ULPT Avoid parking fines

Posted by No_Edge7942@reddit | UnethicalLifeProTips | View on Reddit | 27 comments

So at my university if a student does not have a parking pass and never had their car registered with campus patrol before with a parking pass then campus patrol just issues the parking ticket against registration number (since they don't know and also have no way of knowing to which student the car belongs to as they cannot access police database).

Since the ticket is only being issued against the registration number and not linked to any student account , the student can usually get away without paying for the ticket at all.

However if there are multiple tickets piled up against the same registration number then they do boot the car or worse tow it away.

Last year I sold my old car and with my new car never being registered with the campus patrol before, I decided not to get the parking pass. So far I've had 4 parking tickets (all unpaid I don't wanna pay it). I'm kinda scared the next ticket I get they might boot my car.

I was wondering if anybody would have any idea how to conceal/alter my registration plate only during parking hours at university so that the next ticket is not issued under my original registration plate. Even better if I can have different registration number to rotate every week so that one registration does not accrue too many tickets.

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Adventurous_Bad7914@reddit

Definitely not sure what your city looks like but in the college town I live in there are shopping areas with free parking within a few minutes of the university, technically they have signs saying they will tow students but have never seen it happen since I’ve worked at one of the shops connected to the lot so it’s a gamble but might be something to look into. There is also free parking 5-7 blocks away from the university, just make sure to park very bad to keep it unethical

nuclearwasted@reddit

Where I live the parking tickets are $150 but a new plate is $90.

Specific-Incident-74@reddit

Dig in dad's garage and try to find old license plates. Just dont drive in the street with it. I have at least 6 PA plates

No_Address687@reddit

This might be the way to go.

Just tell the DMV that your plates were stolen and get new ones. I believe they hand them to you right over the counter. This should reset your ticket clock and will be cheaper than paying the pile of tickets.

razz1161@reddit

My son's truck got booted on campus. Somehow, he removed the boot, threw it in the back of his truck and left.

Within a day, the campus police called and said they would forgive the ticket if he returned their boot.

Griffinej5@reddit

Depending on the style of boot, deflate the tire, remove the boot, then reinflate. Tire inflaters are cheap. Or YouTube might have some videos on how to pick the lock on a boot.

You could probably get some slightly old plates, with magnetic attachments, and swap the plate when you’re parked.

No_Edge7942@reddit (OP)

Lmaoooo

Staunch_Druid@reddit

Depending on what the campus uses, there are cheap boots that are really easy to lockpick, check YouTube. That or photoshop a parking pass?

Unfortunately electronic parking passes

Tarquinn1@reddit

Just pay the parking tickets and save yourself the headache

3X_Cat@reddit

Find someone with a handicap tag and offer to buy their placard. Then park in handicap parking. No time limit.

Reach-for-the-sky_15@reddit

not only is that illegal, but it’s also incredibly selfish toward people who actually need the disabled spots.

onmy40@reddit

Get a crayon and a napkin and write "please dnt" and put it in your windshield. I've never gotten a ticket the 3 years I've done it while parked in my driveway

Representative_Hunt5@reddit

This works until your booted or towed.

Melodic_Turnover_877@reddit

My booted or towed what?

PhoneBoothLynn88@reddit

Keep an old parking ticket in the car. Put in under the windshield wiper when you park. Enforcement thinks you already have a ticket, they keep walking.

This actually might work thanks soo much lol

jueidu@reddit

Buy the parking pass, put it on your car, dispute the charge, get your money back.

EatCrud@reddit

Start wear one of those covid face masks, but instead of putting it over your mouth put it over your eyes. If you don't see it, it never happened. Out of sight out of mind.

kicker7744@reddit

Sovereign Citizen License Plate

Copy an out of state temp tag and keep changing the numbers.

Might buy you another few weeks but I'd expect parking enforcement to catch on.

Steal office supplies that may be laying out on random admin desks and resell them to make up for the cost of a permit. Red Swingline staplers can go for up to $20 on eBay.