I got a ticket here in LA last year for making a left turn out of a fast food drive way, when there was a sign posted at the end of the driveway that stated no left turn. Sign was on private property and I could tell the sign was not an "official state or city" issued sign. I'am sure the bike officer was sitting in the parking lot waiting for someone to make a left turn, against the posted sign. When I got the ticket, I kindly reminded the officer that this was not a state or city issued no left turn sign, that the property owner had a sign made somewhere, and that the officer knew that this would not hold up in court. It didn't, ticket dismissed. On one of my vacation weeks last year, I went to a council meeting to discuss this issue with the city, signed has since been removed.

This past month I got a parking ticket at one of the local beaches. Put money in the meter, but got a ticket. Going to fight that one too. I will try to "paint" a picture here with words. I have photos of the meter situation on wife's phone but have not downloaded. First parking spot is a motorcylce spot with meter, to the right of that is a car spot, with a meter directly in front of the drivers side. Put my money in that meter, but just to the right of that meter is another meter, directly in front of the passenger side that appartently serves the spot I was in and the spot to the right of the parking spot to where I was parked. Didn't see that meter till after the fact, (ticket). This other meter had an arrow pointing to the right and an arrow pointing to the left, where I was parked. My question is what was the meter for that I put money into. Like I stated earlier, the motorcycle spot had its own meter, and it looks like my spot had two meter's, about 4 feet apart. I did my due diligence and put money in what I thought was my meter. If I was wrong, then this meter serves no purpose, I should have money in the meter to the right, 4 feet away, and this meter I put money in should me removed as it serves no purpose.