- Shane and Hannah Burcaw received a parking ticket for $60 after backing into a space.
- The couple complained about it to the parking enforcement office, but the appeal was denied.
YouTubers Shane and Hannah Burcaw celebrated a change made by California parking officials after they were fined for parking the wrong way in a disabled spot.
$4 of their podcast "Junkyard Mayhem," the couple spoke about their experience with a West Hollywood parking rule that prevented drivers from reversing into a spot — even in cases like theirs where doing so was essential.
The pair grew their YouTube channel Squirmy and Grubs to over a million subscribers with posts about their life $4.
They spoke about getting the parking ticket $4 after meeting their agent for lunch in West Hollywood.
"If you're familiar with West Hollywood, there's nowhere to park," said Shane in the earlier post. Hannah noted that most spots don't work for them because their car needs three feet of clearance for Shane to get out with his wheelchair.
The couple said they looked up a parking lot beforehand and found a single spot when they arrived.
It was on the wrong side for Shane's ramp, Hannah said, so she reversed in. They later spotted a sign that said "head in parking only."
"And I was like, well, first of all, why? Give me a good reason why because that doesn't make any sense," Hannah said. "Second of all, if we don't park this way, we are not going to lunch because there is literally no other accessible parking spot for us to use."
The couple decided to take the risk, but came back to a $60 fine with the note "failure to obey sign."
"It was the only accessible parking spot in a mile radius," Shane said. "It's not fair."
Hannah took a photo of Shane in the area and wrote an appeal to the West Hollywood parking enforcement office. Five days later, it was denied.
"If I can't appeal the ticket, I would like to change the whole law," Hannah said, describing her reaction at the time. "Like, how can I get that sign removed is my question."
"We are willing to take this all the way to the Supreme Court if we need to," Shane said.
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