[Derek_N84]

Just curious to how many people here on Revscene disputed a parking/by-law ticket and won? I know the back of the ticket says the adjudicator does not consider extenuating circumstances, so I just wanted an opinion before I risk paying a full penalty for a failed dispute.

Just got one on 100 block of Cordova because I was waiting in a no stopping spot waiting for the car in front to leave the meter spot. Meter maid smart car pulls up with lights and hands me a ticket. I explained to her that I was waiting for the parking spot and she says too bad because she already printed it but I can try to dispute the ticket if I like. I mean my car was still on and I did it to avoid blocking a traffic lane.

TIA

[Jgresch]

Just curious to how many people here on Revscene disputed a parking/by-law ticket and won? I know the back of the ticket says the adjudicator does not consider extenuating circumstances, so I just wanted an opinion before I risk paying a full penalty for a failed dispute.

Just got one on 100 block of Cordova because I was waiting in a no stopping spot waiting for the car in front to leave the meter spot. Meter maid smart car pulls up with lights and hands me a ticket. I explained to her that I was waiting for the parking spot and she says too bad because she already printed it but I can try to dispute the ticket if I like. I mean my car was still on and I did it to avoid blocking a traffic lane.

TIA

that is all.

[drunkrussian]

one time i parked and payed for the wrong spot. phoned and got it waived. they asked info but their system doesnt have a record of anything so it was just to prove im not bs'ig. if negotiating on the phone doesnt work go to court and they wont show up and itll be waived? isnt that what they say?
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[b0unce. [?]]

just dispute it anyways. you'll probably win.

[fishCak3s]

dispute it and don't do it again

[winson604]

It's $50 if you pay and $125 if you lose the dispute. In my opinion I would just pay it, one thing that came out of the new adjudication system is that it's supposed to be more black and white so you either did it or you didn't. Now the adjudicator is human too and there's always a chance they will side with you but in this situation I would pay.

[taylor192]

They must be cracking down on this, I saw it ticketed twice in the past few weeks.

[toyobaru]

just kinda curious does changing your plates work to get yourself out of a situation like this?

[InvisibleSoul]

just kinda curious does changing your plates work to get yourself out of a situation like this?
Not for city issued tickets.

[gars]

just kinda curious does changing your plates work to get yourself out of a situation like this?

Nope. Unlike the private lots like Diamond Parking or ImPark, The City of Vancouver can actually go after the owner legally and changing your license plate won't do anything.

[winson604]

just kinda curious does changing your plates work to get yourself out of a situation like this?

The City and their colections aren't wimpy like Diamon Parking who will just harass you with phone calls for a little while. Not only will the ticket go up to $150 I think it is but they will get the money from you one way or another. They can even garnish wages to get it if they choose to do so.

[rubencruz]

Got a tix yesterday ! I'm disputing it
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[seakrait]

just kinda curious does changing your plates work to get yourself out of a situation like this?

Nope. Unlike the private lots like Diamond Parking or ImPark, The City of Vancouver can actually go after the owner legally and changing your license plate won't do anything.

ICBC provides a vehicle's Registered Owner information to BOTH the City AND private parking corporations (like Impark). So even if you change your license plate, the City AND Impark will know that you still own the car.

[ajax]

ICBC provides a vehicle's Registered Owner information to BOTH the City AND private parking corporations (like Impark). So even if you change your license plate, the City AND Impark will know that you still own the car.

Rule of thumb: pay city tickets, forget private tickets. The only way impark will know you still own the car is if they ask for the information of the new plate.
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[gars]

ICBC provides a vehicle's Registered Owner information to BOTH the City AND private parking corporations (like Impark). So even if you change your license plate, the City AND Impark will know that you still own the car.

Impark will go after the owner with harrasing phone calls and letters - but they know that if they ever try taking it to court - they will never be able to recoup the full price of the ticket.

IF you change your license plate - Impark won't know that the new plate is owned by that owner - therefore they won't tow your car on site.

[FerrariEnzo]

just kinda curious does changing your plates work to get yourself out of a situation like this?

you can pay the money to change your plates, but the city will still come after you... Not very smart to owe the city money...


ICBC provides a vehicle's Registered Owner information to BOTH the City AND private parking corporations (like Impark). So even if you change your license plate, the City AND Impark will know that you still own the car.
Where's your source for this... ICBC cant not just give out personal info just coz someone wants it... it needs to be done through the courts or legally... So i will doubt private ticket companys will pay for fees for this..

