More than 13,000 parking tickets issued this fall

There's nothing more infuriating than getting a parking ticket, even when you know you broke the rules. But how about getting 13,211 of them? That's how many parking tickets the University of Montana issued last semester. This semester there have been 1,718 parking citations issued so far.

Total tickets issued each fall

2009: 12,724

2010: 11,840

2011: 13,211

Most ticketed lots

(Aug. 28 to Dec. 16)

1. Parking lot between the University Center and Aber Hall (Lot V) had the greatest amount of citations issued with 1,413. Of those, 1,120 were because of expired hour pay stubs.

2. The Lommasson Center lot had the second most with 1,250 citations total.

3. The lot between the Interdisciplinary Science Building and East Beckwith Ave. (Lot G) saw 1,033 tickets. 374 were for no decal.

4. In the large rectangular lot between the PAR/TV building and the football practice fields (Lot P) there were 912 tickets. Two were counterfeit permits.

5. The parking lot between the University Center and Mt. Sentinel (Lot F) met 830 tickets total. Of those, 674 were for "hourly pay expired" and one was an "altered hourly pay stub."

Least ticketed lots

1. PARTV (along 6th street) saw 64 tickets.

2. Outside the music building on Maurice Ave. (Lot MUS) carried only two tickets.

3. Lot along the street outside the Campus Recreational Center (Parking Lot Van Buren) had one ticket for no decal.

4. Lewis and Clark Residences: Six tickets, three for no decal.