Hello,
Last week, I approached my car and saw an orange parking violation envelope. I was confused because I did not think I parked illegally. I opened up the envelope and it was empty. There was nothing else on my windshield. I drive off thinking someone played a prank on me (anyone can put an envelope on a windshield).
I found out a week later that I did indeed get a parking ticket for parking too close to a fire hydrant. I take traffic laws very seriously because tickets are incredibly expensive and do not park in front of fire hydrants if I feel it is closer than 15 feet. The parking ticket I ended up getting said I parked 6 feet away which is something I would never do and dispute strongly.
My complaint is that I never got an initial physical ticket. If I did, I would have taken pictures, gotten a witness, something. But now, I did not obtain proof showing I did not park too close because I never thought I got a ticket because a ticket was never left on my windshield. By not informing me that I received a ticket, I was thus denied my opportunity to defend myself from that ticket.
Also,the ticket that I received in the mail is signed by a traffic officer who affirmed that he left that parking notice on my vehicle. The fact that the envelope was attached to my windshield and the parking ticket was not to be found compels me to question whether the ticket was affixed to my vehicle. Looking at the ticket, it appears to be created by a computer device. Is it possible to find out if the ticket was in fact printed out at the time listed on the ticket?
Anyway, this is very frustrating for me because I am fairly certain I did not park too close to the fire hydrant but now I have no way of proving it.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
Last week, I approached my car and saw an orange parking violation envelope. I was confused because I did not think I parked illegally. I opened up the envelope and it was empty. There was nothing else on my windshield. I drive off thinking someone played a prank on me (anyone can put an envelope on a windshield).
I found out a week later that I did indeed get a parking ticket for parking too close to a fire hydrant. I take traffic laws very seriously because tickets are incredibly expensive and do not park in front of fire hydrants if I feel it is closer than 15 feet. The parking ticket I ended up getting said I parked 6 feet away which is something I would never do and dispute strongly.
My complaint is that I never got an initial physical ticket. If I did, I would have taken pictures, gotten a witness, something. But now, I did not obtain proof showing I did not park too close because I never thought I got a ticket because a ticket was never left on my windshield. By not informing me that I received a ticket, I was thus denied my opportunity to defend myself from that ticket.
Also,the ticket that I received in the mail is signed by a traffic officer who affirmed that he left that parking notice on my vehicle. The fact that the envelope was attached to my windshield and the parking ticket was not to be found compels me to question whether the ticket was affixed to my vehicle. Looking at the ticket, it appears to be created by a computer device. Is it possible to find out if the ticket was in fact printed out at the time listed on the ticket?
Anyway, this is very frustrating for me because I am fairly certain I did not park too close to the fire hydrant but now I have no way of proving it.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.