So these guys can guarantee basically its going to be 50% off from my ticket fine? Is there anything I should know about it because it seems too good to be true.
Value of Parking Ticket: $150
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So these guys can guarantee basically its going to be 50% off from my ticket fine? Is there anything I should know about it because it seems too good to be true.
Ive never used them as they started supporting my car forum AFTER I got my last parking tic. They have good reviews on the site (car forum) though.
Edit. I can't seem to find the thread tough and they are no longer sponsors.
I do remember a guy getting texts with progress updates. But again cant find the review.
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daught
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I always wondered about ups/fedex and especially canada post. They are probably one of the worst controllable traffic flow impeders. Some trucks have 10+ tickets on their windshield. What's the deal? Do they really get a volume discount? The city letting this go on is clearly a dirty cash grab that screws us over. This is especially low of canada post, which is a crown corporation.
PS: **** street cars.
As for the ticket ask for disclosure and a translator if you speak any other language. http://www.ticketcombat.com/parking/parkingdisclosure.php
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Yes, i remember CP24 did a news release on it, and people at the Traffic Court House did not look too happy
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yea I was told this by a driver in UPS - the drivers are told it is more expensive to find parking, walk to the delivery place (time is money) than just to get a ticket, so they collect all tickets through out the day and the company gets a bulk discount.
Not sure if this will change with the new law.
LoneRonin
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+1, these ****ers want unimpeded traffic blow but they still make it a pain in the *** for motorcyclists. They're full of ****, and its a straight money grab is all.
It doesn't hurt trying and you can just do it yourself. I use to rack up a ******** of tickets at UTM in the winter because I refused to pay 14 bucks to park when sometimes I was only there for 2-3 hours. Most days I'd get lucky, some days I didn't and got a $25 ticket. The Mississauga courthouse is on my way home so when I had a bunch I'd go in and ask for a meeting with whoever those guys are, it was always this same old dude and he always dropped them to $10. In the end it was just cheaper to risk a ticket and spend 10-15 minutes at the courthouse...
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SweetOnion
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not if you know how to legally park a bike. It takes up about 2/3's of the lane.
When you park at a meter and forget to pay its excusable to plead for leniancy.
When you park on a busy street and impede the flow of rush hour traffic, inconveniencing potentially thousands of drivers, you're just a douche. No excuse. And a properly parked bike takes up more than half the lane, so every driver in the right lane would have to shift over to the left.
When you park on a busy street and impede the flow of rush hour traffic, inconveniencing potentially thousands of drivers, you're just a douche. No excuse. And a properly parked bike takes up more than half the lane, so every driver in the right lane would have to shift over to the left.
How are you parking dude?
espro
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OP, basically take the ticket in to schedule a court date. You will be notified by mail in about 3-6 weeks of your court date. It will probably be a good 6-12 months in the future. Write it down and make sure you don't miss it. On your day in court, you will be put into a room with about 30 other people. The prosecutor will tell you that if you plead guilty you will be given a reduction. That reduction will depend on the day and the infraction and the prosecutor. They won't really make a specific deal with you but you can ask. Chances are you'll have it reduced by 50%. If you're choosing to not plead guilty, you will be called on at the end of the group and made to wait through all the other people pleading guilty. At that point, I don't know what happens because regardless of how right I felt in the evidence I had to support how ******** my ticket was, it wasn't worth the risk. In my case I decided I'd rather the sure thing of the reduced ticket.
If you park it illegally maybe... Even then, my bike is small and is spec'd as 28 inches wide which is over 2 feet.
E-bike style, apparently. Talk about a f***** menace on the roads.
No news is good news. Do not ask about your court date, you'll end up reminding them. After a year and still no court date, you're safe to toss the ticket.
Damn that's good info. Now that the rates have jacked especially. I recently got my 3rd parking ticket after some jerk actually moved my bike outside a parking zone, but outside of that Ive never been more than 15 minutes late. OP, it looks like they actually went easy on you by marking it 4:05. Maybe they knew you could take advantage of this rule. Edit: Doh, reread that last sentence. You should still try.
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Cowmooflage
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I got the same parking ticket two weeks back on Younge St. I'm totally guilty of parking during rush hour - though I had no idea that I couldn't (+1 to being naive and ignorant, I was there from 2-5pm, I understand why it isn't allowed, I also don't normally travel down to the busy parts of Toronto ... again, it really was an honest mistake, but I know better now). It is a 150$ ticket, I filed for a court date, because I'm a broke student and cannot afford to pay it. I'm hoping to get it reduced. It's also my first ticket (if you can even count that as one). So we're in the same boat >___>
Did you read the thread? They won't reduce your ticket. You'll have to full on fight it and either be found not guilty or pay it in full.
