So I drove up to a popular hiking trail for a hike today. There was a sign on the trail in saying there was no parking in the lot and to park on the highway. I saw probably a dozen other cars parked on the highway (technically a highway, but it was really a 2 lane offshoot of the actual freeway. Like those streets you see in the country when you're approaching a small town? That kind of highway) so I assumed there was no issue, and what could be the worst that happened since there were so many other cars.

When I got back from the hike I saw a police car in front of mine, and there was a ticket on the windshield wiper, for parking illegally. Of course I walked up and asked why I got the ticket, he said no parking. I said there's a dozen people here, how was I supposed to know I couldn't park here? And he said "There's just no parking, you can't park here". So I said that the sign said it was ok to park, and with all those cars in the (suprisingly wide) breakdown lane I assumed it was ok, and would you really be ticketing them all? And he said "Yup".

So as I sat in my car reading the ticket (25$, not enough to bother too much about) I watched the cop write the next ticket in his car, DRIVE 5 METERS FOWARD TO GET IN FRONT OF THE NEXT CAR, then put the ticket on the windshield! This lazy SOB literally could not walk 5 meters, he just had to drive the car in front of the one ahead of me to place the next ticket. Then, HE DROVE, MADE A U-TURN, AND PARKED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD TO ADD THE TICKET TO THE NEXT CAR! HE literally could not just cross the street and had to take the time to drive 100 meters to do a fucking U-turn! As I was driving away I saw him driving in front of the next car to add a ticket as well!

Anyway, just thought I'd vent. I don't understand how anyone can be motivated enough to write parking tickets for a dozen cars but be too lazy to just park their car and walk with the tickets to each of them. Stupidest cop, I swear