First of all the car is not in front of the hydrant. It is not even blocking the water ports. A hose can still be easily attached. The displayed placard is good enough for me and professional courtesy would most definately be extended. Nothing illegal here. Secondly the permit does not have to be on the same car. Did it ever cross your mind that a city worker might own 2 vehicles. My placard is assigned to me and and it has two license plates written on it. It is not illegal to place your placard on another car especially if you own more than one vehicle. Will wonders ever cease?

Sorry, expired permit + hydrant parking = loser in my book.

Law, who are you to assume that the placard is expired? My FD placard is good upto 2 yrs after its expiration date. Every law enforcement agency member knows this but then again you do not work for any law enforcement agency and I thank god for that.

This car is perfectly legal and the hydrant is still reachable by a hose. Nothing wrong here.

Ah, I get it now! Folks, "Expiration" doesn't mean "expiration" anymore. It means "anything I want it to mean". How post-modern. Does your milk "expire" 2 years from its "expiration date" too?

Learn the facts Law. Not all placards expire.

dragonman -- Maybe, maybe not. But this one does. It says so right on the placard. Why all the cheerleading for ignorance?

Does law even comprehend that the people who determine if a placard is old or expired are the very city workers that own them. I am a traffic agent and if I come across a placard that is a year old I will not summons it because on a few occassions I have been in possession of an expired placard myself. Usually when I get the new one I just give the old one to my girlfriend. My point is that professional courtesy is unilaterally given under these circumstances and there is nothing ...i repeat...noting that lawandorder can do about it but complain.

It's not called ignorance. It's called professional courtesy.

professional courtesy is illegal also. 2 crimes don't make it right.

Now I have seen everything. Now all of a sudden a select few here have banded together to create a crusade that will supposedly make "professional courtesy" a crime. Wow, I am sure the courts will soon be filled with cases of felonious counts of the dreaded "professional courtesy". I am curious. How much time would I possibly serve for granting this supposedly illegal professional courtesy. Should I be worried....I dont think so. I cvan only hope that someone would attrempt to make a citizen's arrest over this. Now that would be entertainment.