My question involves a traffic citation from the state of: California
I just received a handicap parking violation for $275.00 for waiting in a handicap parking slip with car running 1 min while my daughters car pool pulled up to let her out. Officer approached my car window as my daughter was getting out of the car pool car. Officer asked me if I knew I was parked in a handicap parking place. I said that I was waiting for my daughter to be dropped off. This was a park and ride car pool parking lot in which all parking spaces were taken. My car was running and he drove in off the free way like he was doing a parking lot check and then circled back and stopped right in front of my car. I was very polite explained that I was temporarily stopped here to pick up my daughter. Literally 1-2 minutes stopped with car running. There is no place to stop a car for passengers to move from one car to the next. She is 14 years old and I am always there waiting for her as I would not want her to be let out of the car without me waiting. IN the 4 months I have been picking her up in this particular parking lot there has never once been a car parked in any of the three handicapped parking spots. This day there was no cars parked there as well. He asked for my registration and license and I again tried to explain I had only been there a min. He wrote me up any ways. As he handed me the citation I asked why he did not feel he could have given me a warning. His reply, "You didn't ask for one". Is there any sort of legal law or code I can use to fight this. Aren't California High Way patrol officers suppose to be patrolling our high ways to make things safer. Is California so stretched for funds that they need to give citations out for nonsense like this. I would appreciate anyone telling me if I have any thing I ca use in a letter stating to deny this charge. I feel like I need to speak up...what do I have to lose?

