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This was actually arguments for a speeding ticket in California.

For those in the bay area with parking tickets.... I've had hundreds of parking tickets in California. I would always lose the first round of dispute, because it is adjudicated by the city/county that gets the revenue. The second level of dispute is reviewed by an independent party who actually looks at what you state and makes an impartial decision, and the third level is reviewed by the courts. I disputed hundreds of tickets, and only once did I almost get to the third level.

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Are you a lawyer who deals with traffic law, or is California just some sort of dystopia where you get hundreds of parking tickets as a normal way of life?

Up here in Ontario I've had 1 ticket in my life. I just... no, there is no way you're getting hundreds as an individual.

I had the custom plates NV and ended up in some sort of dystopia where I got hundreds of parking tickets for all different makes and models of cars until well after I returned the plates.

I wrote my story up here...

https://100parkingtickets.com/

Good gravy. Thanks for the link. What a read.

I originally wrote that on Craigslists rants and raves at a point in the process when I was starting to get frustrated.

Just writing it out was therapeutic, it helped me see the absurd humor in the situation. Then someone responded with a link to an LA reporter who had written about similar situations.

I contacted him, he wrote a story about me, and all the bureaucratic problems just went away.