What happens if don't pay NYC parking ticket ?
You have $20k in the bank, you're welching off the system in public housing, receive unemployment when laid off, and you'd rather find out what they'd do to you instead of just paying a couple of friggin parking tickets? Wow,,, What will they do? Well, first off, the fine will keep increasing and a couple of cheap tickets will shortly balloon into hundreds or thousands of dollars. Not to mention potential problems at the DMV next time you try to register a vehicle. And if you ever get stopped at a checkpoint or a cop runs your license for whatever reason, you can be arrested, Bottom line... the tickets just don't go away. I don't see what significance there is that you have a kid. Did you think they would somehow absolve you because off this? You're already milking the system and a living a hell of a lot better than most families in pubic housing or the millions of New Yorkers living paycheck to paycheck. It's really pathetic when a person tries to beat a system that they're benefiting from. Where do you get off living with such a sense of self entitlement???
Parking Ticket in NYC
I just received a parking ticket from a NYPD officer (not traffic a officer) for parking on a sidewalk. I was present at my vehicle when he wrote me the ticket and I tried asking him if he could let me "off the hook". However, he said he couldn't because he already started writing my ticket. He did see my NYPD PBA Card, as well as my Captains Association Card, and Detective's Association Card (I know a lot of government enforcement officials) on my windshield, so he was pretty much aware that I have family members, if not friends who are on the "force". So any how, when he was done writing the ticket he asked if I had a cellphone and I replied yes. He then instructed me to take a picture of his hand placing the ticket on my windshield and then instructed me to take another picture of him walking to his vehicle. Later on he explained to me that I should go take the ticket and the photos as evidence to dispute my ticket in court, stating that I was present at my vehicle at the time he wrote me up and that he didn't hand the ticket to me in person. I'm not really familiar of this method and I don't know how to put to the photo evidence into a good dispute to have my ticket dropped. Rather, I don't even know if this is at all possible but he did inform me that if I did what he said, there would be a good chance it'll get dropped. Has anyone experienced a similar situation like mine? Does a ticket issued by a NYPD officer get automatically dropped by default if it isn't handed to you in person when you're present there?
How do I get out of a $60 parking ticket? It's written and signed in pencil.
Is it actually in pencil? Or do you just have the carbon copy? Most handwritten tickets are made with one or more carbon copies, and the enforcement agency typically retains the original. The carbon copy may look like pencil, but it is not.Regardless, unless there is some regulation in your jurisdiction against writing a citation in pencil, chances are the ticket is legit. If you commited the offense, I would recommend paying the ticket. If you feel you are not guilty of whatever offense you were ticketed for, look up the agency's appeal process and follow their procedure. It could be a form you fill out that goes to a committee, it could be a hearing in front of a committee it magistrate, it could be a trial in court - it varries greatly by jurisdiction.
When valet parking, should you tip at drop off, pick up, or both?
Unless you are looking for preferential treatment, you tip at pick up.Answers that mentioned that you should tip at both, since the person parking the car is not necessarily the one that retrieves it, makes no sense, since the person taking your car is generally also retrieving cars for customers that had dropped off prior to you.Its no different than tipping at the end of a meal, you don’t partially tip if the waitperson is going off duty, prior to you finishing the meal…It would be the duty of the person accepting the tip at the end of the meal to share the tip with the person that started the service.Again this is based on the tip being a thank you for service, not asking for preferential treatment. Preferential treatment might include keeping the car closer to the drop off/pick up area so that the attendant can keep eyes on the vehicle and/or so you do not have to wait longer for pick up.This also doesn't take into account any special service the person you are dropping off to is performing, such as helping to unload the car.
Is This Parking Ticket Valid?
I'm an NYC resident. I received a parking ticket for standing in a bus stop. Officer snuck up on the car from my blindspot and scanned my registration then handed me the ticket. NYC site says that "picking someone up" is "possibly" a valid defense. But I'd rather fight it as a "defective ticket". There is no VIN# which should have been there, especially since it was a scanned reg. According to the same NYC.gov site, "a ticket is defective when a required element under the law is missing or misdescribed. Defective tickets may be dismissed even if you do not have another defense to a charged violation." What's my best defense? 1) Does a missing VIN# constitute a valid defense? 2) If not, how realistic are my chances of getting it dropped since I was dropping someone off which is "possibly" a valid defense. 3) If I'm in the car when the ticket is issued, aren't I supposed to sign it? She just handed it over but wrote "sitter" in the comments section. Thanks
If I received a parking ticket for parking in front of someone's driveway but that person had given me permission to do so, can I fight the ticket?
