Wrong car model on parking ticket

[chimaera15]

When I walked to my car this morning I was handed quite a slap in the face; a parking ticket.

I live in an appartment complex and I have an interior parking space. Yesterday however I parked outside in the guest parking which is for a maximum of 5 hours (everytime my parents come to town they always leave the car parked there and have never even been notified) First of all I can't believe they would give me a ticket for that when there was at least 10 free parking spots so I wasn't obstructing guests, and second I have a sticker in my window that shows I live there. But anyways I'm just ranting here.

My question is, if on the parking ticket the person wrote the correct license plate # but for car description he wrote Mazda Protege when my car is a BMW...Does anyone have any experience there? I'm considering fighting it because let's face you'd have to be an idiot to confuse a BMW with a Mazda. Also does anyone know if I fight the ticket and win do I have to pay court fees?

[mudmojo]

Parking tickets in Montreal... is that a municipal thing? Or is it provincial?

I would think that so long as they have your license plate wrong for these types of summary conviction offences that you are out of luck.

[bensa138]

In Toronto this can be disputed because of wrong information... though if they get the plates correct then there's not much you can do.

I went to fight a ticket because they gave me a ticket for the following day... went to the police station, they had a nice chuckle and ripped up the ticket :cheesygri

[FastFokker]

My question is, if on the parking ticket the person wrote the correct license plate # but for car description he wrote Mazda Protege when my car is a BMW...Does anyone have any experience there? I'm considering fighting it because let's face you'd have to be an idiot to confuse a BMW with a Mazda. Also does anyone know if I fight the ticket and win do I have to pay court fees?How would you prove to the courts that you didn't have your plates on a Mazda Protege at the time?

[CRXGSR]

Just go and find a mazda protege and put the ticket on thier windshield. Then it would look like the cop wrote the wrong plate # on the ticket. So the other guy will dispute it, and it will get thrown out.

[GangStarr]

In Toronto this can be disputed because of wrong information... though if they get the plates correct then there's not much you can do.

I went to fight a ticket because they gave me a ticket for the following day... went to the police station, they had a nice chuckle and ripped up the ticket :cheesygri

The police station? Your not supposed to bring parking tickets to a police station. T.A.G.S deals with them and not TPS

[nsr250]

Just go and find a mazda protege and put the ticket on thier windshield. Then it would look like the cop wrote the wrong plate # on the ticket. So the other guy will dispute it, and it will get thrown out.

lol what if that guy decides to pay it

[McLaren]

If it was me, I'd be more angry that the cop thought my bmw was a mazda protege.

[dasaylay]

lol what if that guy decides to pay it

Then everyone is happy :cheesygri

[weedb0y]

If it was me, I'd be more angry that the cop thought my bmw was a mazda protege.

lol

[Agent_J]

Just go and find a mazda protege and put the ticket on thier windshield. Then it would look like the cop wrote the wrong plate # on the ticket. So the other guy will dispute it, and it will get thrown out.
won't they be wondering why they got an past dated ticket though :lol: ?

[toujours]

Just pay up. If you're big enough to drive a BMW, you're big enough to pay your parking fines.

[Ziggy007]

If you took it to court to argue it and lost you would be out no more than your time and the original fine.

And I was under the impression that parking tickets are invalid if any information (date, time, etc etc) is incorrect.

[rp_guy]

My ticket said "car" so i'm pretty sure it doesn't matter

[chimaera15]

it's got nothing to do with the fact that the cop miswrote the model of my car or anything like that, it's the fact that I got a ticket in my own apartment complex when I'm technically allowed to park there. I was just considering different angles of how to fight this ticket....thanks for all the input everyone...

[gordholio]

If it was me, I'd be more angry that the cop thought my bmw was a mazda protege.
Wow, that would humble some egotistical person. :lol:
Just what they might need.

[gilboman]

, it's the fact that I got a ticket in my own apartment complex when I'm technically allowed to park there. I was just considering different angles of how to fight this ticket....thanks for all the input everyone...

you are only allowed to park there for 5hrs max. you parked over tht time. so technically you deserve the ticket no?

[m77m7]

I would dispute it if you have the time to do so. You can always claim that the officer must have mistaken a mazda protege parked next to you and looked at your plates when writing the ticket. Then claim that you're allowed to park there (with proof you live there) and you only did so for less than cinq heures :)

[TCWeasel]

Parking tickets generally fall under bylaws, which are a city/municipal thing, the police really don't have much say in that.


Incorrect information on the ticket does not affect its legitimacy, except for the license plate since that, in database terms, is the primary key in cases such as parking tickets. In cases where you were speeding, not so much.

For the hassle, aggravation and time it's easier just to pay the ticket. It doesn't affect anything beyond your pocketbook. Though, if it was a $1,000 parking ticket...then it might be worth the time. At $30, consider what is involved in fighting it and determine if it is worth it.

