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Students try to avoid
DPS parking tickets
Appeals process generous, some say
BY DANIEL PATE
STAFF WRITER
When it comes to getting out of
a parking citation, UNC students
have many answers though not
all work.
With the Department of Public
Safety giving out hundreds of tick
ets per month on campus, students
without a justifiable reason have
to use creativity to establish the
perfect excuse, otherwise they're
forced to pay the fines.
“The DPS is 90-percent funded
by my tickets," said sophomore
Molly Brewer, who has received
eight tickets during her college
career.
But of the almost 200,000 tick
ets DPS issued in almost four years,
about 40 percent of them cost stu
dents no money.
Freshman Jill Zartman said she
knows a friend who has received
13 tickets this year and has yet to
crack open her wallet.
Freshman Katie Terry says she
plans on telling the officer about
her stressful week if she is ever
caught with a parking violation to
try to get out of a ticket.
Randy Young, spokesman for
the Department of Public Safety,
said the average number of cita
tions issued per month ranges from
700 to 800.
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The highest months include
September and February, w'hich
usually see as many as 900 tick
ets.
DPS provides tips for people
who want to avoid a parking cita
tion, but Young said the best way
to escape a ticket is to simply pay
attention.
“There would be a lot less vio
lations if folks simply heed to the
signage on the entrances next to
the lot and the special events signs,"
he said.
Most students who do receive
parking citations feel they can
appeal by simply explaining the
situation.
“I’ve never heard of anybody
having a hard time if they had a
legitimate appeal," said sophomore
Tripp Gobble, who received a ticket
in the Swain lot after needing 10
minutes to retrieve his laptop from
Hill Hall.
Gobble appealed the ticket, and
it w-as removed.
Senior Geoff Bridges said a
friend received a ticket for park
ing in a lot at 5:03 p.m., when
the lot is open after 5 p.m. After
explaining the circumstances,
his friend was cleared of the cita
tion.
Young said many tickets
come from people outside of the
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Appealing a ticket
► Tickets must be appealed
within 10 days.
► Notification of your appeals
status will be sent to you within
two weeks
► Students who don't pay the
citation will have a hold placed
on their University Registrar
records.
► You can review appeal guide
lines during business hours at
the Department of Public Safety.
► For more information see dps.
unc.edu.
University who aren't familiar with
regulations, whether they arc told
erroneous information or have the
notion that parking is not enforced
or is free.
"Typically we don't hear those
reasons from people that are affili
ated with the University." Young
said.
And students say it's important
to keep in mind not to act like a vic
tim when convincing an officer to
drop a citation.
“Don't blame it on them; put
the blame on yourself,” Gobble
said.
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