Street Parking in San Francisco - Parking at a Broken Meter

Parking at a Broken Meter

You've been circling for a half hour and finally find a metered parking spot.  But the meter is broken.  What do you do?

You can park at a broken meter.

You can only park there for shorter of the two:
1.  the time limit posted on the meter
2.  2 hours

For example, if you park at a broken meter with a 4 hour limit, you can only park there for 2 hours.  If you park at a broken meter with a 30 minute limit, you can only park there for 30 minutes.

The reason the city imposes a 2 hour limit is that it believes that allowing cars to park at a broken meter for longer than 2 hours will encourage drivers to break the meter to gain the benefit of more "free parking".

Be aware that meter maids do not necessarily rely on a flashing "expired" light on the meter to identify cars to ticket.  Meter maids can track cars by their license plate numbers and can easily identify cards that have exceeded the 2 hour limit.


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