Self: Missing Car Found and Retrieved

[troyworks]

So I wasn't crazy, and my parking memory was correct. The car was originally parked within a non memorable distance about 200ft away near a construction area. It was clearly visible from the building, and the memory of not turning anyplace, and going up the front stairs were also correct. Whew, the fact I couldn't remember what happened worried me

Comments

[lightling]

Ouch indeed! I'm glad you got yer car back.

And I'm glad you got to contemplate life without a car :) It's a good life, yo!

[cosyne]

being mildly color-blind, I'm highly in favor of a "minimum level of redness" for red curbs. Or text or a hash pattern. Just something unambiguous.
Also, the one ticket I sucessfully contested was based on the illogic of the no parking signs. It may be worth writing a quick letter to argue.

[simonfunk]

Yes, I agree, you should contest it. Take pics of all the other cars parked there (strong evidence that it's inadequately posted), and show how the sign is not visible. For that matter, shove notes w/(safe) contact info into the windows of those cars since many of them will likely get towed too, and then you can all gang up en masse and the courts will let you win just to save the cost of a dozen hearings.

[scottsch]

Youch! Time to up your parking paranoia level. Maybe you could note where you parked in your PDA. I wonder if PDAs with GPS have a function for remembering a location.