Do you Know the Difference Between a Buffer and Safety Zone?

Exhibit 1

This is the online image of the parking ticket.

The Rule I was charged with was misdescribed. I did not park in a safety zone.

Rather, I exited my curbside parking space, drove across the buffer zone on Barclay Avenue, and was stopped waiting for traffic to pass so I could safely enter the travel lane of the roadway when this ticket was issued.

Title 34, Chapter 4-12:(s) Crossing buffer zones.

(1) For the purposes of this subdivision, a buffer zone is defined as an area in the roadway, created by white lines, that is used to separate a parking lane from a travel lane or a bicycle lane from a travel lane, as indicated on the diagram below. [see, Exhibit 3]

Exhibit 2

I was not parked in a safety zone 4-08(f)(6) when this ticket was issued. I was stopped in a buffer zone 4-12(s)(2) waiting for traffic to pass to safely enter the travel lane of the roadway

Exhibit 3

These are examples of buffer zones

NYC Traffic Rules, p. 59

Exhibit 4

These photographs are examples of safety zones

Exhibit 5

This is Google Map Earth View. It shows the buffer zones on the North and South Sides of Barclay Avenue in Queens, beginning at the intersection of Kissena Boulevard and extending the length of the roadway

Exhibit 6

This is Google Maps showing the corner of Barclay Avenueand Kissena Blvd.

Exhibit 7

This is Google Maps. It shows the buffer zone on Barclay Avenue that I drove across to enter the travel lane from my curbside parking space