Complaint Review: Parking Violations Bureau

I took a 3 day business trip from LAX at the end of May, 2008 and used parking lot C. It was interesting to return to my vehicle and find a parking violation for failure to display the front license plate. Granted I realize this is indeed a valid minor violation, but I noticed as I looked down the row, approximately 1/3 of the vehicles also had parking violation notices as well. I pulled up to the toll booth to pay the parking fee and asked the attendant about the fine. She said the Parking Violations Bureau is routinely at all the LAX associated parking lots feeding on all the unsuspecting travellers.


Apparently if you park at one of the private parking companies, it is considered 'private property' so they are not allowed to enter for the purpose of scowering for unsuspecting victims. Because LAX is part of the city of Los Angeles, the associated parking lots such as the best known parking lot C, are considered the same as if you parked on the street in the city, allow this to be a cash cow.


How pathetic a use of law enforcement resources, I thought to myself. Only later realizing that the Parking Violations Bureau is a private for profit company outsourced by the city of Los Angeles. Unbelievable!

Jeffrey
Colton, California
U.S.A.