Argh, I got a parking ticket at University of Washington. It turns out that a 600 LBS motorcycle is in fact a bicycle in the minds of the academics at UW. I had paid the parking fee and since my bike is of the bulky sort I parked it in a car spot (which I would have done even if I arrived on a scooter, since an MC is considered a fully worthy vehicle everywhere else). However I didn’t read the fine print on the parking tag which said that motorcycles should park at the bicycle parking.
Hmm, who would have thought? In fact, there was a bicycle parking just outside the building I was visiting. If I had parked there I would have saved myself a walk in the rain, and a parking ticket. Since my bike is longer and taller than a small car, while a tad narrower, I would have had the satisfaction of feeling really naughty to park in a bicycle spot.
The good news? The fine is $10. I will pay it with a smile, while thinking "you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to appreciate irony".
Parking rules are always a shade of gray with motorcycles. Should you or shouldn’t you park with the bicycles up on the sidewalk. In DT Seattle that would surely get you ticketed. It sounds like on campus it is encouraged. There just isn’t any winning.