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Parking Tickets

September 24, 2003

Over the last month or so I have received three parking tickets. Each time it was completely and totally justified as I parked on the wrong side of the street and knew what was coming. Now, I am debating whether to pay them.

See, on all three tickets the officer incorrectly wrote down my information. On two of them he wrote down the wrong license plate number. On two of them he wrote down AL instead of IL for the state. On all three he ommitted the VIN number. When I went online to look up my tickets, and possibly pay them, not one turned up when I put in my correct information. To me, this seems to be a justification not to pay.

The question is, what do I do now? Do I just ignore them knowing they have no real way of tracking me down or do I contest them in court? Help me figure out how to avoid paying these tickets.

Of course, even if I do end up paying them it will be $105 for two months of parking. Sounds cheap to me.

Comments (3 comments so far)

Comment #1:

$105 for three tickets is a steal - I just got a ticket over the weekend for $50(no parking zone) and thought that was cheap since the last one I got was $100 (in front of a hydrant - only a couple feet!). But then again, there are probably still tickets floating around Cambridge for the old plates of my car in college.

Posted by dahl on September 24, 2003 at 1:11PM

Comment #2:

don't pay don't pay! If you can't look them up, they don't exist. The internet tells no lies.

Posted by jannelle on September 24, 2003 at 7:28PM

Comment #3:

Don't pay them! Incorrect information on a parking ticket is the top reason why tickets are dismissed. Go here: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/dispute2.html and read up and fight for your right. Don't let the man take your hard-earned cheese!

Posted by DJSUBg on September 30, 2003 at 10:10AM

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