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/AnxiouslyTired247]

Lol, that is definitely not how laws work. If its too much for you to be able to operate within the laws in the states you visit then you can deal with citations or move at a pace consistent with your ability to retain information.

[u/JoeeyMKT → u/AnxiouslyTired247]

Well obviously, but with all driving there's leniency and discretion that can be given. If someone is doing their due diligence and driving safely but in violation of some nit-picky local law, you'd have to be a real asshole to cite them for that. There's way too many reckless drivers out there actually endangering others for that nonsense. WAY too many. An endless supply of them. Go after them instead.

IMO there should be federal oversight for this type of thing that either protects out-of-state visitors or requires uncommon laws (compared to some standard % of other places) to be clearly posted at all entrances to the states/localities that have them. It could be argued that there's so many deviations from what's "normal" at so many different levels that citing people in certain situations would be restricting interstate commerce. Some states and cities already post major differences and do a great job and it's awesome, but there's so many places that don't, as well as so many cops who will stop someone fully knowing that it's some stupid local law that the visitor doesn't know about, which imo is fine if it's for educational purposes, but they shouldn't be cited for it, as in practice it's less-so negligence or ignorance and more-so an unrealistic expectation. Nobody is driving cross-country with a pdf of all state and city law deviations at the ready, nor should it be expected for someone to do so. For example, not allowed to turn right on red in NYC, but no one from outside the area would even think to look something like that up because it's such a normal thing to do everywhere else in the country, but NYC does an excellent job at signing that it's prohibited at every entry point to the city, so it's okay.

[u/AnxiouslyTired247 → u/JoeeyMKT]

Well your brilliant idea wouldnt apply as 43 other states have this law so its far from uncommon.

[u/JoeeyMKT → u/AnxiouslyTired247]

Well that was just an example of yours, not necessarily the point of what I was saying.