  Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 170 Registered: 11-2006 |
I just got a letter from the fair city for some parking tickets I thought I took care of. These are from as far back as '01 and '03. I don't know why it's taken them so long to get interested in these tickets but I'm confident I payed some of them. However, I figure rather than fighting them I might as well just wait for amnesty day. Does anyone know when it's coming up? | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 2614 Registered: 10-2003 |
Blondy should probably know. I'm sure she's already racked up a fair share since the last amnesty. LOL | ||
East_detroit Member Username: East_detroit Post Number: 2041 Registered: 11-2003 |
What do you do if you get a parking ticket and then notice that they transcribed one of the letters from your license plate incorrectly? | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 804 Registered: 05-2007 |
Probably not going to be one any time soon. the last Amnesty Day was in June 2008, and that was supposed to be the final one. http://www.clickondetroit.com/ news/16542194/detail.html | ||
Chow Member Username: Chow Post Number: 262 Registered: 10-2003 |
"What do you do if you get a parking ticket and then notice that they transcribed one of the letters from your license plate incorrectly?" It means you don't have to pay. | ||
Southwestmap Member Username: Southwestmap Post Number: 953 Registered: 01-2005 |
"Probably not going to be one any time soon. the last Amnesty Day was in June 2008, and that was supposed to be the final one." And that was said every time previously. But its not something to count on! | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 627 Registered: 12-2003 |
here's a thought... Just pay the tickets. What makes you think you should get a discount after 5-7 years? | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2953 Registered: 08-2007 |
Well, first you should go back in your records and see if you did pay the tickets as you thought. If you did not, then why not pay them? | ||
Southwestmap Member Username: Southwestmap Post Number: 954 Registered: 01-2005 |
Because why pay full price and penalties if going to be discounted! | ||
14509glenfield Member Username: 14509glenfield Post Number: 1528 Registered: 05-2006 |
Is Madoff "discounted". Guess it's called .... conscientious Dirty laundry don't come clean. (Message edited by 14509glenfield on March 12, 2009) | ||
Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 171 Registered: 11-2006 |
Well, I don't exactly have a lot of guilt about some unpaid tix when I pay the 3-4 I get a year right away and no one has reached out to me for 5+ years when I didn't know I had these tickets. I'm not jumping out of my boots to pay them and I'll sleep just fine if I can just walk in and get the amnesty. | ||
Southwestmap Member Username: Southwestmap Post Number: 955 Registered: 01-2005 |
I don't have a lot of guilt about any such scheme to wrest money out of the citizenry. The fact that it can go up and down, be eliminated entirely, etc. tells me that it is not some honor-bound obligation - its just another tax. You have an obligation to pay as little tax to Ceasar as legal or possible. | ||
Gazhekwe Member Username: Gazhekwe Post Number: 2956 Registered: 08-2007 |
If that is your feeling, please also feel free to take as little from the public coffers as possible, too. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9600 Registered: 10-2003 |
This is the third time I've seen this exact same thread through the years. When is parking amnesty? Pay your tickets, a-hole! etc. | ||
Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 172 Registered: 11-2006 |
I pay my taxes (33 years in this fine city) and I pay the tickets I know about. These are over 5 years old and this is the first I'm aware of them so back off. I'm not going on a guilt trip today. | ||
14509glenfield Member Username: 14509glenfield Post Number: 1531 Registered: 05-2006 |
Up a couple Trade your Mediterrainian/Baltic Ave. for Boardwalk/Park Place ...and tell your child that it was a smart move on his part. | ||
Rugbyman Member Username: Rugbyman Post Number: 354 Registered: 06-2005 |
I have it on pretty good authority that there will not be any amnesties in the foreseeable future. That said, you should probably pay the thing off because I've noticed a fair number of boots around town lately. Just my two cents. | ||
Brandon48202 Member Username: Brandon48202 Post Number: 222 Registered: 12-2004 |
Anyone know how many tickets you need before you are boot-eligible? Um, I'm asking for a friend. | ||
Southwestmap Member Username: Southwestmap Post Number: 956 Registered: 01-2005 |
I don't think that i've ever taken anything from "public coffers" - and I pay $300 extra now to get my garbage picked up! | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1663 Registered: 05-2008 |