[seakrait]

The only way impark will know you still own the car is if they ask for the information of the new plate.
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true.
IF you change your license plate - Impark won't know that the new plate is owned by that owner - therefore they won't tow your car on site.
true. but remember, if you get a ticket on that new plate AND you don't pay, now they'll know that both plates have belonged to you. so the next time you park in that company's lot with that new plate, your car might get towed. unless you've changed your plate yet again after that last ticket.
you can pay the money to change your plates, but the city will still come after you... Not very smart to owe the city money...
true. you MIGHT get a phone call from the police department (at least for parking tickets with the City of Vancouver) warning you that failure to pay will result in a traffic bench warrant. Potentially, at your next traffic stop, you could get hauled to jail (probably not though).
Where's your source for this... ICBC cant not just give out personal info just coz someone wants it... it needs to be done through the courts or legally... So i will doubt private ticket companys will pay for fees for this..
the same way translink gets your information from ICBC when you owe them money for crossing a toll bridge without a quickpass transponder:
Q: How do I pay the toll if I am not a registered Quickpass customer?
A: If you don't have a Quickpass transponder, electronic sensors and cameras identify your type of vehicle and its license plate number. License plate information is forwarded electronically to ICBC, which will provide TransLink with the name and mailing address of the vehicle owner. TransLink uses the information received from ICBC to send a bill for the toll amount to the registered owner of the vehicle. (see the FAQs (http://www.translink.ca/en/Driving/Golden-Ears-Bridge/About-Quickpass/FAQs.aspx))

i've posted about this before on RS. here: http://www.revscene.net/forums/634350-impark-do-you-pay-your-tickets-2.html#post7253302

from impark's website (should you choose to believe them):
How Did You Get my Name and Address and What do you do With This Information?
Pay parking operators adhering to appropriate confidentiality standards are entitled to paid access to provincial vehicle ownership records. Our access agreement permits us, based on licence plates, to obtain basic information on vehicle owners, including:

Name
Address
This arrangement is permitted by the applicable freedom of information and personal privacy laws in your province of residence. The personal information obtained is:

Strictly controlled
Accessible only by certain trained and approved employees of Impark
The information may only be used for the specific purposes of:

Following up on outstanding payment notices
Initiating a lawsuit (if necessary)
We do not provide this information to any third parties other than Canada Post (for mailing purposes) and certain debt collection agencies. These collection agencies are held to strict confidentiality standards outlined in provincial debt collection legislation.

Impark's compliance with the usage, security and confidentiality provisions of our access agreements with the provinces is periodically audited by the applicable regulatory authorities.
http://www2.impark.com/ps/notices/pages/en-faq.aspx?lang=en&region=toronto#how%20did%20you%20get%20my%20name%2 52%200and%20address%20and%20what%20do%20you%20do%2 0with%20%20this%20information
TL;DR: Parking corporations pay a fee to access your information from ICBC under the BC Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. They are allowed to do so because they have a debt to collect from you.

[seakrait]

since yesterday's posts all got deleted...

translink security is not part of transit police (http://www.transitpolice.bc.ca/en/Common-Questions.aspx). transit police cannot look up your info from the ICBC database for translink to send you a bill for using a toll bridge. a bill for using the bridge is not the same as getting a fine for, say, fare evasion (http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/13_377_85). that's a civil issue vs. a criminal issue.

and the key is that getting a parking ticket, from a parking corporation like IMPARK, is only a civil matter.

with translink, its billing department goes to ICBC and gets your info under the BC FOIPPA - S.33.1(1)(i)(i)(A) (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/LOC/freeside/--%20F%20--/Freedom%20of%20Information%20and%20Protection%20of %20Privacy%20Act%20RSBC%201996%20c.%20165/00_Act/96165_03.xml#section33.1)). basically this allows your information to be shared if you owe a public body money.

that is the same part of the act that enables IMPARK to get your information from ICBC for a fee.

[kbd]

Hey Derek let me know the outcome if you decide to dispute.
I got one for parking less than 6 meters to the closest edge of the sidewalk.

It was a borderline ticket, IMO I was greater than 6 metres away, guess the attendant was especially anal that day.