Hi,Great question. Here’s what NYC has to say about parking in front of a driveway:4–08(2) Driveways. [Standing is prohibited] “In front of a public or private driveway, except that it shall be permissible for the owner, lessor or lessee of the lot accessed by a private driveway to park a passenger vehicle registered to him/her at that address in front of such driveway, provided that such lot does not contain more than two dwelling units and further provided that such parking does not violate any other provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law or local law or rule concerning the parking, stopping or standing of motor vehicles. The prohibition herein shall not apply to driveways that have been rendered unusable due to the presence of a building or other fixed obstruction and, therefore, are not being used as defined in §4-01(b) of these rules.”The owner of the property accessed by a private driveway may be issued a parking ticket, but he has a winning defense (if the car was registered to that address and there are two or less dwelling units). Upon presentation of the proper proof, the ticket will be dismissed.In my humble opinion, the owner of the property accessed by a driveway does not have the power to grant permission to park in front of her driveway on a public roadway.With that said, if it were me, I would give it a shot and provide certified proof that the owner granted you permission. As Martin said, “What do you have to lose?”Good luck.Larry
Is there a way to see if you have a parking ticket?
new yorks a big state. Your goona have to be more specific for a educated answer. if you mean new york CITY, then the first poster is correct. through that site, you can enter your plate and it will give back any tickets associated with that plate AND prior plates associated with that owner. It will even let you see a copy of the ticket and offers links to pay it on the spot or request a hearing. Its hard to beleive if its NYC you haven't heard about your ticket. They are usually VERY agressive and send letters, notices, judgements etc almost weekly to those with outstanding tickets. You should have gotten something. If you ain't in NYC, then your gonna have to be more specific. I also encourage anyone who lives in or frequesnts NYC to check that site periodically. NYC Traffic agents have been known to (and been arrested for) writing BS tickets to random plates or plates they have ticketed before...so check before they tow your car.
Do I need to pay a parking ticket I received in NYC if I live in Montreal, Quebec?
Technically, you won't be busted in Canada for a parking ticket in the U.S. since you went back to your country and it would be too much money and a waste of time for the U.S. government to extradite you for not paying a parking ticket. HOWEVER, your non-payment of your parking ticket will go on your record and should you decide to cross back into the U.S., you WILL get arrested and jailed by customs since they will check you out and the ticket will show. Not only you will have to PAY your fine, you will also pay penalty fees, court costs since you WILL go to court being that you were arrested. Yeah, the parking rules and regulations stink down here but it may be better off for you to just pay the ticket so that you won't have to go through any more bs. Besides, now that the Canadian dollar has become stronger than the U.S. dollar, you're actually getting a "discount".
Is that true that about 50% of the parking tickets are dismissed when challenged in the U.S.?
This article says so.Hate Parking Tickets? Fixed Fights Them In Court For YouAccording to this article, Fixed is a company that will fight tickets for you. It's a San-Francisco startup, and apparently they are using the "logic" that says that parking rules are so convoluted that you can very easily be issued an erroneous ticket.The article also says that it's entirely possible that the city council could kill a business like Fixed by simply saying that only you or your lawyer can appeal your parking ticket.Since parking tickets in big cities are handled by a parking authority and not the courts, unless you fail to pay your tickets, your case doesn't go in front of a judge. Your request for appeal goes in front of a parking authority employee.Most locations don't have big-city issues like San Francisco where parking is handled by a parking authority. Smaller towns have parking handled by the local police, and they're not going to be as lenient as a clerk at the parking authority.Additionally, you can really only get away with saying "I didn't know I couldn't park there" only once. After that, they're going to stop granting your requests for dismissal of your ticket.Appealing a parking ticket carries a 50-50 shotI don't see the business taking off. It has a very self-limiting market, and repeat customers won't get their tickets expunged so the company will get nothing for all its effort. Business model doesn't work, IMHO. If I was in VC, I'd walk away from this one.