Parking Meter Grace Period?

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jan 13, 2010 10:15PM

Photo by Paul Saini

Mayor Daley introduced a measure today to the City Council that could give Chicago drivers one "get out of jail free" card on parking meter tickets per year. If it passes, each driver would get one challenge of a parking meter ticket as long as it was issued within five minutes of the meter time expiring. Said Mayor Daley when announcing the measure, "I understand that many people were angry over the way the parking meter plan was implemented last year. This grace period is another step by Chicago Parking Meters to improve the parking meter system and add convenience for motorists." Which is nice, but the meters were leased for a reason - the city is strapped for cash - and giving up potential revenue from tickets can't help matters.

In related news, our pal the Parking Ticket Geek warns us of a new scam, so stay keen.

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