[joe12345]

I'm parking on a street in Vancouver and the street fits two cars between driveways . The no parking sign without a permit are not on the curb between the two driveways where I am parking, they are on either side of where I am parked.

Where I am parking has no sign and I got a ticket. Do driveways on the street nullify no parking signs or should I have known that the curb between the driveways is a no parking area without a permit?

Should I fight it? Has anyone won this type of ticket?

[Presto]

What did the ticket say you did wrong? You have to be a certain distance away from the driveway.

[4444]

i've 'heard' - so take this with a HUGE grain of salt, that if you dispute a parking ticket with CoV, it'll never go to court and will just go away... i fought one for my gf - we never heard anything about it, this was perhaps 2.5 years ago? (i fought it because they didn't even stop to serve me - whether I was stopped or not was a totally different question (borderline))

[shenmecar]

What did the ticket say you did wrong? You have to be a certain distance away from the driveway.

im thinking it's this.
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[mickz]

... so you parked in front of a driveway?

[winson604]

i've 'heard' - so take this with a HUGE grain of salt, that if you dispute a parking ticket with CoV, it'll never go to court and will just go away... i fought one for my gf - we never heard anything about it, this was perhaps 2.5 years ago? (i fought it because they didn't even stop to serve me - whether I was stopped or not was a totally different question (borderline))

That doesn't apply anymore. The City of Vancouver like many other municipalities have gone to an Adjudication System now which means instead of going through BC Courts it goes to a Third Party Adjudicator and I dare anyway to think they can just "ignore" the tickets.

Some people think we're still on the same system until they get cocky and "ignore" the ticket on purpose until it's time for them to get a mortgage or buy a car and realize they are being denied because of outstanding tickets on file that are affecting their credit rating.

This is not Diamond Parking my friends so either pay or dispute. FYI every violation when written has a picture of your car doing the crime so if you don't have hard evidence that proves otherwise I probably wouldn't bother disputing.

[PiuYi]

so i got a ticket mailed to me for "obstruction of traffic"

i had stopped on the side of the curb to wait for a friend, it was a "no parking" zone not a "no stopping" zone, and there was enough room on my left for 2 cars to pass by easily. Yet I got a ticket, and I had to pay for it, because once it goes to Adjudicator, he'll side with bylaw officer 99% of the time. It's pointless to argue. Officer doesn't even need a picture because you don't have one either. It's his word against yours, and he'll win.

Bullshit system.

/rant

[gars]

How long were you parked there for? Vancouver City Bylaws state:

Section 3: If your vehicle stops, and is not loading or unloading passengers, it is parked, whether it is occupied or not.

Section 17.6A (a): You can stop in a No Parking zone for up to five minutes to load or unload passengers, or materials.

No stopping zones and no parking zones | City of Vancouver (http://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/no-stopping-and-no-parking-zones.aspx)


You guys really need to just google and take a look at their website. There's a lot of information on what you can, or cannot do. Even their dispute process is very clearly stated.

How to Dispute Your Ticket (https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/dispute-your-ticket.aspx)

How to request evidence (https://vancouver.ca/streets-transportation/view-ticket-evidence.aspx)

[racerman88]

I'm parking on a street in Vancouver and the street fits two cars between driveways . The no parking sign without a permit are not on the curb between the two driveways where I am parking, they are on either side of where I am parked.

Where I am parking has no sign and I got a ticket. Do driveways on the street nullify no parking signs or should I have known that the curb between the driveways is a no parking area without a permit?

Should I fight it? Has anyone won this type of ticket?

What was the ticket for?
It could have been for being too close to the driveways b/c you have to be 1.5 meters away from either side of a driveway.

[Windstar]

My mom got a parking ticket recently but the police spelled her license plate wrong, booyah!

[CRS]

My mom got a parking ticket recently but the police spelled her license plate wrong, booyah!

Parking authority =! police

[Gh0stRider]

so i got a ticket mailed to me for "obstruction of traffic"

i had stopped on the side of the curb to wait for a friend, it was a "no parking" zone not a "no stopping" zone, and there was enough room on my left for 2 cars to pass by easily. Yet I got a ticket, and I had to pay for it, because once it goes to Adjudicator, he'll side with bylaw officer 99% of the time. It's pointless to argue. Officer doesn't even need a picture because you don't have one either. It's his word against yours, and he'll win.

Bullshit system.

/rant

pretty sure they need pictures to prove the offence even occurred.