Parking Ticket?
 

Any chance on fighting one of these? Its for $250 and parking with in 10 Ft of a fire hydrant. I have been parking on my street next to this thing for over a year now and never got hassled about it before. I was right at the 10 ft mark but still WTF? I watched several squad cars drive past and never blink an eye at it before until today at lunch I found a ticket on my window.

On an amusing side note... Where it says Make and Model the officer put "Jeep" and "4x4" cause he didnt know what to call it. :rolleyes:

AARON

You go to UC right? I got tons of parking tickets down there. Go to the university building where you buy parking permits and they'll throw it away for you. Each student is allowed one parking ticket per school year to be forgiven.

Another good point about this is that if you ever get a parking ticket for parking somewhere on campus, don't bother paying it or going in about it. I received 23 parking tickets on UC's campus from the UC "cops". I threw each and every one in the glove box. I gaduated 2 years ago and have yet to be contacted about paying them. And, yes, I received my degree and have an unmarked record.

A parking ticket can not go on your driving record . it is a civil matter not a criminal one. If it was the Campus cops I would do as above. if it was Cincy police then I would see about contesting it. I know that the red light camera tickets are thrown out if contested in Middletown.
If you park in the same spot all the time I would go out and measure 10 feet from both sides of the hydrant and spray paint, in some high vis paint , lines on the road.

So lemme get this straight...

YOU are recommending vandalizing the street/curb with paint?






Just getting you back for the Before/After thread... :D

It ok as long as you do not do it in Trenton!

It was off campus. I already know about the campus "cops" and dont bother parking on campus and if I do, I park inside the shop so they cant get me :D

So if I show up to contest it, what happens? Do I end up paying more than the $250 or am I just repsonsible for the ticket fine?

Thanks,

AARON

could go either way... show up be respectful, prove your point directly.

see what happens.

They just said on the news they bumped up the $ for parking tickets to make up for the economy. Thats most likely why they got you now. Trust me, don't block a hydrant in cincinnati. Just give us a little room to work with.

I know if you want to contest a speeding ticket you have to show up in court, the first time is just the plea, and if you say not guilty you have to schedule to come in again.

Interesting note about the UC campus cops and tickets. I graduated from UD and they would hold your degree until any unpaid tickets were taken care of.

x2 on not blocking a fire hydrant (not saying you were in this case, just as a note in general) as I have two brother-in-laws that are firefighters and it is their dream to find a car blocking a hydrant at a fire so they can bust the windows out and run the hose through it just like the picture above.

keep in mind... this is a parking ticket... difference noted by Sarge...


Welcome to the Board CFD5... :D

My opinion:

I think you know if you were within 10ft... if you were, then suck it up and get out your wallet (no matter how often you parked in the same spot previously), if you weren't (and want to prove it) then contest it.

Don't just contest it to reduce/eliminate your fine... that's stupid.


Again, opinions are like elbows, everyone has a few.

You keep calling them "cops" , do you think they're not ?

Pay the ticket if you broke the law.. buy one inch or ten feet.

Good luck , Jeff

Yeah, I can't figure out why you got a ticket... :eek:

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J-U-S-T

K-I-D-D-I-N-G!!!


...this is a PHOTOCHOP by me... as a joke...
See original in Before/After thread.


I hope those bits (driveshaft/Hi-Lift) on the back have locks, or that there's a small pit bull in the bed hiding behind that gas tank...

What size tank is that?



:evilgrin:

I was checking the shadowing before I knew that it was doctored with questioning the authenticity. Damn that was good Kargomaster!!! I need some pics. altered. How much do ya charge?

Hey Kargomaster....you could photochop one of you wheeling your rig...:evilgrin:

WOW!!! :eek:

hahahaha Thats funny guys!

AARON

It was a quick chop, it's not perfect.


Nice Lisa, thanks.

Now that was funny, right there.

OUCH, Lisa. That was funny.:D :beers:

The driveshaft was just in there for the afternoon, was taken inside shortly after the pic was taken. The spare tire and Hi lift jack both have locks on them. The fuel cell is a 19gal from RCI and the lid is locked with a pipe wrench to keep it on. Its really funny to go to a full service station and have them try to unscrew it by hand :D

AARON

Good entertainment here :beers: What was the original question?:rolleyes:

Whats a full service station?:confused:

CITY OF COLUMBUS, APPELLEE, v. WEBSTER, APPELLANT

No. 35953

Supreme Court of Ohio

170 Ohio St. 327; 164 N.E.2d 734; 1960 Ohio LEXIS 596; 10 Ohio Op. 2d 419


February 10, 1960, Decided

PRIOR HISTORY: [***1] CERTIFIED by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County.

This action arose as a result of defendant, appellant herein, being charged with certain parking violations contrary to the ordinances of the city of Columbus. A plea of not guilty was entered by defendant. Upon the trial of the action before the Municipal Court, the prosecution introduced evidence that on the dates specified in the affidavits an automobile registered in defendant's name was tagged for these violations.

At the trial, no evidence was introduced that defendant parked the automobile, the prosecution relying on the provisions of a city ordinance that, where an automobile is found illegally parked and the identity of the driver cannot be determined, the person in whose name such vehicle is registered is prima facie responsible for the violation. Defendant introduced no evidence but moved that the charges be dismissed on the grounds that the ordinance is unconstitutional and that the prosecution had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had committed the offenses. The court upheld the validity of the ordinance, overruled defendant's motion and found defendant guilty. The defendant appealed to [***2] the Court of Common Pleas where the judgment was affirmed. Upon appeal to the Court of Appeals the judgment was again affirmed and that court certified the record of the case to this court on the ground that the Court of Appeals judgment is in conflict with the judgment of the Court of Appeals for Hamilton County, in an unreported case, affirming the judgment in the case of McCarthy v. City of Cincinnati, 27 N. P. (N. S.), 362.

DISPOSITION: Judgment affirmed.