Got a parking on Boulevard ticket for parking one of my bikes on my front patio!
Apparently you need a Front yard parking permit from the city to park a vehicle on Private property
Frickin' Parking Ticket
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Got a parking on Boulevard ticket for parking one of my bikes on my front patio!
Apparently you need a Front yard parking permit from the city to park a vehicle on Private property
inyaknow
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They have been crazy with tickets lately. I got a $125 for stopping infront of my house for 15 min with a small truck and trailer. Was ticketed for parking large vehicle on street. Even better saw a guy sitting on his bike downtown, the enforcer typed out a ticket behind him, then handed him the ticket.
ABadjusterrider_5
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I once got a ticket in Toronto on Yonge St because I pulled over to allow my girlfriend to be violently ill into a storm drain rather than my truck. The enforcement guy handed me the ticket as I was holding her hair. We learned 2 things that night. A) We're never going back to said resturant, and B) enformence guys are heartless.
It seems like there has been a push on lately to ticket motorcycles. I have noticed all the bikes in my neighbourhood getting ticketed for parking overnight without a permit - i know its illegal but all summer the parking guys would turn a blind eye, while ticketing cars right beside my bike. I noticed today that they even ticketed my neighbour when he had his bike pulled up on to his front walk way.Maybe Mayor Ford really needs the money to build his new ferris wheel?
double that,fight them "ALLLL" especially if you are bilingual,request a translator you'll never see a summon.cost more than what the ticket wroth to convict,i have never seen one summon yet. even on some HTA offence fight it,sometimes they can't get a translator in court for you and case dismiss
lol I had a Vietnamese translator showed up for mines even though I don't remember requesting one. I can't speak Vietnamese properly and have been in Canada for over 30 years. Well I went along with it anyways pretending I'm just some immigrant and had my ticket reduced for almost $200 to $10.
ironryder
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well i take that back on the translator part (just a little lol ),one came back today after maybe 10+ i had submitted so far .check this out, it was a $30 ticket for fail to properly display back in dec 2010 and my trial date is feb 2012 lol is there 11b for parking tickets? lol it was this prick that put the ticket on my windshield when i aleready have my door open ready to leave.
You should have made a run for it. If they don't place the ticket on your windshield, it gets tossed. I've done this and it worked. Was waiting at a curb for a friend when I had to take a leak. Thought I would just be a minute so I left without paying for parking into a coffee shop. When I returned a bicycle cop was writing me up so I jumped in and gunned it out of there with a split second to spare. I almost ran over her bicycle when I backed up and barely had enough room to pull out into traffic. I got a bit nervous the rest of the day and was half expecting a cop car waiting for me at home but no such thing. The moral of this story: Who dares, wins!
You should have made a run for it. If they don't place the ticket on your windshield, it gets tossed. I've done this and it worked. Was waiting at a curb for a friend when I had to take a leak. Thought I would just be a minute so I left without paying for parking into a coffee shop. When I returned a bicycle cop was writing me up so I jumped in and gunned it out of there with a split second to spare. I almost ran over her bicycle when I backed up and barely had enough room to pull out into traffic. I got a bit nervous the rest of the day and was half expecting a cop car waiting for me at home but no such thing. The moral of this story: Who dares, wins!
I always thought it was as soon as they stopped they can't take it back?
Don't they just mail it to you and charge you extra for doing so?
I thought placing the ticket on your windshield validates the ticket. Never received anything in the mail and this happened back in June. Fingers crossed. Just fought off my last remaining ticket. I really hate those things.
I guess you will find out when you try to renew your license lol.
I doubt it will show up there. Even if the ticket was valid, they would still need to allow me a chance to pay or take it to court.
http://www.toronto.ca/faq/parking.htm#002
My guess is if they got your plate and started the ticket be prepared for it.
I am reasonably sure the ticket is not served until it is placed on your windshield. If you get out before they can place it you win.
You might be in luck
"Ontario Vehicles - Ignore the Parking TicketThe Provincial Offences Act recognizes that a parking ticket placed on your windshield may not be there when you return to your vehicle. The wind could have blown the parking ticket away or someone could have taken it. If you do not respond to your parking ticket, in other words, you don't request a trial or pay the fine, there is an assumption that you did not get the parking ticket in the first place. There is no legal way to convict you if you ignore the parking ticket.
This is very different than speeding tickets. If you ignore a speeding ticket, you are considered to have defaulted. They can convict you because there is a default provision under the law. There is no default provision to convict someone for ignoring a parking ticket.
But what if the officer hands you the parking ticket?
There are two ways you can get a parking ticket in Ontario and both are covered under section 15(4) of the Provincial Offences Act. First, the officer can "affix" the parking ticket to your vehicle which usually means placing it under the wiper blade of your windshield. Second, the officer can personally serve you the parking ticket (i.e. hand it to you). If you drive away before he places the parking ticket on your vehicle or hands it to you, that parking ticket is invalid.
If you are not that lucky, it doesn't matter whether the parking ticket is handed to you or placed on your windshield. In either case, once you receive the parking ticket section 17 applies. There is no default mechanism under this section to convict you.
If you ignore your parking ticket section 18 requires the municipality to mail you a Notice of Impending Conviction. This notice which you get in the mail does have a default mechanism to convict you if you don't respond. It is this notice that you must deal with, not the parking ticket. You cannot be convicted for ignoring your parking ticket."
http://www.ticketcombat.com/parking/ignoreit.php
W8INLINE
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what pisses me off is all the above posters could have avoided all those tickets if they had a handicap permit (I know I know...on a car not a bike)
My wife too gets a ticket on our driveway because her front tires were touching the sidewalk at 5am, but my two friends who have permits get away with murder. Other than them being overweight and because of it they have knee issues but there is no reason for them to have one. They get them for the convenience of parking anywhere downtown.....well almost anywhere. It's funy only when I see them park in the handicap spot at the gym, we go in, destroy our legs on the squat rack and then walk out into the car which is standard might I add and drive off. But the wife's front tires were 2" too far on her own driveway...
My wife too gets a ticket on our driveway because her front tires were touching the sidewalk at 5am, but my two friends who have permits get away with murder. Other than them being overweight and because of it they have knee issues but there is no reason for them to have one. They get them for the convenience of parking anywhere downtown.....well almost anywhere. It's funy only when I see them park in the handicap spot at the gym, we go in, destroy our legs on the squat rack and then walk out into the car which is standard might I add and drive off. But the wife's front tires were 2" too far on her own driveway...
W8INLINE
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I've seen this happen. You know what the wannabe cop said as they drove away with a big smile?
"FAKEM!!! I will still submit my copy and let them explain to the ministry when they renew their license how they did not throw their copy out the window in anger"
gamma1
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In Brampton I have personally seen where the parking enforcement will take a picture of your car (plate) with a digital camera, place the ticket on your car and then again take a picture of the car with the ticket on the windshield. mind you both times the car was parked in a fire route if it makes a difference.
rideitlikeyoustoleit
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How did you fight your tickets?
Officer showed up so I pleaded guilty with explanation. $450 parking ticket was dropped to $100. With my helmet ticket, officer didn't show so it was dropped. No lawyers involved.
