It's Ticket Season!

And I'm not talking about the World Series or Broadway shows…  It's that time of year when all the heads of police departments and the traffic enforcement departments send their minions out to blitz bikes parked on the street.  If you park chained to something on the sidewalk, this is the one (or two) time(s) of year when they'll go cut your chains and tow your bike.  If you park legally on the street without a license plate (for you outside NY, there are actually good reasons for doing so), you will also get towed and ticketed, and maybe even incur some damage in the process.  One City Biker, Dmitry had his bike towed for being parked without a license plate.  When he asked why his bike was towed, the response he got was because a vehicle parked without a license plate is considered "abandoned."  But doing a bit of research, Dmitry found that actually a vehicle has to be parked for more than six hours without a license plateto be considered abandoned; he was parked for only a short time.  But as we all know governments are way too busy protecting us to worry about something stupid like the law…pshaw, like anyone actually cares about that stuff.  So watch out how you park, especially for the next couple of weeks!  Cheers!

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