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06-13-2006, 10:45 AM
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Parking ticket scenario, whats my play?
So this morning, its 7:01, Im walking to my car which is parked on the street on 96th btw 1st and 2nd. There is street parking until 7:00. As I am walking, about half a block from my car, I see the parking enforcement dbag walk up to my car and start typing away on his handheld thing. I haul ass down the street, jump in my car and peel away. He most definetly got my liscense plate number. I didnt want to try to talk to him and have him hand me a ticket. (The ticket would be for $115 which is BS). He never gave me anything and nothing was on my windshield. When I was driving away he didn't seem to concerned that I left and was still typing away. Do you think I have a ticket or not? What is the proper play (other than get there on time)?
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06-13-2006, 10:48 AM
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Re: Parking ticket scenario, whats my play?
You'll probably get it mailed to you...hopefully the address the car is registered to is different than your current one....then you can at least plead ignorance. Also if it was truly 7:01 who knows whose watch was correct...you could probably argue his watch was incorrect.
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06-13-2006, 11:10 AM
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Re: Parking ticket scenario, whats my play?
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You'll probably get it mailed to you...hopefully the address the car is registered to is different than your current one....then you can at least plead ignorance. Also if it was truly 7:01 who knows whose watch was correct...you could probably argue his watch was incorrect. [/ QUOTE ] Do you think a judge would go against the parking guys watch? There's a time stamp right in his little machine that prints the time on the ticket. And how is this parking ticket $115???? That seems a little bit outrageous.
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06-14-2006, 08:02 AM
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Re: Parking ticket scenario, whats my play?
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So this morning, its 7:01, [/ QUOTE ] Sure it is. I'll take 'over' 7:04 for the limit.
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06-14-2006, 09:55 AM
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Re: Parking ticket scenario, whats my play?
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[ QUOTE ] You'll probably get it mailed to you...hopefully the address the car is registered to is different than your current one....then you can at least plead ignorance. Also if it was truly 7:01 who knows whose watch was correct...you could probably argue his watch was incorrect. [/ QUOTE ] Do you think a judge would go against the parking guys watch? There's a time stamp right in his little machine that prints the time on the ticket. And how is this parking ticket $115???? That seems a little bit outrageous. [/ QUOTE ] Who is to say his little machine is correct? Is it hot-synced to the atomic clock in denver or something? The time on my blackberry is always horribly off, why is his little hand held machine any better? It's battery powered right?
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06-14-2006, 11:02 AM
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Re: Parking ticket scenario, whats my play?
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dj, You don't have much experience with local government do you? J [/ QUOTE ] trial by jury man, trial by jury. Get the prosecutor to convince a jury that the meter maids clock is accurate to within 1 minute at any given time.
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