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  1. #1
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    Default Bus Zone Ticket With an Error

    My question involves a traffic citation from the state of: California (City of San Francisco)

    I got a parking ticket on 10/24 while working (driving). I was stopped in a bus stop dropping someone off and after she got out, i put the car in park to write down the time and check where I had to be next. In that 15 seconds a cop stopped behind me and started writing me a ticket for being stopped in the bus stop. It was 11:40pm and the ticket is $250. I already planned on contesting it since I was working and I could play the sympathy aspect working about 30 hours a week and going to school (also, the reason I was in the bus stop was because it's a 1 lane each way street and double parking would've completely blocked traffic and the bus zone is a blocked off part of the parking lane).Anyway, I just realized an error on the ticket I received in the mail. The ticket says I was ticketed at 11:40am (really got the ticket 12 hours later). I was in class that day until 12pm. Do you think this could be a good enough reason to argue the ticket, or should I stick with what happened? I'm going to bring in the letter of contest on Monday the 7th so I hope this is seen soon. Thanks in advance.

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    Default Re: Bus Zone Ticket With an Error

    You know, I'm not sure about in San Fransisco, but down here in Torrance, buses don't run at 11:40 PM. I think that you should use as many defenses as you can come up with, but if you can show that buses don't run down that street at that time of night, it seems to me like you might be able to get out of the ticket. It really depends on what judge you get. Good Judges would look at this and say "The law's not made to screw people over, it's meant to protect, and you weren't really harming anyone," while a bad judge really wouldn't listen to any defense you said because you /technically/ broke the law.

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