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Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I:

General defenses: Defenses that can potentially work on almost any violation

1. Technical Defects – the Easiest Way to Beat a Ticket

2. My Car Broke Down

3. The Rules Were Not In Effect

4. I Didn’t Do It – General Denials

5. I Never Knew About the Ticket

6. I Was Allowed to Park There – the Permit Defense

7. What – Again? Repeat Summonses

8. It’s Not My Car – Stolen, Sold or Borrowed Vehicles, Stickers or License Plates

9. The Sign Was Confusing/Wrong/Illegible/Missing/Too Far Away

10. I Paid the Damn Thing Already

11. The Ticket Should be Dismissed in the Interests of Justice

12. I Belong to the Press

13. Handicapped Permits

14. I’m a Doctor or Dentist

15. It Was an Emergency

 Part II:

The violations & how to defend them: If a general defense won’t cut it.

16. No Parking – All Types

17. No Standing – All Types

18. Meters – Expired, Broken, Missing, Overtime

19. Fire Hydrants

20. Double Parking & Traffic Lanes

21. Crosswalks & Pedestrian Ramps

22. Obstructing a Driveway

23. Status Violations – Equipment, Registration, License Plates, Inspection.

Part III:

Beyond the defense: The Rest of the Story

24. Guilty with an Excuse – When to Throw Yourself on the Mercy of the Court – and When Not to Bother

25. How to Delay Paying a Ticket

26. Things Always Worth Doing & Things Never Worth Doing

27. Tickets in Default Judgment

28. Appeals – When to Do Them and How they Work

Index