Wrong way ticketing nightmare

Pushing a cart with homemade plywood signs, Flushing resident Carmen Mosca recently staged a rally to protest what she claimed to be unfair wrong-way tickets at Beech Street and Syringa Street.
Beech and Syringa are both one-way streets, and they intersect in a rounded, continuous curve with no clear sign as to where one ends and the other begins.
People of the neighborhood have been repeatedly receiving tickets for parking their cars facing the wrong direction, while traffic signs have either been misleading or non-existent, said Mosca.
Pedestrians and motorists were eager to sign her petition to remedy this problem, and she collected 96 signatures a week before her protest.
A no-parking sign previously designated the exact intersection, but it was incorrect, she noted. She recounted one incident where two cars parked right next to each other, facing opposite directions, have both received wrong way tickets.
Recent construction had knocked down the sign completely, and now, there is no point of reference at all.
“All of these people, including myself, have fought these tickets and we are found guilty no matter what,” said Mosca, describing the difficulties in trying to contest these unfair tickets.
She has written several letters to the Department of Transportation. She has included multiple photographs of the destroyed parking sign and where the parking sign should be. She has written over 20 detailed letters citing traffic laws in her favor, but she has been turned down each time on grounds of insufficient evidence.
The rally on Sunday was only the second time she has protested publicly, but she stressed that this particular problem has been going on for years.
She promised to continue rallying every week until changes take place.
“I’m fighting for the community,” she said.
The DOT did not return calls for comment.