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The curb cut rule I never knew till I got a $95 ticket
I parked along this quiet residential street in Portland last month, thought I was fine because I was two feet from the driveway ramp. Turns out the city counts any blockage of the curb cut, even if you're not touching the actual driveway. I looked it up after the ticket and found out Oregon law treats the whole sloped area as a no-park zone, not just the flat part. My neighbor got the same fine two years ago and said she fought it and lost. Has anyone else gotten burned by that hidden rule and actually argued it in court?
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vera_palmer14d ago
The same thing happened to my brother on SE Clinton Street about three years ago. He was maybe eighteen inches from the ramp and still got hit with a $110 ticket. The officer told him the whole sloped part counts as part of the sidewalk, so you can't block any of it. My brother tried to fight it and the judge just read the law out loud and told him to pay up. It feels like a trap because nobody teaches you this stuff until you get a ticket. Sorry you got burned too, that fine stings for something most people don't even know is a rule.
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