Fire hydrant

Why should it ever be okay?

It depends. Since NYC allows it under limited circumstances it will be okay if you follow that guideline. In Section 4-08 of the NYC Traffic rules it states:

(2) Hydrants. Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant, unless otherwise indicated by signs, or parking

meters, except that during the period from sunrise to sunset if standing is not otherwise

prohibited, the operator of a passenger car may stand the vehicle alongside a fire hydrant

provided that the operator remains in the operator’s seat ready for immediate operation of the

vehicle at all times and starts the motor of the car on hearing the approach of fire apparatus, and

provided further, that the operator shall immediately remove the car from alongside the fire

hydrant when instructed to do so by any member of the police, fire, or other municipal department

acting in his/her official capacity.

So at night, no.

Thank you Mr. Mayor for posing this question to us, little beings, going about our business of parking, searching, snooping, snatching, guarding, grabbing, grasping … having all available space outlawed, prohibited.. Every bus stop – half a city block, every hydrant – thirty feet. I surely do suppose you own a garage at Gracie Mansion, otherwise half your day would be wasted at circling round and round, you couldn’t be too productive…

Mr. Mayor, our bravest are slightly more advanced, they know more or less how to handle hoses, trucks, firefighting apparatus. All that’s needed in front of a hydrant is perhaps two feet maximum, to allow the fattest of the bravest to fit in any which angle he (or she?) chooses to go thru. A hose won’t take up much room. Trust me, Mr. Mayor, I’ve seen those hoses, they don’t take up more than four inches.

I propose me amend the NYC constitution to allow parking up to one foot each side of the hydrant. And to limit the space occupied by bus stops to one and a half bus lengths. Enough to let a bus in all the way to the curb and allow it to exit. Of course assuming NYC hires competent city bus drivers.

Honorably Yours,

Little Forggie

Parking Place Pursuit Proliferation

What I don’t get is why people stopped at hydrants think it’s better to stop several feet from the curb.

Re yehudona’s post: I don’t get it either. Maybe they think that if they are four feet from the curb, they are not “parked” at a fire hydrant.

“Also they think it will help to put on their hazards. It really just draws more attention to the fact that they’re parked by a hydrant.”

for them. But doesn’t it help for the safety of the “oilam”?

lilmod ulelamaid,

How does putting on your hazards contribute to the safety of the “oilam”? You’re still blocking the hydrant.

lightbrite,

Do you think there is a better chance that you will get a ticket if you have your hazards on or off?

I find it unlikely that a cop will see a car parked by a hydrant and not give a ticket just because he has his hazards on, especially considering the fact that most of the time when people do that it’s not actually an emergency.

And btw, they can give you a ticket for parking by a hydrant, even though you’re right next to your car. Legally you can only stand by a hydrant if you’re sitting in the driver’s seat.