eg. vehicle parked on high street in portsmouth, location on parking ticket us "high street, ports"
2007-12-03 09:48:37 · 17 answers · asked by christopher600309 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
It's true that mistakes can invalidate the ticket, however, ports is just shorthand for portsmouth, so I don't think you have a case I'm afraid
2007-12-03 09:52:53 · answer #1 · answered by miss_ruby_topaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need to look up your local ordinances or tell us what city and state you are in so we can look it up. I know of many individual cities, but no state laws that require stickers. In my state thesestickers are not required anywhere in the state. Did the police have to go on your property to see you did not have the sticker or was it in plain site from the street? Did they have any other reason to go on your property or did they go there merely for the purpose of giving you the ticket? There is not enough information in your question for it to be answered by anyone not living in your city as every city and state has there own laws. In the city I live in if you don't have a current registration sticker on your plate and it is visible from the street the police can come on the property to ticket it and have it towed if it is not moved out of site or registered within 48 hours of receiving the ticket. Also in some areas of the city I live in you can be ticketed for a junky car (eyesore) sitting in plain view or a non-working vehicle sitting in plain view. Don't worry about what did or did not happen to your neighbors that will not do anything for your situation.
2016-05-28 01:15:36 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you refuse to pay, the final arbiter is a County Court judge based on the balance of probabilities. He's not going to let you off because they wrote Ports instead of Portsmouth. If they got the location totally wrong you might stand a chance.
2007-12-03 09:55:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fight every ticket even if you know you are wrong. It costs more in court time and officer to show up than the ticket is worth. Always make them prove you were wrong. What will the officer use as evidence that you were parked where you were ticketed?
On a moving violation your fine is only a fraction of what you pay once your insurance company is done with you.
2007-12-03 10:02:17 · answer #4 · answered by t. B 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
abbreviations are allowed, but if it was parked on High Street Portsmouth and the ticket read 'Commercial Street Portsmouth' or 'Queen Street Portsmouth' then its invalid
2007-12-05 18:57:05 · answer #5 · answered by vdv_desantnik 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends if the ticket was issued by a police officer or a traffic warden.
You could argue the toss if it was an officer but not with a traffic warden tickets. they'll write the ticket out and then they photograph the car at it's location where the ticket was issued.
2007-12-03 10:01:00 · answer #6 · answered by C Warner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Chris,
Pompey parking attendants..the worst thing after the council got control of on street parking.
simply yes, if the date and reg is OK and the name of the road, town, then its considered to be valid, but its should read, eg commerical rd, not high st if you get me..
im not in favour of arguing for the sake of it, but try this site!
http://www.pepipoo.com/
it will advise what is right and wrong!.
and yes they do get commission in pompey.
hope this helps, but try the website...
good luck, merry xmas
2007-12-07 03:44:35 · answer #7 · answered by Neurotic_Fish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there is ANYTHING not 100% spot on correct about the ticket, then deffo appeal it, even things like if the guy didn't sign it properly, anything silly and small like that
APPEAL APPEAL APPEAL!!
even if it ends up you have to pay it anyway, it's worth trying!
You have a certain period of time to pay a reduced fee and if you appeal it, the 'pauses' the time so even if you have to pay it, you can still pay the reduced fee
don't send the ticket back when appealing tho, just a letter with the ticket number and your reason for appealing!
2007-12-03 22:08:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The ticket is legal, you can't just ignore it. Errors of fact are grounds for appeal and you might get it overturned. Minor things like spelling errors, abbreviations, won't help your case
2007-12-03 20:09:19 · answer #9 · answered by The original Peter G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!!!
I had this done in Poole..wrong road it said on the ticket parked in a place where loading/unloading is not permitted i checked out the road where i supposedly was contacted them about it and they didn't fine me
2007-12-03 10:00:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