新西兰ZT: How to get out of a parking ticket

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/9039641/How-to-get-out-of-a-parking-ticket

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1. Expired WOF
Owning a crappy car combined with cashflow problems can sometimes make it tricky to get your warrant of fitness in a timely fashion.
Turns out that if you mention your WOF has been expired for less than four weeks, they'll waive the ticket. If you can prove that you were on your way to the garage when you got pinged, you'll also be excused.

2. Expired rego
No rego? No worries. It's the same story - if you're behind by less than four weeks, make a point of mentioning it and they'll waive the $200 fine.
You also get a one-time-only reprieve if you registered your car but weren't displaying the new label on your windscreen. The NZ Transport Agency is notoriously slow at posting the slips out, so this happens all the time.
And if you're unlucky enough to get ticketed while you're parked outside a Post Shop buying a new rego, ask to have it waived.

3. Parked in a special vehicle lane or clearway
If you sprint back to your car in the clearway at 4.02pm and a parking officer is already writing you a ticket, don't lose your head. There's a five-minute grace time for clearways and special vehicle lanes that has to be obeyed. Challenge the ticket, and they'll waive it.

4. Vehicle for display or sale
The time-honoured tradition of leaving your old dunger parked on the roadside with a "For Sale" sign scrawled on the window in Twink violates council bylaws.
If you're copped the $40 fine, no worries. They have to let you off if you can prove that it's being used for day-to-day travel, not just as a four-wheel billboard.
Also, ask for evidence. If the officer hasn't taken two photos and "comprehensive notes", they won't have a leg to stand on.

5. Expired pay-and-display receipt
If you paid for parking but the receipt fell off the dash or was otherwise obscured, just mail it in and they'll waive the fine "by way of warning".
If the parking machine wouldn't accept your payment, that's a valid excuse too. Tell them the exact machine location, and snap a photo of the error message if possible.
Finally, there's a 10-minute grace period in the central-city parking zones.

6. Incorrect number plate
If you get pinged because your number plate is obscured or attached in the wrong place, don't lose any sleep over the $200 fine.
All you have to do is provide proof that it's been reattached correctly within 10 days of the notice and you'll get off.

7. Damaged or smooth tyres
The same goes for bald tyres. You can use the $150 you would have spent paying the fine to get a new tyre, then send the receipt within seven days and they'll wipe it. If you can't get it done in time, ask to see some evidence. They'll waive it if "four clear photos" have not been attached by the warden.

8. Blocking a vehicle entrance
Although the law says you've got to park a metre away from driveways, if your boot isn't actually hanging over the kerb cutout, they let it go.
If you parked in a residential area and were pinged by a zealous parking officer rather than an annoyed neighbour, that's another valid reason.
The final way out is if you can prove that the vehicle entrance supposedly being blocked couldn't be used anyway.

9. Parked near a corner, bend, dip or rise
The document says, "If the obstruction is not clearly noted or photograph or diagram not provided, waive". In most of these situations, Auckland Transport relies on the fact that practically everyone will cave in and pay, rather than go through the hassle of court.
But the burden of proof is on them, which means you should always ask for evidence of your alleged wrongdoing. If they don't have any, they'll drop it.

10. Inconsiderate parking
The same applies to the somewhat ambiguous offence of "inconsiderate parking". The guidelines state: "Ensure there is clear evidence to support this infringement as it is typically difficult to prove in court."

This guide isn't about trying to get away with breaking the law but knowing your rights.

As the Ombudsman has said: "These factors form part of the law as it operates in practice and citizens are entitled to know of them in determining how they interact with the authority."
Where you have been unfairly ticketed, it's your moral duty to fight back against the bureaucrats.

That means writing a polite but firm letter explaining the circumstances, using any of the strategies outlined above.

Auckland Transport's coffers are already overflowing with your traffic infringement dollars. Let's keep the revenue-gathering to a bare minimum.

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Not wearing seatbelt, 150 dollars..............