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    Default Parking Meter Ticket

    My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: New Jersey. I had went down to the shore and had put money in the meter not corresponding to my parking space. While in my area, that is still not a legal defense, this particular spot was very ambiguous as to which was actually my meter.

    I feel like this is an entrapment. Although no one explicitly coerced me into placing money in the wrong meter, the town implicitly did so by not making it clear which parking meter corresponded to my parking space.

    However, I am not a lawyer, so my question is can an ambiguous parking meter setup be a strong legal defense against a parking ticket if one had intentionally tried to put money in the meter? And if so, what would I need to prove?

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    Default Re: Parking Meter Ticket

    First off, I'm not a Lawyer either. But. It seems to me that if the parking meters are really placed in very awkward positions, you might want to take a picture of this to the courts with you. Really, that seems like your only defense. Explain that you did put money in the meter, but due to the extremely confusing placement, it just happened to go into the wrong meter. I'm sure there has to be a statute saying the meters must be very easy to spot and not confusing to the corresponding parking place. Really, it seems like your only option. Again, I'm not a Lawyer, so I really wouldn't know anything beyond what was presented. What statute were you cited with? Perhaps knowing the exact lingo would affect ability to fight it.

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