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= July 7 =

"Wheels at an angle" parking ticket in New York, New York
In an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent the detectives are investigating a murder. On the victim's car the detectives found a ticket for "wheels at an angle". Is this something that can actually get you a ticket in New York? Thanks, DuncanHill (talk) 23:11, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Probably. In many places, you are required to curb your wheels so that the car can't roll if it slips out of gear, and you can get a ticket for parking and not doing that.  More common in places with hills.  See overview paragraph at Parking_brake for better explanation. RudolfRed (talk) 01:07, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't the ticket then be for "wheels not at an angle"? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 01:50, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Probably. In San Francisco it's essential to curb your wheels, they even provide a GIS reference of streets with a 3% grade or more for reference   Acroterion   (talk)   01:58, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * In San Fran, it's essential; but even in the flat Midwest, we were told in Driver's Ed to follow those same rules. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:53, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a good idea everywhere, but the question is about a requirement in law, that a ticket could be issued over. --174.94.31.124 (talk) 07:36, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I found (New York City Parking) Violation Codes, Fines, Rules & Regulations and only found Code 99 - "All other parking, standing or stopping violations". Alansplodge (talk) 10:51, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It's possible the script writers made it up, to advance the plot. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 12:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Or that they picked the particular offense arbitrarily. --174.94.31.124 (talk) 20:15, 8 July 2021 (UTC)