Houston man paying $1 parking ticket 58 years late

[Fuji Vice]

HOUSTON (AP) -- A Houston man says he wants to clear his own conscience and pay a $1 parking ticket he got 58 years ago, even though the city's traffic violation records have been purged.

Dale Crawford sent a letter to city officials after finding the ticket among some keepsakes. He says it's a debt that he wants to pay, though it's a "small, almost unnoticeable amount."

Crawford received the ticket Feb. 3, 1953, the day he was inducted into the Army. He left his 1946 Nash at a parking meter at the induction station. When his dad was late retrieving the car, it had been ticketed.

Houston Mayor Annise Parker says she'll personally accept Crawford's payment Wednesday and thank him for setting an example for others who owe debts to the city.

He should be thankful they haven't tacked on interest over the last 58 years. Nevertheless, its good to see some people still have a conscience in this crazy world of ours.

 

[TroyTheAverage]

Not the thing I would do, even if it was only $1. I would have been glad to have gotten away with it.

 

[Fuji Vice]

Do you think he'd be as anxious to pay it if it was $100?

 

[TroyTheAverage]

He probably wouldn't be if it was over $5. Lets face it, it was a dollar. It wasn't a noble thing to do. <,<

 

[Swamps]

Sounds to me some old fart just wanted a wee bit of attention.

 

[Kross Rhodes]

Seriously? He paid his $1 debt after fifty years?

:huh:

 

[Hidden Blaze]

After that long I would just be like hey okay :laugh: I mean is it even on the record or even anything like that now? I don't see why he would try to pay something he doesn't even have to pay.

 

[Cyrus Riddle]

Seriously? He paid his $1 debt after fifty years?

:huh:

Seems like a very cheap fucker to me too lol