Students get smarter with spots
The GCSU community has been battling the enforced two hour parking law for over a year now. The new parking law has been a big inconvenience for the community, but students and faculty are finally discovering ways to avoid receiving the $10 ticket.
“This year I moved from Magnolia Park to The Grove Apartments strictly because The Grove’s location is so much better since it is so close to campus,” junior Cadie Denbow said. “I walk most of the time to class to avoid having to deal with the two hour parking, but if I do drive I usually park at my boyfriend’s house which is right on campus.”
Walking to campus seems to be the best solution to avoid a ticket, but not all students have that option. Those who live in Magnolia Park, Carrington Woods and other places off campus have to resort to some type of transportation to get to class.
“I live at Magnolia Park and I like how they offer the shuttle, but I barely ever ride it,” junior Meghan Carfang said. “It leaves so much earlier than if I were to drive myself so I usually just take my chances with parking.”
It is a matter of getting lucky in finding a prime parking spot on campus, but having a law forcing the community to move their car every two hours increases the chances of finding a spot.
“I have early classes this year so most of the time I can find a spot,” Denbow said. “But it’s the late classes that make it so hard to find parking because that’s the prime time for classes.”
The Milledgeville Police Department has been very strict and does not hesitate to write tickets for vehicles parked in a spot too long. An officer drives around on a golf cart and draws a line of chalk on the back of car tires to indicate the time the car was parked. Like clockwork, two hours later, if a car is still there it will be issued a ticket for $10.
“I try to be very cautious of how long I have been parked in a two hour spot because I have gotten my fair share of tickets,” Carfang said. “I either move my car to a different spot or wipe off the chalk on my tire to avoid getting a ticket.”
Most classes at GCSU do not exceed two hours, but the ones that do can cause problems for parking. Students look for cooperation from their professors to ensure that they will not be ticketed.
“I have a class that lasts for two hours and 45 minutes and sometimes the only parking I can find is in the two hour parking spots,” sophomore Alana Israel said. “Our teacher always gives us a little break in the middle of class so during that time I run out and move it. It’s a hassle but it’s better than a ticket.”
Milledgeville Police Department was contacted numerous times to comment on the nature of this article. However, they were unavailable for comment.
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on Sep 19 2008. Filed under News.
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