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	Commanders Post at The Warpath > Off-Topic Discussion > Parking Lot > Parking ticket in Philly? Maybe not... PDA Parking ticket in Philly? Maybe not... onlydarksets 03-09-2008, 10:23 PM Free Parking: The Vast Majority Of Philadelphia Parking Tickets May Be Invalid (http://consumerist.com/365608/the-vast-majority-of-philadelphia-parking-tickets-may-be-invalid) A CBS investigation has revealed that parking tickets stemming from 85% of the parking meters in Philadelphia are invalid (http://cbs3.com/seenon/3.On.Your.2.664605.html). Pennsylvania law requires inspectors to certify each parking meter for accuracy once every three years, but the single inspector working for Philly's Licenses and Inspections Department, the city agency in change of certification, has visited less than 15% of all parking meters—but he has found the time to certify some meters 8 times while others go completely unchecked. As a result, thousands of parking tickets are invalid under state law. That Guy 03-09-2008, 10:38 PM nice. mredskins 03-09-2008, 11:01 PM I wonder if this will be shown on Parking Wars? Campbell17 03-09-2008, 11:24 PM you gotta show some love to philly. dmek25 03-10-2008, 07:32 AM cant philly do anything right? it fits right along side the rest of the losers there Hog1 03-10-2008, 10:20 AM Maybe those that get serviced so often, are the ones near the inspectors favorite watering holes, and Brothels???????? ..........or Library..........sorry Mr. Inspector gibbsisgod 03-10-2008, 10:40 AM Philadelphia Parking Authority is a money machine \| Philadelphia Inquirer \| 10/27/2007 (http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/10839742.html) All told, the authority now squeezes $192 million a year out of Philadelphia drivers. This article doesn't have anything to do with the topic except for this quote on their yearly revenue. Roughly $163,000,000 is what is at stake here. Heads are gonna roll over this one. gibbsisgod 03-10-2008, 11:07 AM I guess they would have to figure out exactly how much of that $192 mil. was generated by tickets and tows, but I would guess that a good lawyer could argue that all of the parking meters money was collected illegally since they were never certified. BDBohnzie 03-10-2008, 11:25 AM I wonder if this will be shown on Parking Wars? I was just thinking that... If you haven't seen it, check it out Tuesday nights at 10pm on A&E. It's pretty funny... Monkeydad 03-10-2008, 01:57 PM cant philly do anything right? it fits right along side the rest of the losers there No. Yes.