You Can't Park Here!

I've see this sort of note when the people who live on a street with lots of non-resident parkers don't like the lack of parking and enforce their own parking rules.  It's annoying.

We have the same problem in our community.  According to our HOA we are not to park on the street and certainly not over night.  Well you should see the cars parked up and down the streets.  I called the HOA asking if the rules have changed?   Can my friends now park on the street too without fear of an HOA ticket?  Why am I paying out the wazoo for HOA and I can't drive up the street?  I was told the city took it over and the HOA has no power to call the city.  I had to laugh as I told the HOA gal two of the cars that are constantly parked on my street are cop cars!  I decided I'll have to buck up and live with it.  Just for the record I almost hit a kid on a bike due to cars being parked on the street, I didn't see the kid and he didn't see me.  Just in time I caught a glimpse of him and slammed on the brakes.  Whewwwwww........ It's always something.

Good Afternoon Michelle:

Very interesting topic.  Just like residents cannot impersonate uniformed peace officers, they cannot and are not allowed to arbitrarily enforce traffic rules.  I would venture to say that these individuals could be cited for doing that. 

Regarding John's comment...Parking cop cars in communities provide a level of deterrence for property crimes.  I think it is a great idea.