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NEW YORK, A New York woman said a traffic agent disciplined for ticketing a city lawmaker who warned him about his driving cited her while she was fixing a flat tire.
Tamara Fox, 34, said she pulled over on 41st Ave. to fix her flat tire while en route to visit a friend at Elmhurst Hospital Center July 14 and she was ticketed by Agent Daniel Chu for parking at an expired meter before she could put in any quarters, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
"I had the quarters for the meter in my hand," Fox said, but "I wanted to see about my tire."
Fox said Chu did not offer her any assistance or give her a verbal warning. She said a friend caught the incident on video.
"I said 'Are you kidding me? I'm trying to fix a flat tire,'" Fox said. "He said 'I didn't see you' and he continued to write a ticket."
Chu previously made headlines when he issued a $165 ticket to City Councilman Dan Halloran, R-Whitestone. Halloran berated Chu for driving through stop signs while talking on his cellphone and was issued the ticket when Chu caught him taking pictures of his vehicle parked illegally.
Fox said she plans to fight the $35 ticket in court.
NEW YORK, A New York woman said a traffic agent disciplined for ticketing a city lawmaker who warned him about his driving cited her while she was fixing a flat tire.
Tamara Fox, 34, said she pulled over on 41st Ave. to fix her flat tire while en route to visit a friend at Elmhurst Hospital Center July 14 and she was ticketed by Agent Daniel Chu for parking at an expired meter before she could put in any quarters, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
"I had the quarters for the meter in my hand," Fox said, but "I wanted to see about my tire."
Fox said Chu did not offer her any assistance or give her a verbal warning. She said a friend caught the incident on video.
"I said 'Are you kidding me? I'm trying to fix a flat tire,'" Fox said. "He said 'I didn't see you' and he continued to write a ticket."
Chu previously made headlines when he issued a $165 ticket to City Councilman Dan Halloran, R-Whitestone. Halloran berated Chu for driving through stop signs while talking on his cellphone and was issued the ticket when Chu caught him taking pictures of his vehicle parked illegally.
Fox said she plans to fight the $35 ticket in court.
