NYT article about parking laws and how confusing they are. But really what got my attention is this sign! WTF?!?! What does it MEAN? :?
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07 ... -confused/
NYT article about parking laws and how confusing they are. But really what got my attention is this sign! WTF?!?! What does it MEAN? :?
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07 ... -confused/
No parking except for commercial vehicles and they need to pay but only can park for three hours. They can pay at the muni-meter and put the slip in the window or get a parking card (sort of like a metrocard).
So whats so hard about that? :mrgreen:
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
That's why I hate driving in the city, I avoid it as much as possible. Its so much easier just to take the train and walk it, taxi, or subway.
my ex wife had trouble understanding signs like these too...
it is mathematically impossible for either hummingbirds, or helicopters to fly. fortunately, neither are aware of this.
It must be one of those skills you pick up serving in government, how to make sense of nonsense.
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' "
Ronald Reagan
I deciphered it as well, but seriously....what normal, average person should be required to be able to do that?
And now you have to pay $8 to drive in the city? F**king absurd!
"lol retart"
yep and not too mention also the low pay cops are getting.
Aspires to become an Air Traffic Controller at Kennedy Tower.
http://web01.jetphotos.net/showphotos.php?userid=31094
New York isn't for "normal, average" people. Signs like that (as well as the subway system) are puzzles that help weed out the people who should move to Dallas or Miami or Philadelphia...cities where being "normal, average" is good enough. :)Originally Posted by Mellyrose
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem.
All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them under control.
I trust you are not in too much distress. —Captain Eric Moody, British Airways Flight 9
How does that have anythi8ng to do with parking signs and driving?
"lol retart"
New York isn't for "normal, average" people. Signs like that (as well as the subway system) are puzzles that help weed out the people who should move to Dallas or Miami or Philadelphia...cities where being "normal, average" is good enough. :)
GREAT point! Bravo!!! It also weeds out more cars and proves that it's STUPID to have one in Manhattan. YAY!
booooo.
dNYT article about parking laws and how confusing they are. But really what got my attention is this sign! WTF?!?! What does it MEAN? :?
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07 ... -confused/
Haha those signs are all over my neighborhood... I will admit, for an unseasoned driver in NYC, parking can be very confusing. When my friends drive in they get confused a lot by them...
These sorts of signs are what inspired this scene from Futurama:
[A tour guide is showing off a sign much like the one under discussion.]
Tour Guide: I direct your attention to this ancient and mysterious tablet which has yet to be deciphered.
Leela: Do you know what it means?
Fry: Yeah, I asked a cop once. It means "Up yours, kid".
Phil Gengler - NYCA's "other Phil"
Spoken like someone who has never driven through downtown Miami or Philadelphia.
(I've never been outside the airport in Dallas so I'm only prepared to comment on two out of three :) )
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