2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the editor: An expert's advice to avoid a dreaded parking ticket
Issue date: 8/26/08 Section: Opinion
Welcome to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville!
I hope if and when we cross paths it's not on the second Friday of the month at the Parking & Traffic Appeals Committee meeting.
As a member of the Parking & Traffic Appeals Committee, I would like to highlight just a few Parking Services policies to help you avoid a dreaded parking ticket.
But before I do that, and perhaps while I still have your attention, I'd like to tell you one of the reasons people receive tickets: they're running late.
Learning to be punctual, starting today, will benefit you immensely these next years - and go figure, employers love it.
Certainly you already know these policies I have chosen because if you've purchased a parking hangtag, you've already signed a document that says you have read the policies, understand them and will abide by them. You did read them, didn't you?
Over the last six years that I've been on the committee, I've found that the following are some of the policies that individuals parking on campus sometimes forget.
The purchase of a parking permit does not guarantee the availability of a parking space. Translation: If you've been parking in the same lot for the last five days, weeks or years and one day you arrive and there's no available space, that doesn't give you permission to a) park on the grass b) block someone in, or c) park in the wrong color lot. Take a deep breath and either locate another spot in the appropriate color lot or back-up lot. For example, if the brown lot is full go to the red lot, if Lot A (green) is full go to Lot E 9 (green). Parking in the wrong color lot, blocking someone in or parking on the grass will undoubtedly result in a ticket.
Students who park vehicles on university property must purchase and display SIUE parking permits on their vehicle. Translation: If you've been parking in the same lot for the last five days, weeks or years and one day forget your hangtag, or it's left on your dashboard, or you left it in another vehicle, take a deep breath and either find that hangtag and hang it on your mirror or head to Parking Services in Rendleman Hall, find a spot in the lot next to the building (Lot C), feed the meter and purchase a temporary day parking permit for $2. Then re-park your vehicle where it belongs. No hangtag dangling from the rear-view mirror will undoubtedly result in a ticket.
I hope if and when we cross paths it's not on the second Friday of the month at the Parking & Traffic Appeals Committee meeting.
As a member of the Parking & Traffic Appeals Committee, I would like to highlight just a few Parking Services policies to help you avoid a dreaded parking ticket.
But before I do that, and perhaps while I still have your attention, I'd like to tell you one of the reasons people receive tickets: they're running late.
Learning to be punctual, starting today, will benefit you immensely these next years - and go figure, employers love it.
Certainly you already know these policies I have chosen because if you've purchased a parking hangtag, you've already signed a document that says you have read the policies, understand them and will abide by them. You did read them, didn't you?
Over the last six years that I've been on the committee, I've found that the following are some of the policies that individuals parking on campus sometimes forget.
The purchase of a parking permit does not guarantee the availability of a parking space. Translation: If you've been parking in the same lot for the last five days, weeks or years and one day you arrive and there's no available space, that doesn't give you permission to a) park on the grass b) block someone in, or c) park in the wrong color lot. Take a deep breath and either locate another spot in the appropriate color lot or back-up lot. For example, if the brown lot is full go to the red lot, if Lot A (green) is full go to Lot E 9 (green). Parking in the wrong color lot, blocking someone in or parking on the grass will undoubtedly result in a ticket.
Students who park vehicles on university property must purchase and display SIUE parking permits on their vehicle. Translation: If you've been parking in the same lot for the last five days, weeks or years and one day forget your hangtag, or it's left on your dashboard, or you left it in another vehicle, take a deep breath and either find that hangtag and hang it on your mirror or head to Parking Services in Rendleman Hall, find a spot in the lot next to the building (Lot C), feed the meter and purchase a temporary day parking permit for $2. Then re-park your vehicle where it belongs. No hangtag dangling from the rear-view mirror will undoubtedly result in a ticket.
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