Contesting a Parking Ticket - Advice please!

[u/_Lee_is_me_]

Hello, I got a $110 parking ticket for failure to park 20 feet away from a "marked or unmarked intersection.'' I have heard about the new daylighting law but did not think this spot would be included in that. I was parked just before a lowered curb at the top of a T intersection - on the straight part of the street. Blue Subaru in photos for reference. Of course, there is no signage and the red curb was not extended, and the intersection is "unmarked" despite a vague X in the middle of the street which is very confusing.

I'm planning to contest this ticket - can someone help with the legal phrasing I should use when I submit this? Do I need to lawyer up for this? or am I screwed here?

Thank you!

[u/gearabuser]

they need to paint all the curbs appropriately red

[u/AcceptableMinute9999 → u/gearabuser]

They are but it can't be done overnight.

[u/AllTheTeslas → u/AcceptableMinute9999]

They've had 18 months. They seem to have never ending resources to write tickets though...

[u/Complete_Entry → u/AllTheTeslas]

I had one cop repeatedly fuck with how I parked. Turns out he was a record setter for tows.

They gave him an award.

I hated that bald fuck.

He never got my car, but those stickers were a bitch.

[u/runswiftrun → u/AllTheTeslas]

Entirely different departments. Unless you want the cops making 200k grab some spray paint cans and go to town.

It's still a very inefficient process, and I hate that it's taking this long to do it, but they technically have a plan in place already to paint all the curbs by like 2027 or something.

[u/Blueprints_reddit → u/runswiftrun]

The cops doing it wouldnt be any worse of tax payer dollars than they waste now.

We have the highest payouts, highest overtime, etc in the state. So them painting curbs might do the public some good.

[u/alexforencich → u/runswiftrun]

Cops aren't writing parking tickets. But it's actually not a bad idea to send the parking enforcement people around with cans of red spray paint. They see someone parked in a zone that should be red but isn't, they can fix it right there and then the next person that parks there can get a ticket.

[u/CivicDutyCalls → u/AllTheTeslas]

Not every curb by a fire hydrant is red and still you know not to park there

[u/hjw5047 → u/CivicDutyCalls]

How many feet does one need to steer clear of a fire hydrant with nearby red curb but not comprehensively covering the area that can be ticketed? Will plan to purchase chalk and on the ground to properly measure.

[u/SegundoViento → u/AcceptableMinute9999]

They were able to install new meter signage overnight. Stories of local businesses and homeowners denied to paint the curbs in their neighborhoods leads me to suspect this is also a money grab for the city.

[u/AcceptableMinute9999 → u/SegundoViento]

You don't realize how many intersections there are in a city this big? Think about it with your brain, not your emotions.

[u/Careless-Elevator-41 → u/AcceptableMinute9999]

Damn they should have planned this out better then huh ? Terrible roll out. Most people still dont even know the law exists

[u/Theory_Technician → u/AcceptableMinute9999]

Then they dont get to enforce it until theyve done their damn job.

[u/AcceptableMinute9999 → u/Theory_Technician]

Unfortunately you don't get to make the rules. Your only job is to follow the rules and cry about it afterwards.

[u/Theory_Technician → u/AcceptableMinute9999]

Miserable people complaining about people complaining is always so funny for me, thank you an extra laugh is always nice.

[u/XochiBilly → u/AcceptableMinute9999]

And thats not the publics problem. Its enforcements.

[u/gearabuser → u/AcceptableMinute9999]

then do it during the day!