Yes, it is a tax--an idiot tax. Here's a thought, why not park legally? | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 9608 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: Oh come on. You can debate his wanting amnesty or whatever, but everybody gets a parking ticket at some point in their life. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 3984 Registered: 01-2005 |
Y'know, living in Las Vegas is such a pleasure because there is plentiful free parking everywhere, including covered garages when the desert blazes. In fact, the only place in the whole valley I ever had a problem finding parking (and noticing cars ticketed) was at the University of Nevada Las Vegas when I took some continuing education courses there. Which brings the question....why does "Higher Academia" and "Parking Problems" go together? I've never seen a college campus that has properly addressed the parking situation. Oh...wait...those in charge are all college graduates, aren't they? Yeah, that explains it. | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1666 Registered: 05-2008 |
John, I did...and it was paid. I didn't wait for amnesty. | ||
Enduro Member Username: Enduro Post Number: 173 Registered: 11-2006 |
Rugby, I was chatting about tickets at the bar tonight and word is that they're cracking down on old tickets which makes sense given the city's current situation. My issue, like I said, is I have no record of getting these three tickets and I've paid all my other tickets (always on time so I can get the discount). I've tried to pay parking tickets in person and it was a painful experience (they list their office as still being in the Book Tower for starters). Fighting one sounds like a regular hootenanny. Sincerely, The Boyscout Hating, Simple Minded, Jury Duty Dodgin', Illegal Parking Fetishist Enduro | ||
48202 Member Username: 48202 Post Number: 65 Registered: 10-2003 |
Maybe you never got these tickets because someone took them off your windshield. | ||
Sumas Member Username: Sumas Post Number: 800 Registered: 01-2008 |
My favorite parking ticket (that we didn't know about) was when my husband had jury duty. He parked in a paid lot. They must have been juggling cars and put ours on the street, then removed the ticket. Of course they refused to pay even though my husband had a dated receipt. My second favorite parking situation was, I would let my teenaged son drive my car. He racked up close to $500 in parking tickets but never told me and disposed of any letters that would come while I was at work. My youngest son took pity on me when an officer of the court came to serve me. I paid the tickets but still shudder to think that if I had been pulled over I could have been jailed. | ||
Iddude313 Member Username: Iddude313 Post Number: 178 Registered: 07-2005 |
Brandon48202, According to the lady who answered the phone at the parking dept., cars don't get booted until the 6th ticket. I asked because I had two outstanding tickets (now paid) and I've seen cars getting booted up and down in the Midtown area. | ||
Raptor56 Member Username: Raptor56 Post Number: 823 Registered: 05-2007 |
Parking scofflaws beware: Starting next week, you no longer can renew driver licenses after racking up six unpaid tickets, the same threshold for the dreaded, yellow boot. For the first time in a decade, parking officials say they will use their full arsenal of collection tools to go after $30 million the city is owed in unpaid fines and penalties. On Monday, the Secretary of State no longer will renew licenses of those who have at least six unpaid parking tickets or at least two unpaid citations for parking in handicapped spots in Detroit. The city has provided the state with a list of 4,400 names. http://detnews.com/article/200 90320/METRO/903200393/1409/MET RO/Detroit+warns+scofflaws++Pa y+parking+tickets+or+lose+your +license Sounds like the anti-amnesty program... | ||
Colgatesmile Member Username: Colgatesmile Post Number: 43 Registered: 06-2008 |
City of Detroit has payment plan for parking tickets Wayne county and several courts have 50% amnesty for traffic infractions in the month of Apri http://www.36thdistrictcourt.o rg/ http://www.36thdistrictcourt.o rg/traffic_amnesty%202009.pdf | ||
Ongowwah Member Username: Ongowwah Post Number: 374 Registered: 03-2008 |
Typical Detroit mentality at work. Owe child support, utility bills, have a warrant out, owe parking traffic tickets? DO NOT PAY THEM! THE WORD IS OUT. YOU CRIMINALS AND SCOFFLAWS ARE NOW CALLING THE SHOTS. HOW MANY AMNESTY PROGRAMS DOES THIS MAKE? JUST WAIT LONG ENOUGH AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH A DISCOUNT FROM THE CITY. BOY ARE YOU PEOPLE WHO PAY YOUR DEBTS ON TIME EVER STUPID!!! | ||
Lodgedodger Member Username: Lodgedodger Post Number: 1723 Registered: 05-2008 |
>>My second favorite parking situation was, I would let my teenaged son drive my car. He racked up close to $500 in parking tickets but never told me and disposed of any letters that would come while I was at work. My youngest son took pity on me when an officer of the court came to serve me. I paid the tickets but still shudder to think that if I had been pulled over I could have been jailed.<< Sumas, did your son reimburse you for the tickets? |
