2008 Woodie Awards
Letter to the editor
Issue date: 10/18/04 Section: Opinion
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Unseen permit prompts fine
Earlier this week, my boyfriend got a parking citation for allegedly not having a parking permit when he did in fact have one.
The permit was on the lower left corner of the back windshield, and the parking person most likely overlooked it while checking the rearview mirror and did not see the parking permit.
That means that the parking people are hasty.
I have heard of permits being allowed on either the back of the rearview mirror or the lower left corner of the back windshield.
Apparently this parking person did not bother to check for the permit on the back windshield window and just penalized my boyfriend for not having a permit.
But he did.
It was just in a different spot that we all know is acceptable.
So my boyfriend has to pay for a parking person's mistake.
It seems these parking people do it just for extra money. Along with doing this, they lose their integrity.
--Sara Maxwell, Biology, Senior
Editor's Note: A parking and traffic department operator (ext. 2344) said parking permits must be displayed on the rearview mirror to avoid a ticket.
She added that only Waterview passes may go on the back windshield.
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Earlier this week, my boyfriend got a parking citation for allegedly not having a parking permit when he did in fact have one.
The permit was on the lower left corner of the back windshield, and the parking person most likely overlooked it while checking the rearview mirror and did not see the parking permit.
That means that the parking people are hasty.
I have heard of permits being allowed on either the back of the rearview mirror or the lower left corner of the back windshield.
Apparently this parking person did not bother to check for the permit on the back windshield window and just penalized my boyfriend for not having a permit.
But he did.
It was just in a different spot that we all know is acceptable.
So my boyfriend has to pay for a parking person's mistake.
It seems these parking people do it just for extra money. Along with doing this, they lose their integrity.
--Sara Maxwell, Biology, Senior
Editor's Note: A parking and traffic department operator (ext. 2344) said parking permits must be displayed on the rearview mirror to avoid a ticket.
She added that only Waterview passes may go on the back windshield.
submit letters to mercury@utdallas.edu
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