The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 32, July 24, 2005, Article 31

BUT OFFICER, IT'S WEST VIRGINIA'S FAULT

Here's a novel way to weasel out of a parking ticket: claim
that you put out-of-state Fifty States quarters in the meter, but
they didn't register. From a news story out of Boston:

"I was meeting a colleague in Boston, and I parked on Tremont
Street," David Flynn said.

Flynn said that he was shortchanged by a parking meter recently.
Eight quarters should have bought him 2 hours, but the meter
only registered 1 hour and 15 minutes. He complained to a nearby
parking meter attendant.

"She said, 'Sometimes when you put in quarters from other states,
Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York, they don't register right
and you don't get correct credit," Flynn said.

Flynn got a ticket that day so he appealed using the parking
official's explanation and the ticket was dismissed.

"I was thrilled I didn't have a ticket, but I think if it is a problem
then a lot of people are being ripped off," Flynn said.

"From what I understand, state quarters do in fact work,"
Boston parking commissioner Tom Tinlin said.

Tinlin said that they tested hundreds of meters after hearing
complaints like Flynn's and found states' quarters work."

"States' quarters not working in parking meters isn't unique to
Boston. A spokeswoman at the United States Mint said they've
heard it from around the country, but can't find any proof."

To read the full story at The Boston Channel, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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