Ask RiotACT: Parking ticket on Constitution Avenue

No_Nose said :

dungfungus said :

toadstool said :

I just noticed that the parking ticket I received has an error on it. It states the make of vehicle is a Toyota whereas my car is a Nissan. Is this grounds for disputing the ticket?

Yes, I believe so.

I got a parking ticket 20 years ago which had the day before date on it. I sent them in a photocopy of my airline ticket to Sydney and return where I was on they same day of the alleged offence.

The fine was waived.

Lucky you!

I tried a similar thing Townsville, Queensland, when I got a parking ticket with errors on it. About three weeks later I received a reply thanking me for the pointing out the errors and telling me that the issued infringement notice had been cancelled.

Unfortunately the letter then went on to say “please find attached replacement infringement notice with the correct details.”

Well, mine was 20 years ago so maybe they have changed the laws everywhere so there must be legislation to support it somewhere. Why don’t you ask them for the relevant details.

Of course, if you contested it in court any reasonable magistrate would support you. But then, this happened in the Deep North so you could end up with a custodial sentence.

I would be writing to the local Townsville newspaper about it though.

HenryBG said :

To give you some idea of the fun that’s in store for people who dispute fines, have a read of this one:
http://courts.act.gov.au/supreme/judgments/burridge-v-chief-magistrate-of-the-magistrates-court-of-the-australian-capital-territory

Any idea what the costs would have been?

dungfungus said :

toadstool said :

I just noticed that the parking ticket I received has an error on it. It states the make of vehicle is a Toyota whereas my car is a Nissan. Is this grounds for disputing the ticket?

Yes, I believe so.

I got a parking ticket 20 years ago which had the day before date on it. I sent them in a photocopy of my airline ticket to Sydney and return where I was on they same day of the alleged offence.

The fine was waived.

Lucky you!

I tried a similar thing Townsville, Queensland, when I got a parking ticket with errors on it. About three weeks later I received a reply thanking me for the pointing out the errors and telling me that the issued infringement notice had been cancelled.

Unfortunately the letter then went on to say “please find attached replacement infringement notice with the correct details.”

toadstool said :

I just noticed that the parking ticket I received has an error on it. It states the make of vehicle is a Toyota whereas my car is a Nissan. Is this grounds for disputing the ticket?

Id be surprised if it was. That would mean that (legally) de badged cars can park illegally everywhere and not get pinged. Did they get the rego number right ? If so, just pay up. You did the wrong thing and got caught.

toadstool said :

I just noticed that the parking ticket I received has an error on it. It states the make of vehicle is a Toyota whereas my car is a Nissan. Is this grounds for disputing the ticket?

Yes, I believe so.

I got a parking ticket 20 years ago which had the day before date on it. I sent them in a photocopy of my airline ticket to Sydney and return where I was on they same day of the alleged offence.

The fine was waived.

I am assuming the correct rego number was on the ticket? I would write to them stating you do not own a Toyota and leave it at that.

I just noticed that the parking ticket I received has an error on it. It states the make of vehicle is a Toyota whereas my car is a Nissan. Is this grounds for disputing the ticket?

To give you some idea of the fun that’s in store for people who dispute fines, have a read of this one:
http://courts.act.gov.au/supreme/judgments/burridge-v-chief-magistrate-of-the-magistrates-court-of-the-australian-capital-territory

Ten_Inches said :

Two things guaranteed in life…death and taxes.

If they don’t get your money through parking infringement notices, they’ll still get it some other way. Rate rises, admin fees, speeding tickets……..

Speeding and parking tickets are easily avoidable of course.

Two things guaranteed in life…death and taxes.

If they don’t get your money through parking infringement notices, they’ll still get it some other way. Rate rises, admin fees, speeding tickets……..

toadstool said :

Maybe the strip already has smart parking. Wouldn’t a way around that be to pull out so the meter resets then reverse your car back into the spot?

Not really – you’d have to return to your car every time the designated amount of time ran out, thus destroying any potential enjoyment of whatever it was you were there to do in the first place, aka ‘false economy’.

After-hours paid parking is the reason civic is progressively becoming more and more dead.