Parking Ticket Question

mkiiSupraMan18

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OK, got a parking ticket yesterday...

apparently I wasn't supposed to back into the parking spot... ?

Anyway, w/e, $20 to the great state of IN as apposed to the speeding ticket I got a warning for, fair deal... So I get the ticket out and start writing the check and notice what it says at the top.

White 4dr Saturn License #: XXXXXXX

I drive a white sti... loophole? Seems like I could get out of it since I don't, nor have I ever, owned a Saturn.

Just curious if anyone has any experience with a situation similar to this.
 

Figit090

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do you have the same license plate as listed on the top of the ticket? i can't be of much help but my guess is that if your license plate is listed up at the top it doesn't matter WHAT you drive as long as they know your name... what kind of parking spot was this? angled diagonal spots on a one way street or something?
 

mkiiSupraMan18

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^ That's what I figured

It was at the end of angled spots, there were 90' ones on the end. W/e, $20 isn't a big deal. I'll just put a note in saying that it's a Subaru and not a Saturn. I doubt they'll care, but w/e.
 

ERA

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My friend's car had been ticketed as a brown Toyota.
I found it funny when he showed me.

He drives an orange/copper S12.
As for whether or not he paid for the ticket, he refused to, and I don't think he did.
Who knows..
 

RazoE

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there are signs here, at the beach, and the library saying "don't back into space"

guess that's because some ass-hats can't drive, and go over the lines, or take much too long to actually back-up.

since you were parked backwards, he couldn't read your rear badges, and just guessed "Saturn." Guess he wasn't too car-savvy.

either way, you're gonna have to pay it.
 

j3pz

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a vehical usually has make and model on the back of a car. i may be wrong though, there may be cars w/o. unless he debadged the car, it should say subaru wrx sti on the back, and if thats the case, its negligent(sp?) on the cop... but i wouldnt put it pass them. id atleast try to get out of it, if its too much of a hassel, its only $20
 
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ArthurRitus

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Wait wait wait, under wat circumstances are you not allowed to back into a parking spot? Are you sure thats the reason?
 
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ArthurRitus

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You should pay the 20 bucks, but put sum nasty shit on the bill. iono, makes me feel good seeing the persons reaction once they touch it =)
 

Quin

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Where the fuck can't you back in in Columbus? I didn't even know you could make laws about that. If you're in the space who gives?

You know they started giving kids at lunch jaywalking tickets at North, Matt?
 

MassSupra89

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I think I've mentioned this before but I got a speeding ticket 2 summers ago. Written as Justin(my name's Jason) and my vehicle was a Toyota Subaru. 65mph in a 45mph Tunnel through Boston.

Brought it to court and it was dropped nearly before I had a chance to sit down.
"You're magistrate with all due respect to the officer, I don't believe the information on this citation is correct... blah blah blah"
"Well then ...:looks at ticket: Jason, have a good day"
 

Poodles

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wrong info = get off free

Try and go to court over it and bring it to their attention. Paying the money is what they want...
 

mkiiSupraMan18

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It was indy.
I'm not wasting a a day, or atleast a morning/afternoon over $20. It'd cost me ... $100 to miss work to fight it.

I just stuck a note in saying that I admitted the violation but the car is a Subaru and not a saturn as show on the ticket. I added at the end I thought it was a careless mistake and the least they could do was take 5 seconds and review the info before printing th tickets.

Those bastards who just walk across the street because they have the 'right of way' need to be ticketed. :icon_bigg
 

Figit090

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what exactly did it say on the ticket that you did?

i'm also curious about these laws... sounds dumb to me...

maybe it has something to do with a car's reverse lights...they ALWAYS come on indicating a car is coming from a parking spot, however you can drive forward without any indication the car is about to move other than the sound of the car and you in the drivers seat....

but then you consider all those parking lots where this doesn't matter...
 

zachm611

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now thats just stupid, but i wouldve done the same thing its easier and cheaper to pay the $20. i think it should be legal as long as you are in between the lines or whatever. I see no reason not to be able to back in the driving spot