The guy is parked illegally. There is no stipulation in the law that says if you leave a nice note the cop shouldn't ticket you.
If the starter was out, and he was parked illegally, he should have either had someone tow him to a different location or pushed it somewhere else. It all comes down to personal responsibility and NOT MAKING EXCUSES for your actions. If you're wrong, then you're wrong. Not Juan, Carlito, Jennifer, or anyone else.

Exactly! I'm not the biggest fan of cops but it's true that people do this type of stuff all the time to get in and out of places quicker cause they're too lazy to find a spot! And also what Wes said "How long was this ASAP?" you just never know the true situation from the picture.

i agree he shouldnt have parked in the firsst place

Every one over looked the obvious. The cop is bangin this guys wife while hes out and this was just the icing on the cake.

Or he just can't friggin read. dumb ass

Agree also, its too damn bad his car wont start after he parked illegally

WOW...I guess maybe I should explain a bit. I come from a quite small town where everyone knows the one paid cop in town!!! In these parts the copper in question would at least wait till the next day. I know it isnt this way everywhere but I am glad to know that I wouldnt go through this. It is pretty obvious that this is quite a harmless "crime". Sorry guys..I meant no harm...really!!!! Truce?-----I'll buy a round of

No worries bigdaddy. You think you live in a small town? We had a couple of boys get rowdy after leaving the bar one night. They got into a friendly fight and one was pushed into a big plate glass window of the local department store. No injury luckily. So the one guy goes back to the bar to call the store owner while his buddy stands guard so nothing gets stolen. Nobody else around at that time mind you but stil That's the kind of "crime" I can live with, unlike the vandal who kicked a nice dent in my car

There's good days and bad I guess, and good folk and not so.

Lemme guess. New York City?...lol

Sounds like the small town that I grew up in, F*** the city crap I hate it!

Cruel cop? In order to park illegally, didn't the engine have to be running? What do you need a started for while the engine is running. This moron probably parked illegally and then couldn't leave because of the starter so then tried to use the started as his excuse. Sorry, the ticket is for parking, not having a failed starter.

Next year maybe.

Your Kidding right? your saying that if you have unpaid parking tickets and the shoe's on the other foot and you need the laws help to save your life that they say how bout you pay your fines and they see what they can do for u....
You are joking right? cause thats pretty fucked up!

I mean breaking the law is breaking the law but an unpaid parking ticket is nothing compared to half the shit real crims do

Yeah, well not so much kidding as exagerating to make the case. It would be fucked up but I can see it coming to that. It has in the past, even in the US. In some places if you didn't pay protection money to the cop on the beat they'd look the other way while you got ripped off. Similarily if you weren't on the rolls as a supporter of the fire brigade they didn't come and save your house if it caught fire. They would check the address before they even left the fire hall.

If you as a citizen want to hold the law and emergency response to high moral standards and expect them to answer when you need them you had better damn well be practicing the same in my books. Do I truly think you should be denied the law because you break it? No. Will I have any sympathy for you if you lead a life of breaking the law and then suddenly need it? No.

When I was younger I had a similar thing happen.
Driving a fully restored 1970 Chevelle Super Sport down main street at 2am. A little fast, but nothing crazy.
Cop pulls me over, asks where I'm headed. I tell him "nowhere. Just out driving."
And the guy tells me about my speed.

Then he asks "Is this a 396 with a 400TH?"
And we talked cars for 15 minutes.
At 2am.
And he told me to have a nice night and that was it.

LOL
Them Irish cops kick ass.

If you're talking about the person who expected to get away with parking illegally, you're right.

Most places, if the issue is a time limit, alternate parking, etc, then all you have to do is call the police department, let them know you're having problems, and that you'll move it as soon as you can, and they'll make a note of it & give you a break.

For all we know, the note was placed under the ticket to make it look worse, too.