Topic: An obscure parking signal in Great Toronto Area

[Galahad2018]

Here is one obscure parking signal around Toronto. Which one does it mean?
A) Parking is prohibited between 8:30am and 4:30 pm during July and August while Monday and Friday are exempted.
B) Parking is probihited between 8:30am and 4:30pm while Monday to Friday in July and August are exempted.
C) Parking is probihited between 8:30am and 4:30pm while Monday and Friday in July and August are exempted.
D) Parking is prohibited while Monday and Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm during July and August are exempted.
E) Parking is probihited while Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm during July and August are exempted.

[Davep]

Yes, that is open to interpretation. I bet the parking control guys can't figure that one out either. Where is that sign located? Public property or private?

[johngenx]

That sign needs bullet holes.  WTF.

[dkaz]

Parking is prohibited Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30pm, July and August is exempt. Is this near a school?

[quadzilla]

That sign is super easy to read. Try parking on some streets in Montreal.

[pi314]

^ I find montreal signs quite straightforward actually.

This sign example is somewhat odd for sure.

[EV Dan]

That sign is super easy to read. Try parking on some streets in Montreal.

The signs are in French? 

[quadzilla]

Just take your time and read slowly.

[mlin32]

I don't find the Montréal signs confusing.....nor the original one posted

Parking is prohibited Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30pm, July and August is exempt. Is this near a school?

^This.

Just a tip for anyone that drives in Europe : Jours ouvrables/werktage/workdays includes Saturday ! (except if it happens to be a holiday). Made that mistake once......

[random006]

Parking is prohibited Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30pm, July and August is exempt. Is this near a school?

That is how I understand it.

Oh and those Montreal signs that Quad posted?  Yeah, that's a thing here.  It can get complicated when the signs with arrows (which indicate a length of curb) are angled incorrectly.  I got a parking ticket many years ago because of that.  I should have contested but didn't have the time or inclination to fight it.

[Blueprint]

I designed the sign above my car in this photo, and it's now a national standard. I am NOT responsible for other Montreal parking signs 

[Galahad2018]

The problem is why the word EXEMPT is inserted between Jul& and Mon Fri. If the exact meaning is answer B, why does not the word EXEMPT apprear just after 8:30am-4:30pm?

[HeliDriver]

The problem is why the word EXEMPT is inserted between Jul& and Mon Fri. If the exact meaning is answer B, why does not the word EXEMPT apprear just after 8:30am-4:30pm?

Yeah, it's a bad sign. The real issue is the Mon - Fri, IMO. I think they just ran out space, so stuffed it in the only place they had room - on either side of that bolt at the bottom.

I would assume that the sign is meant to read:

No Parking
8:30 - 4:30
Mon - Fri
July & Aug Exempt

[Galahad2018]

If the parking signal aims to prohibit parking between 8:30am and 4:30pm during July and August while Monday and Friday are exempted, how does the parking signal look like?

[HeliDriver]

If the parking signal aims to prohibit parking between 8:30am and 4:30pm during July and August while Monday and Friday are exempted, how does the parking signal look like?

No Parking
8:30 - 4:30
July & Aug
Mon - Fri Exempt

But I have no idea why they’d want to do that. 8:30 - 4:30 are generally business hours (or school hours.) Same with Mon-Fri, so it’s mostly common sense that those would go together.

Sounds like someone got a parking ticket & is pissed about it.

[Scaerio]

I designed the sign above my car in this photo, and it's now a national standard. I am NOT responsible for other Montreal parking signs 

 

[dkaz]

If the parking signal aims to prohibit parking between 8:30am and 4:30pm during July and August while Monday and Friday are exempted, how does the parking signal look like?

No Parking
8:30 - 4:30
July & Aug
Mon - Fri Exempt

But I have no idea why they’d want to do that. 8:30 - 4:30 are generally business hours (or school hours.) Same with Mon-Fri, so it’s mostly common sense that those would go together.

Sounds like someone got a parking ticket & is pissed about it.

They need room for school buses? Deliveries?

[HeliDriver]

If the parking signal aims to prohibit parking between 8:30am and 4:30pm during July and August while Monday and Friday are exempted, how does the parking signal look like?

No Parking
8:30 - 4:30
July & Aug
Mon - Fri Exempt

But I have no idea why they’d want to do that. 8:30 - 4:30 are generally business hours (or school hours.) Same with Mon-Fri, so it’s mostly common sense that those would go together.

Sounds like someone got a parking ticket & is pissed about it.

They need room for school buses? Deliveries?

We’re on to another interpretation of the sign now: he asked about one that excludes Mon-Fri. Thinking about it some more, probably easier just to put Sat & Sun in that case.

[Weels]

Oh and those Montreal signs that Quad posted?  Yeah, that's a thing here.  It can get complicated when the signs with arrows (which indicate a length of curb) are angled incorrectly.  I got a parking ticket many years ago because of that.  I should have contested but didn't have the time or inclination to fight it.

I did not know that. 
Makes a helluva lot more sense now !!