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Broken parking meter no free ride

CALIFORNIA

Despite new state law, L.A. will continue to ticket drivers who use the flawed devices.

December 06, 2012|Wesley Lowery

Los Angeles motorists beware: If the parking meter won't take your change, find another spot.

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to uphold a policy that makes it illegal to park at spaces with broken meters. City transportation officials said violations issued at non-working meters generate about $5 million a year in revenue for the city.

For The Record


Los Angeles Times Monday, December 10, 2012  

Correction
Parking meters:

In the Dec. 6 LATExtra section, an article about a Los Angeles City Council vote upholding a policy making it illegal to park in spaces with broken meters said that tickets issued at non-working meters generate about $5 million a year in revenue for the city. The city's Department of Transportation says the $5-million figure it used was an estimate of meter revenue that would be lost because of increased vandalism if free parking were allowed at broken meters. Revenue from tickets issued at broken meters is negligible because newer meters rarely break down, the department says.