I wish I could give no stars! I think their strategy is to give out tickets first, and worry if there was an actual law broken later - the parking police are hoping these tickets are never disputed. I had an extremely visble flat tire. I threw my hazards on and got a ticket for parking in an alley. I am not sure how the parking police misunderstood that I pulled over to the side of a large alley to tend to my flat tire, not park! A flat tire with hazards lights I think is a dead giveaway. Now I need to spend my day treking downtown to disput this ticket, then wait for a court date, then go to court to show them the pictures of the tire, and the receipt for the repair so they can see that this is one really stupid ticket. I should sue the city for wasting my time.