good bros, need parking ticket help/advice

[Lestat]

Ok so on Saturday I was up in Santa Monica to celebrate a friend's birthday. We all met at a bar called the gas lite.

I parked in a residential neighborhood nearby at around 10pm.

I get back to my car at 1am and there is a $47.00 parking ticket on it!

Apparently you need a permit to park in this residential area between 7am and 12am! I got the ticket at 11:27pm.

I looked and there were some signs on the street, but there were none near where I actually parked, and they were tall signs and there are trees that partially obscured the signs.

I had no idea that you needed some special permit there, it was dark, there were not many signs, im from out of town, etc.

I am going to contest this, but would like some help writing this up in a way that the clerk who reads it (making 8 bucks an hour I am sure) will dismiss the citation.

advice?

 

[hotzie]

pay 47 dollars and be done with it

 

[blueta2]

I am sure she has heard every excuse in the book. I say send her a pic of your huge bulging biceps.
Good luck

 

[Arabian]

Lestat, unfortunatly they have you. Where I live they come by and mark your tire with a chalk stick and God for bid being 30 seconds late. Its just a moneymaker for the city. I say pay the fine and be done with it. good luck bro

 

[jnevin]

$47 is worth the time you'd waste to avoid paying the ticket.

 

[Lestat]

this is extortion

1: an exorbitant charge 2: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty" 3: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)

 

[sawastea]

...on the other hand, I recd a $125 parking ticket in Manhattan. I paid it the following day, to avoid the hassles.

 

[heatherrae]

The clerk can't dismiss it, lestat.

You could call the county attorney's office, but I doubt you will get very far with that one.

It is more trouble than $47 to hassle further with it, IMHO.

 

[blueta2]

this is extortion

1: an exorbitant charge 2: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty" 3: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)

yes it is, and injustice is all around us. Pick your battles. Pay the 47$ and forget about it.
You can fight on principle if you really think it will change the system, but it probably won't.

 

[heatherrae]

yes it is, and injustice is all around us. Pick your battles. Pay the 47$ and forget about it.
You can fight on principle if you really think it will change the system, but it probably won't.

TITCR

 

[jnevin]

this is extortion

1: an exorbitant charge 2: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority); "the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty" 3: the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence)

You parked illegally and got caught. How is a meter maid extorting you?

 

[blueta2]

TITCR

? How did my tit get involved?..hehe! What does this mean?

 

[heatherrae]

titcr = this is the credited response

PS...your tits are always involved. ;-)

 

[blueta2]

titcr = this is the credited response

PS...your tits are always involved. ;-)

hahah..OH ;-)

 

[manny78]

Pay your fucking ticket and call it a day.

 

[Lestat]

i just filed an appeal online, we'll see if that gets me anywhere.

 

[alien amp pharm]

Do like I do....dress up as a ninja and go break something they own one night.

 

[UA_Iron]

find the meter maid who did it and kill them.

it will give 100x more satisfaction than dealing with the parking ticket.

 

[Razorguns]

i think the city was sued by the fed govt - cuz meters were not working, signs were not legible, tickets were issue when thehy shouldn't have, and all this was uncovered by some nbc station - and the city was embarassed.

But i doni't think it'll help you. You could try - but honestly, they'll probably take it and throw it in the trash can.

This is why i hate la, and enjoy living near long beach and the oc. Don't have to deal with shit like that.

should've grabbed my handicapped placard bro. i still got it

 

[jnevin]

Buncha cheapskates up in this thread...

 

[alien amp pharm]

Here's my story

2 years ago we were out of town for a football game. We stayed with my buddy who lives in a multi-building, large apartment complex. After the game and everything we came back late at night and noticed a wrecker towing cars. Apparently they have "Guest" parking spots.

Well there were only 2 guest spots per building, which probably contained 30 apartments each. Ovbiously they were all full since there was a big game in town. Me and my buddy drove around for a while but had no luck finding a space. We went to the guy driving the wrecker and asked if we could park in a non-guest space since there were none left. He replied "You can but I will tow you".

I was drinking and only wanted to pass out. I ended up parking at a church and walking FOREVER back to the apartment.

Upon my way in I was tearing up everything I could. I was punching street lamps they had, kicking up landscaping, slamming landscape rocks into other lights, etc.

I say fuck with me, I'll fuck with you.

I felt better afterwards.

 

[mm107]

pay 47

thank god its not nyc

no parking zone...115$...

i fight every ticket....

 

[gotmilk]

try claiming it was dark outside when you arrived. Being from out of town, you were not aware of the signs stating the parking was for permit holders only.

Most cities will throw out your first parking ticket.

 

[Cutiebaby]

Lestat, unfortunatly they have you. Where I live they come by and mark your tire with a chalk stick and God for bid being 30 seconds late. Its just a moneymaker for the city. I say pay the fine and be done with it. good luck bro

They chalk here too. It sucks!

 

[wootoom]

who cares its 47.00 just pay it

 

[gjohnson5]

I need to move to Santa Monica if all they charge for a parking ticket is $47...

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Ok so on Saturday I was up in Santa Monica to celebrate a friend's birthday. We all met at a bar called the gas lite.

I parked in a residential neighborhood nearby at around 10pm.

I get back to my car at 1am and there is a $47.00 parking ticket on it!

Apparently you need a permit to park in this residential area between 7am and 12am! I got the ticket at 11:27pm.

I looked and there were some signs on the street, but there were none near where I actually parked, and they were tall signs and there are trees that partially obscured the signs.

I had no idea that you needed some special permit there, it was dark, there were not many signs, im from out of town, etc.

I am going to contest this, but would like some help writing this up in a way that the clerk who reads it (making 8 bucks an hour I am sure) will dismiss the citation.

advice?

Make it sound like an attorney wrote it, and give reasons to defend your request to have it dismissed. I got out of a ticket at school this way before.

Perhaps Heatherrae would write something up for you for some extra K

 

[manny78]

I need to move to Santa Monica if all they charge for a parking ticket is $47...

$42 here in Montreal.