[rubrducky]

How much is the ticket? How much of your time would it take to fight it? If you can make the payments on a Bimmer, your time is probably more valuable than the ticket.

[ES_Revenge]

it's got nothing to do with the fact that the cop miswrote the model of my car or anything like that, it's the fact that I got a ticket in my own apartment complex when I'm technically allowed to park there. I was just considering different angles of how to fight this ticket....thanks for all the input everyone...

Your ticket should be for "Parking on Private Property without permission/consent" then, correct? If so and you were parked there legitimately, all you need to do is get a letter from building management that states you were parked there "with consent" and the ticket gets tossed. You don't even have to go to court, just bring it to the parking office and you should be good.

[gman]

Just go and find a mazda protege and put the ticket on thier windshield. Then it would look like the cop wrote the wrong plate # on the ticket. So the other guy will dispute it, and it will get thrown out.

Is this a joke? It sounds stupid and I wonder why nobody said anything about this.

If you are the mazda owner, you see a ticket with wrong license plate. What do you do? I would throw it away. The government recorded a wrong license plate and it will never tie the ticket to me. Why do I even bother to 'dispute' it? :confused: :confused: I just ignore it. Case closed for me. It is the person who owns the car with that license plate will get burn.

[nx2k]

u dont have to go to court, just tell them straight up at the prkg enforcemtn
i did something similar and they just threw ti out, they got the date wrong, he wrote the day before and they threw it out right away
in ontario, you'd be surprised how many they throw out, i applied for court to dispute on 3 of them atleast, and i never got notice and after 6 months, it's finished.
i've only gotten one prkg ticket that they actually scheduled for me and i got it reduced to $5 from $30 and they gave me another 3 months to pay it

[MTL-TechY]

having the car model wrong is just dumb, because u see the bmw logo everywhere on the car

but if you have a parking spot in your complex building literaly meters away from the guest parking, that nobody can park in except you, why would you put your car in the guest parking, lazyness, maybe, maybe not, what is it 42$ i bet

good luck if you decide to fight it
pay it move on

by the way, where is this, dowtown???

[nano]

i dont know about how you would go about getting a ticket cancelled in Montreal, but in Toronto all you gotta do is take the ticket into the parking enforcement payment office and show the clerk the mistake. they will cancel the ticket on the spot.

[belgiangenius]

If it was me, I'd be more angry that the cop thought my bmw was a mazda protege.

If you did that, as the cop, I'd look your car up and down and find another reason to give you another ticket. :)

[Nathan183]

and second I have a sticker in my window that shows I live there.

That's why you got the ticket. It was clearly marked as visitor parking. Your sticker clearly indicated that you were not a visitor.

[Flipcyde]

Shrug they've implemented rules like that at our condo also. The guest parking lot is strictly for guests no exceptions what so ever. I've gotten tickets for it and just paid it.

Sucks since I live on the first floor and my balcony is right at the parking lot, I used to walk in and out and it was so much faster then having to park in the underground and then take an elevator back up since theirs no stairs back up.

[ES_Revenge]

If you did that, as the cop, I'd look your car up and down and find another reason to give you another ticket. :)

You guys are both overlooking that a cop likely did not write this ticket. It was likely a security guard. Cops don't usually write tickets for private property, only security guards. Guards are authorised to write tickets for the city after a simple test and that's how you get tickets while on private property. The reason you get a city ticket is becuase it serves the interest of both the city and the property owner. For the property owner it gives legitimacy to the ticket--you have to pay it or you aren't getting your plates renewed, LOL. For the city it gives them revenue. In short it's all about money and you paying it and the goverment and businesses making it :rolleyes:

[Katterine]

Maybe it is a waste of time but if all citizens do it, the courts
will be overwhelmed and they will eventually find things to do
that are more helpful for everyone
rather than fine unsuspecting parked citizens.

[Narci]

Yup, as ES said, it probably wasn't a cop who wrote you a ticket.

Best thing to do is get a written notice from your strat council/condo board/apartment rules stating you were allowed to park there. Good luck with this one because almost all strata council/condo board/apartment rules have rules against resident parking in a vistors spot, especially overnight. If you told them you were a visitor, you would have had to sign in in order to be allowed to park there overnight.

In my condo the other day, they started towing the half dozen cars that i can tell are residence cars (same cars parked in the visitor parking overnight) because my board doesn't allow residence to park in vistor parking overnight.

[tjayl]

Maybe it is a waste of time but if all citizens do it, the courts
will be overwhelmed and they will eventually find things to do
that are more helpful for everyone
rather than fine unsuspecting parked citizens.

Ya! Who are they to tell us when and where we can park? We pay taxes, we should be able to part wherever the hell we want! I can't think of any reason why they would have parking restrictions other than for revenue generation.

/Sarcasm off