While parking permit machines may be out of order, this is no excuse for not having a permit on display, according to Bakersfield College Public Safety.
If you drive up to the parking lot on the northeast side of BC and need a one-day permit pass, the machine has a sign on it stating, “Out of order, fixed in 2008.”
Although the machine may not work, a student parking in the lot without a permit could still be cited.Any student without a permit who is stating that the machine was not working properly as their excuse will be exonerated; they still must pay a fine.
According to Sergeant of Public Safety Chris Counts, “Students need to buy a permit from a machine that works. There are other machines that work on campus and are good for the whole day.”He also said that students can go online to purchase the regular permit.
According to Counts, there are three machines that are out of order: two in the northeast parking lot and one in the southwest. Count also said that the out-of-order sign stating the machine will be fixed in 2008 is only an estimated time frame to have the machines running.
“We’ve processed a request to have them replaced and new ones put in,” he said.
For now, students must get a permit from other machines because the parking lots are being checked daily for infractions.