I popped into a store along danforth for literly 2 minutes to grab something to eat. On the way out, i see a parking officer in his car writing up a parking ticket for my vehicle. I got in my car and drove away with him still in his car writing the ticket. Does he have to get out and stick the ticket under my wiper for it to be legal? Or could he just write it up and say that I tossed it on the ground from my wiper?
Parking Ticket Question
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I want to know the answer to this--good question. People assume this is true, but what's the truth?
I think you're shit out of luck from what the cops have told me in the past. Once he writes it, it's yours whether he puts it on your windshield or not. If you don't pay in time, you will get a reminder in the mail so then you have no choice to claim ignorance that you never got notice.
Good luck, tough one to beat, when you're guilty, you're guilty.
Good luck, tough one to beat, when you're guilty, you're guilty.
once you receive the payment reminder in the mail, go to the parking payment office and tell them that you did not get a ticket in your windshield but you notice a parking infarction officer writing in his car park behind your car on that day and tell you just pick up your phone order food which takes you less than 2 minutes.
the ticket is to be placed on the windshield of the car. the city is now looking for a way around this because they are loosing too much cash. as for now the ticket must be placed on the windshield
I think that unless the parking officer can prove you saw him, the ticket will be tough to uphold and you won' be paying it. Even police officers are taught that they must touch a person with a ticket to give it legal force (such as when a person is drunk and is being given a ticket, the cop must merely touch him with it and the fact the drunk has no recollection is irrelevant in court). I've known instances where tickets that are blown away are striken when the overdue notice is the first time a person hears of it, so I think the same would apply here. What you need to ask is if the potential cost of fighting it will outweigh the satisfaction of getting out of it (for me, making some little shit parking officer squirm is usually worth it).
Wait and see if you get a notice. I guess we will all hear come a few weeks from now.
Wait and see if you get a notice. I guess we will all hear come a few weeks from now.
So let's see.......
you parked where you shouldn't and now you don't want to face the consequences.
Park legally next time and avoid the grief!
you parked where you shouldn't and now you don't want to face the consequences.
Park legally next time and avoid the grief!
mediaguy said:
Oh boy!!!
These parking guys are totally unreasonable cop wannabees.
Sure there has to be some enforcement otherwise the streets of Toronto would be unmovable, however do I need to put $1 into the meter every time I stop for a $1 coffee.
I have gotten in many an argument with these jerks.
I ask them politely to pull the ticket as
a) it was a 2 min stop for a $2 purchase or
b) I did not have the $1 Lonnie & I went to get change
They all take an attitude and indicate take it to the Parking bureau on John Street.
# 1 That only works if you happen to work close to that location.
# 2 Kiss all of your lunch hour goodbye as there is always a huge line up & these assholes always take their lunch 12-1 & leave the office short staffed at the busiest time of day
# 3 After wasting all that time & finally getting to plead my case they only know one word . "No". I could not believe when one of these jerks told me "you should always carry loonies with you in the event I need to park". Totally unrealistic
Am I every glad my taxes help keep nit wits like that eternally employed.
SO SORRY I needed to rant, This subject really pushes my buttons
You shouldn't really be driving downtown. There are better ways. Save your car for the 'burbs where parking is free and spaces are plentiful.
The city should sell a "delivery" license for people who DO need to make 2min stops for business purposes, that entitle a delivery person to park "illegally" in a variety of ways for up to 15min while they drop something off. Other than delivery people everybody else should just take the damn TTC or cab it if they want to come downtown.
The city should sell a "delivery" license for people who DO need to make 2min stops for business purposes, that entitle a delivery person to park "illegally" in a variety of ways for up to 15min while they drop something off. Other than delivery people everybody else should just take the damn TTC or cab it if they want to come downtown.
I can recall at least 3 or 4 times in my life where I've come out to my car just as a ticket was being written. In each and every case, instead of just driving off, I approached the guy and told him I'm leaving and he always stopped writing the ticket.JohnLarue said:
Look at it this way:
1. The guy's just doing his job.
2. They have a pretty harsh quota to fill.
3. They get a LOT of abuse.
4. The city uses that revenue to finance its operations.
5. You've probably parked "for just 2 minutes" plenty of times where you didn't get a ticket, so now this is just your form of payment for all those times.
6. If you get the ticket in the mail, I'd suggest you pay it since if you leave it, it just costs you ALOT more. You can't beat it, the grief isn't worth trying anyway.
1. The guy's just doing his job.
2. They have a pretty harsh quota to fill.
3. They get a LOT of abuse.
4. The city uses that revenue to finance its operations.
5. You've probably parked "for just 2 minutes" plenty of times where you didn't get a ticket, so now this is just your form of payment for all those times.
6. If you get the ticket in the mail, I'd suggest you pay it since if you leave it, it just costs you ALOT more. You can't beat it, the grief isn't worth trying anyway.
Did the parking sign say "Parking up to 2 mins free"?
If not you should have paid, and if you didn't you deserved the ticket.
Sorry it is harsh but those are the rules.
If not you should have paid, and if you didn't you deserved the ticket.
Sorry it is harsh but those are the rules.
You have found the loophole. If you drive away before the ticket is given to you then you are free and clear. They are trying to give Parking Enforcement the ability to mail the tickets to you like the Police can do but right now it is still an open loophole. I remember hearing this on City News a few months ago.
If you get the ticket in the mail Then I guess it has been changed.
If you get the ticket in the mail Then I guess it has been changed.
Hockey_MLnut said:You have found the loophole. If you drive away before the ticket is given to you then you are free and clear. They are trying to give Parking Enforcement the ability to mail the tickets to you like the Police can do but right now it is still an open loophole. I remember hearing this on City News a few months ago.
If you get the ticket in the mail Then I guess it has been changed.[/QUOTE
Same shit happen to me years ago.....got in my car as the biatch was writing me up, turned on the ignition and drove away. Didn't get far as i got stuck at a red light. Guess who pulled up behind me at the red, that's right the BIATCH. The parking officer gets out of the car and sticks ticket under my windshield wiper. WTF, it's okay i got the last laugh as i took it to court and the fine was dismissed.
might not be worth it for some people as this kind of shit can eat up most of your day however i couldn't let this fool get away with it.
Since were on the topic of parking tickets got one the other day, funny thing is now they seem to be some sort of print out ticket . no more pen and paper i guess. damn are they getting that lazy. lol Anyways do you still have to pay the ticket if the last letter from your licensce plate is not the letter that shows on ticket.
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