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tomheet

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parking tickets for mopeds.
« on: October 08, 2010, 11:01:45 PM »
Today I got a parking ticket in grand rapids MI for parking on a sidewalk. Maybe not the brightest thing to do, but with an art prize competition  going on, the parking situation is crazy. The meter dweeb wrote up my scoot as a Kwang (whatever the hell that is) I have a ppl50. More importantly, the MI sec of state classifies my scooter as non-motorized vehicle, as it is 49.5cc. So, would the state definition trump  the City? If it's not a motorized vehicle, then it's as if they gave a ticket to a 10 speed. Can you get off with a technicality issue of mis-identifying the make?

  Any one else deal with this?
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 11:17:14 PM »
..the "make" is a Kwang!!..lol..

..KYMCO..

..Kwang Yang Motor Company...

..how much is the ticket gonna cost y'...

..how much would an attorney cost y'...

..actually, i think you have a case!!!

 ;D
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2010, 11:25:59 PM »
I once got ticketed by a fatass cop for speeding in the car. I noticed that the date he put on the ticket was wrong. At the hearing with the magistrate,  I made the wrong date known, and walked away free and clear. Fatass? I should have said dumbass.
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2010, 11:33:10 PM »
Fatass? I should have said dumbass.

..that's pretty much the ONE THING that MUST be correct on a ticket...

..you could easily prove that you were somewhere else....on that date....
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2010, 11:39:44 PM »
It warms my heart to hear people getting out of ticket because sloppy bureaucrat's can't perform their job properly. Seriously, I'm going to check into the "non-motorized vehicle" clause we have in MI for <49.5cc bikes
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« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2010, 11:42:39 PM »
..yeah..i would too!!..

..dang, educate and represent!!!

..i'm pullin' for y'!!

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« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2010, 11:46:30 PM »
Word, that post of you being pulled over by Barney Fife was hillarious! probably not to you though, at the time. Glad the prick got  nothing out of it but the frustration of getting nothing for his time spent.

 My ticket is 20 bucks. Not worth more than a bit of phone time, prolly get me no where.
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2010, 12:00:36 AM »
...i was kinda enjoying it tho...

..i reckon it was the FIRST time i was ever pulled, and had absolutely NOTHING to be worried about!!!..lol..

..other than being late for work..but that wasn't much...

..still...i think you could beat the ticket!!...
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2010, 12:01:01 AM »
Man - glad my scoot doesn't have plates on it.

Can't give me a photo radar ticket, can't give me a parking ticket.

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« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2010, 12:02:05 AM »
..me too...i like being stealthy..........
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2010, 12:03:50 AM »
A penny saved is a penny earned...good luck, tom!!
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2010, 12:04:38 AM »
Not that we do anything that wold result in a ticket....
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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2010, 12:05:34 AM »
Not that we do anything that wold result in a ticket

...no..umm...NEVER!!...
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2010, 12:07:05 AM »
I do have to say that everyone parks their scoot on the sidewalk in the D.C. area.  Have to have something to chain the thing to - bike rack, lamp post, etc.
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Re: parking tickets for mopeds.
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2010, 12:08:16 AM »
Thanks, Rianna! It's worth TRYING at least to beat city hall. Feels better than doing nothing.
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