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If
you live in any city or busy town, you probably get jacked quite often
for an expired meter. In my city those parking enforcement bastards
are writing you up seconds after the meter expires. And how about all
the money in quarters you dish out? I bet if you added it all up you
could feed a small country....those bastards are taking the food out
of poor babies mouths!
Well,
here is a handy way to never have to pay the parking meter and park
scott-free for hours. You will get really good at this and you will
never put another quarter in the meter again...(except of course when
your mother is with you)
Let
me first say that this does NOT work in the brand new meters that are
digital. (I'm working on that)
1)
park your car in front of the meter
2)
while in your car, find a business card or a matchbook or any
semi-thick paper. (if it's abusiness card
3)If
you have a business card: tear 1 inch off of the end and 1/2 inch off
of the bottom (you should have a rectangular piece of card measuring
about 2-1/2 x 1-1/2 now) if you have a matchbook: open it up and tear
off the cover ane half of the back (that should leave you with a
1-1/2" x 2-1/2" rectangle as well) Any piece of semi-thick paper can
be torn into these dimentions. (the envelope from a parking ticket
works well too!)
4)
Fold the paper in half lenghth-wise and then fold it in half
length-wise again. You will now have a pretty thick peice of card now
measuring about 2-1/2 inches by 1/4 inch.
5)
walk up to the meter (don't get nervous nobody pays any attention to
someone putting change in their meter, silly) and insert the folded
card into the quarter slot until the paper stops. It''s best that the
card is thick and takes a little effort going into the slot. As soon
as the card is about half-way in the slot, turn the crank on the meter
all the way (this will take a little effort). Turning the crank will
pull the card into the slot further. Turn the crank all the way until
the yellow "violation" sign appears at the top and sticks. Do not try
and turn the crank back in the other direction as this may kick up the
red sign (ticket). The point is to jam the meter into it's "broken"
position which is the yellow "voilation" sign. When the violation sign
is up THEY CANNOT TICKET YOU. You can stay there indefinantely if they
don't chalk you...If they chalk you (and this is VERY rare) you get
about 2 hours (depending on the meter zone ie: 2 hour max etc.)
6)
Tear off any ends of card that may still be protruding from the
quarter slot. (if you're really socially concious you can leave it
sticking out, then when you return you can pull out the entire card
and the meter will be as good as new....but I wouldn't reccomend this
as sometimes the metermaid will pull it out herself and then another
one will come by later an give you a ticket)
7)
test the crank and make sure it's jammed well...If you done it right
the crank will be so jammed that you can't even turn it back)
8) go
on your merry way and rejoice in the knowlege that you saved another
dollar toward the starving children's fund.
Remember: when the yellow "violation" sign is up
on the meter you are fine.
This just means that the meter is broken and you have immunity from
tickets when you're at a broken meter. After a while you will do this
without even thinking about it. Remenber to keep plenty of cards or
matches in your car.
Note:
just in case the metermaids try to crack down on this meter-terrorism,
don't have your goddam name on the cards or papers you're inserting
into the meter.
Again, once you get the hang of it this
system is flawless. And I really don't think the metermaids care that
much either since they can easily pull the paper out when they open up
the meter to collect the change.
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If you live in a big city that has a
"Chinatown", then another great way to cheat the meter is to purchase
a roll of chinese candy called "HAW FLAKES" at any chinese 5 and dime
store.
Haw
Flakes come in small rolls of twenty and cost about a nickel a roll.
Haw Flakes WORK IN THE METERS AS QUARTERS (not the digital meters).
You put in one Haw flake and GENTLY turn the crank. Sometimes they
break, so just try again. They do work. Haw Flakes are mighty yummy
too..but remember thier great value as money before you scarf all your
quarters down. You Chinese folks out there no what the hell I'm
talking about don't cha......
No
worries though as the card jamming method above works very well.
Note :
There will be many more of these cool stuff in the incoming updates
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