” I believed the amendment was not correctly finished because of the sign’s space problem. No time limit parking remained as 6:30PM-10PM Mon-Sat, there was not enough space to add “Monday-Friday 4PM-10PM” on the sign. I believed so. Who could imagine there is another RED sign at the corner of street? Normally, permit (Green) and prohibited (Red) signs should be paired each other.

It’s really confusing not only for foreigner like me, but also for local American people. I even couldn’t find the RED sign until an officer explained it. There were many other cars which got a ticket on it. While I was wondering and standing, not a few people tried to park there. But I advised them not to park.

If you really don’t want to park here, you should set more RED signs. At least it should be set by Parking bending machine. It’s like a trap to collecting parking violation fine. I didn’t mean to violate, but the sign was really unclear and mean. I feel so sad it happened in Washington D.C. which is the capital of the United States, and many people dreams to visit. I can’t accept this parking ticket.

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