Fort Worth PD now giving out parking brake tickets

[Hobie]

My DD parking brake is a foot brake, they'll never catch me! MWAHAHAHAHA

[LANTIRN]

You get them in SF for not curbing your wheel. Not sure how much they were, but given that a red light camera ticket is $500, I don't want to know.

So if I am reading this right, San Francisco wants you to risk damaging your tire? It actually costs you points (30 if I am not mistaken) from your driving test in Texas if you hit the curb during the parallel parking portion.

[jefehbk]

blocking the sidewalk with your vehicle is usually against city ordinances at least it is in Detroit because I seen it on parking wars. blocking the sidewalk is usually considered a safety violation

[slow99]

So if I am reading this right, San Francisco wants you to risk damaging your tire? It actually costs you points (30 if I am not mistaken) from your driving test in Texas if you hit the curb during the parallel parking portion.

You don't have to hit the curb while you're parking - you park then turn your wheels toward or away from the curb when parking on a hill as I learned how to do it here in TX driver's ed. Virtually every street in SF is a steep hill.

[LANTIRN]

You don't have to hit the curb while you're parking - you park then turn your wheels toward or away from the curb when parking on a hill as I learned how to do it here in TX driver's ed. Virtually every street in SF is a steep hill.

Oh ok, that makes alot more sense than what I pictured in my head when I read the original post.

[slow99]

Oh ok, that makes alot more sense than what I pictured in my head when I read the original post.

I didn't explain it that well ... SF has signs all over the place saying to "curb your wheels" when parking so I didn't really think that people here wouldn't be familiar with that verbiage.

[Chili]

I've heard / known about the tickets for parking the wrong direction and blocking the sidewalk since I was a kid. They always enforced those where I grew up in CA.

The parking the wrong direction, particularly on a residential street, is absolutely stupid IMO. I can understand the blocking the sidewalk thing though. It's such a PITA to have to go around a dozen cars while walking down the sidewalk on one residential block.

Of course my street doesn't even have sidewalks. I honestly didn't even realize they were missing until after buying and moving in. It does allow me to legally fit 4 cars in the driveway though.

Tires pointed to the curb when parking on a hill makes absolute sense to me, and was definitely taught / tested in drivers ed when I took it 23 years ago. Parking brake on a mostly flat surface with an automatic transmission is something I never do. Here in flat-ass Texas I probably engage my parking brake 3 times in a year.

[JC316]

This is why I live in the country. I drive a manual and the only time I use the parking brake is if I am on a hill.

[Chili]

This is why I live in the country. I drive a manual and the only time I use the parking brake is if I am on a hill.

When I had a manual, particularly with a hand brake, I always engaged it. But that was typically because I left the transmission in neutral. I would leave it in gear plus the handbrake if on a hill though.

[JC316]

When I had a manual, particularly with a hand brake, I always engaged it. But that was typically because I left the transmission in neutral. I would leave it in gear plus the handbrake if on a hill though.

I'm the opposite, I leave it in gear, but no hand brake unless I am on a hill. I used to never use it on an automatic, but my 70 cougar had a bad habit of slipping out of park....

[Chili]

I'm the opposite, I leave it in gear, but no hand brake unless I am on a hill. I used to never use it on an automatic, but my 70 cougar had a bad habit of slipping out of park....

I didn't like leaving them in gear because I had a bad habit of immediately letting off the clutch after starting it. Caused a few close calls. lol

I did have an auto once that was bad about falling out of park. So that one always had the parking brake set.

[Pokulski-Blatz]

I didn't like leaving them in gear because I had a bad habit of immediately letting off the clutch after starting it. Caused a few close calls. lol

Glad I am not the only moron that does that.

[Chili]

Glad I am not the only moron that does that.

Haha.. Just one of those habits I never really "learned" myself out of.

[JC316]

Glad I am not the only moron that does that.

I don't have that problem. I am the moron that is looking for the clutch pedal when I try to start an automatic.

[Chili]

I don't have that problem. I am the moron that is looking for the clutch pedal when I try to start an automatic.

Haha. I didn't even own my first automatic until I had been driving for 15 years or so. I learned on a manual, and the first time I drove an automatic (in driver's ed) I hit the "clutch" (ie brake pedal) several times to shift to second. Almost gave the teacher whiplash. Lol.