In Pittsburgh's Strip District, there are five blocks of bars, restaurants and night clubs. There are also five blocks of businesses that are only open during the day. Metered parking along all 10 of the blocks is FREE after 6pm M-F. And all day Sat + Sun.
I went to a bar in the Strip District one Sat night some years ago. I parked my car on one of the blocks where all the businesses were closed. At a meter. Which I understood to be FREE. When I returned to my car at the stroke of breakfast o'clock, there was a ticket waiting for me. For $340!!! It said I had parked illegally in a handicapped parking space. When I looked at the meter, sure enough, it had a handicapped sticker on it. But all the businesses were closed. All the signs said metered parking free after 6pm. So...WTF?
I went to court. Explained myself. Judge reduced the fine to $100. Which was better than $340, but still a big pile of suck.
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