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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Had incredibly rude parking officer at Reagan Terminal 1 issue "refuse to move" citation - was standing in designated pick up area, elderly mother was walking out of building (accompanied by grandchild who went in to get her) but took few minutes walking around to get to car.  Officer wrote ticket while elderly mother in sight because we weren't doing immediate pickup - we were there for less than 3 minutes total and there was literally no one else there.  Total power move, called for her supervisor, she blatantly lied about how long we were there (she said 10-15 minutes) and supervisor sided with her.

My question is:  do I have to pay this (live and registered in Virginia)?   And has anyone else dealt with this?

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This EXACT thing happened to me with my elderly mother in law. We got a ticket as my husband was escorting her out the baggage claim door and across the street to the car.[/quote]

So you were in the car and you refused to move when they asked you? [/quote]

Because my 85 year old MIL was literally in the street with my husband walking to the car. Not at baggage claim. Walking across the street.[/quote]

You were supposed to drop your husband off, loop around, then come back and pick them up when they are across the street. It’s not a parking spot. [/quote]

I fully agree but...if no one else was in that area, why not show some leniency?[/quote]

I was at Terminal 1 twice in June- dropoff and pickup. The curb area is ridiculously small there- probably no room for more than 20.cars at once. Both times it was jam-packed with cars and the access road into the terminal area was backed up. Based on that experience I can see why the officers are being strict about the rules to keep things moving. It was actually quite dangerous because people were darting across against moving traffic to escape on foot to family in cars backed up on the access road.[/quote]

Which terminal/airline was it, OP? [/quote]

OP said Terminal 1 in the first sentence
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