How is this legal? Would love a fed to weigh in.

[Anonymous]

OP is entitled, like many in the DMV. They believe they are special, and that the rules others must obey do not apply to them. Think parking in crosswalks at school pick up, rolling through stop signs, ignoring the "no turn on red" sign, and so many more

Newsflash: you and DH are not special, and all rules apply

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A cop ran our plates this last week because we were parked in front of a fire hydrant for 5 mins (bagel run, rain). And told us that dh's license was suspended for failure to answer a ticket that we don't remember receiving from a town that we have not driven through in 2 years. We can't reach the town. How is this a thing? We are in 2023 - how is it possible to have your license suspended over a ticket you never even knew you had and a town you cannot reach.

This is the kind of thing that makes life not actually work.

I can run your plates for investigatory purposes any time I want if I see you 1) committing a moving violation, 2) engaged in suspicious behavior (ie appearing to be cruising a block for drug sales, prostitution, casing, etc), 3) possible indicators of driving under the influence, 4) mechanical defect with vehicle (broken lights, windshield damage, excessive smoke etc), 5) reasonable suspicion the vehicle is stolen or any other visible evidence of felony activity. I will typically run plates before I make a stop. It’s not a certainty for identifying the driver before they hand me their ID, since people sometimes do drive other people’s cars, but it’s probably the owner 90% of the time.

Standing at fire hydrant for 5 minutes is sufficient to have me run your plates. Drop your passenger off and go park somewhere or circle the block until they call you and say they’re ready to be picked up again. Don’t be a jerk.

[Anonymous]

Troll-ish post, even though I don’t like to say that.

Bottom line is it is illegal and immoral to park in front of a hydrant. I get it if you aren’t aware for whatever reason (street parking is busy, you couldn’t see from the drivers side).

Illegal and immoral. Even for 5 minutes.

You do know firefighters use those things, right?

[Anonymous]

God forbid anyone actually enforce the law.

Many people in this country seem to think that if you are in your car, you can do whatever you want. That is why the US has the highest traffic fatalities in the developed world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is always illegal to block a fire hydrant. There's no "five minute bagel run" exception.

But it was raining!

[Anonymous]

Can we get an update here OP? TIA!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A cop ran our plates this last week because we were parked in front of a fire hydrant for 5 mins (bagel run, rain). And told us that dh's license was suspended for failure to answer a ticket that we don't remember receiving from a town that we have not driven through in 2 years. We can't reach the town. How is this a thing? We are in 2023 - how is it possible to have your license suspended over a ticket you never even knew you had and a town you cannot reach.

This is the kind of thing that makes life not actually work.

yall need to start following traffic laws in your immediate family!

sure but no idea what traffic law we even broke in this random town!
also i should add that i was iN THE CAR during the bagel run. I could have easily moved the car. cop just gave me a ticket anyway. i guess bored.

How incredibly lazy. Why couldn't DH drop you off to go get the bagels and drive around the block instead of parking in front of a fire hydrant? What's wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

OP is stupid!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A cop ran our plates this last week because we were parked in front of a fire hydrant for 5 mins (bagel run, rain). And told us that dh's license was suspended for failure to answer a ticket that we don't remember receiving from a town that we have not driven through in 2 years. We can't reach the town. How is this a thing? We are in 2023 - how is it possible to have your license suspended over a ticket you never even knew you had and a town you cannot reach.

This is the kind of thing that makes life not actually work.

yall need to start following traffic laws in your immediate family!

sure but no idea what traffic law we even broke in this random town!
also i should add that i was iN THE CAR during the bagel run. I could have easily moved the car. cop just gave me a ticket anyway. i guess bored.

Laws are laws. Do you think you’re above the laws?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A cop ran our plates this last week because we were parked in front of a fire hydrant for 5 mins (bagel run, rain). And told us that dh's license was suspended for failure to answer a ticket that we don't remember receiving from a town that we have not driven through in 2 years. We can't reach the town. How is this a thing? We are in 2023 - how is it possible to have your license suspended over a ticket you never even knew you had and a town you cannot reach.

This is the kind of thing that makes life not actually work.

Bet they are the type that says, “Don’t you know who I am?”
If you’ve never seen the Port Authority commissioner Caren Turner video, I highly recommend watching it. She ended up resigning following a profane tirade against two police officers who had stopped her daughter and some friends.

[Anonymous]

Were you near a federal building (US courthouse, for example) where federal police/security are present? The hydrant was within their jurisdiction and therefore they ("the feds" ) ticketed you?

Is that what you mean by using the term "fed"?

Is English your 1st language?

[Anonymous]

The cops automatically run plates these days. You don’t even need to be illegally parked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cops automatically run plates these days. You don’t even need to be illegally parked.

Not all of them. Only specially equipped cars and officers who are certified to use the automated reader system. The officer only gets alerts when a plate flags. Otherwise it’s automated. And being parked illegally does not flag.

[Anonymous]

Fight it.

A license can’t be suspended without notice by certified mail.

[Anonymous]

OP, I hope your house burns down because some schmo is parked in front of the hydrant near your house “just for a bagel run.” SMDH