Life PARKING TICKET INJUSTICE!

ZepSinger · 11-25-2009, 10:15 AM

So here's what happened. I work in downtown KC- sometimes, I end up parking on a sidestreet with 2 hour parking (no meters, just a sign indicating 2 hour parking). The other day, I parked in a spot at 11:30, proceeded to take my normal 90-minute lunch, and then went out to move my pickup. 90 minutes had elapsed. I know I'm right on the timeframe. So I find a parking ticket stuck under my wiper blade. It was pretty much unreadable, so I called the number- they looked up my ticket#, and said it was for expired(more than 2 hour) parking.

Now, I have no problem paying for a ticket when I committed an offense, but I was clearly under the allotted time limit here. The woman asked if I wanted to go to traffic court on this instead of paying the fine and I said 'hell YES I want to take this to court!!!'. So I'm scheduled for January 11.

So here's my question. Even tho I know I was in the right, how can I prove that they were wrong? I mean, there's no witnesses. Pretty much my word against hers. I was hoping to get some advise those those here who are either lawyers or have had this situation come up for them. Do I have any chance of beating this thing? And if I go to court and lose, will I also have to pay court costs?

Wondering if I should suffer the injustice and pay up or fight something this is possibly a lost cause....

Z

11-25-2009, 10:15 AM	Topic Starter
ZepSinger Veteran Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $10004900	PARKING TICKET INJUSTICE! So here's what happened. I work in downtown KC- sometimes, I end up parking on a sidestreet with 2 hour parking (no meters, just a sign indicating 2 hour parking). The other day, I parked in a spot at 11:30, proceeded to take my normal 90-minute lunch, and then went out to move my pickup. 90 minutes had elapsed. I know I'm right on the timeframe. So I find a parking ticket stuck under my wiper blade. It was pretty much unreadable, so I called the number- they looked up my ticket#, and said it was for expired(more than 2 hour) parking. Now, I have no problem paying for a ticket when I committed an offense, but I was clearly under the allotted time limit here. The woman asked if I wanted to go to traffic court on this instead of paying the fine and I said 'hell YES I want to take this to court!!!'. So I'm scheduled for January 11. So here's my question. Even tho I know I was in the right, how can I prove that they were wrong? I mean, there's no witnesses. Pretty much my word against hers. I was hoping to get some advise those those here who are either lawyers or have had this situation come up for them. Do I have any chance of beating this thing? And if I go to court and lose, will I also have to pay court costs? Wondering if I should suffer the injustice and pay up or fight something this is possibly a lost cause.... Z
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