doctorbonez
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? New York (City)
Unfortunately, I came back to my car tonight to find a parking ticket with code 51 (parking on sidewalk).
To be fair, I WAS on the sidewalk by a few inches (maybe 2?).. that I realized after I deciphered what was written on the ticket. To my defense, my car is a stick shift and there is a slope to the road, thus out of habit (and safety, incase the parking brake fails or something) I turn the steering wheel to lock the wheels against the sidewalk.. but the sidewalk is in poor condition, and is flush with the road (ie: there is no curb) (there is the metal edge that usually marks the edge of the curb,, but the edge is sunken into the pavement so it doesnt really offer anything more than a landmark of where the sidewalk begins).
I gather that either the car rolled on its own (due to the grade of the road, and my car tends to 'settle' after i put the brake on) or perhaps someone backed into my car while parking and gave it enough of a shove for it to roll onto the sidewalk (I can't be sure of which it was since I left the car for 10+ hours)... I've got a pic of the sidewalk with my wheel onthe sidewalk, as well as a pic of the sidewalk without the car on it. (although the pic is pretty dark since I took it at night, but with the flash it is enough to see where the wheel lie relative to the sidewalk).
Is this a meritous claim?
Also.. the color of the car is wrong on the ticket.. but my understanding is that that isnt enough to get a ticket dismissed in NYC (ticket says green, but car is black)
Thanks for your help and insights.
Unfortunately, I came back to my car tonight to find a parking ticket with code 51 (parking on sidewalk).
To be fair, I WAS on the sidewalk by a few inches (maybe 2?).. that I realized after I deciphered what was written on the ticket. To my defense, my car is a stick shift and there is a slope to the road, thus out of habit (and safety, incase the parking brake fails or something) I turn the steering wheel to lock the wheels against the sidewalk.. but the sidewalk is in poor condition, and is flush with the road (ie: there is no curb) (there is the metal edge that usually marks the edge of the curb,, but the edge is sunken into the pavement so it doesnt really offer anything more than a landmark of where the sidewalk begins).
I gather that either the car rolled on its own (due to the grade of the road, and my car tends to 'settle' after i put the brake on) or perhaps someone backed into my car while parking and gave it enough of a shove for it to roll onto the sidewalk (I can't be sure of which it was since I left the car for 10+ hours)... I've got a pic of the sidewalk with my wheel onthe sidewalk, as well as a pic of the sidewalk without the car on it. (although the pic is pretty dark since I took it at night, but with the flash it is enough to see where the wheel lie relative to the sidewalk).
Is this a meritous claim?
Also.. the color of the car is wrong on the ticket.. but my understanding is that that isnt enough to get a ticket dismissed in NYC (ticket says green, but car is black)
Thanks for your help and insights.
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