has anyone successfully petitioned an NCSU parking ticket?

10/16/2007 4:20:12 PM

of course

10/16/2007 4:20:32 PM

don't even try it man

they are in good with the russian mafia

if you try to petition, it may cost you your life

10/16/2007 4:21:13 PM

i told them i couldn't afford 50 bucks and they knocked half of it off

10/16/2007 4:21:18 PM

i told them both pay lots were full (as in, the arm won't go up to let you in) and i had a test to take. there was nowhere else to legally park, and they still denied it.

10/16/2007 4:22:14 PM

I did, but it was because I forgot to put up my paper permit (they'd run out of stickers my freshman year), so it's probably not the same situation. They took 3 tickets down to $5.

10/16/2007 4:22:23 PM

I have

because they gave me warning ticket (of $0) on my car, then sent me a $30 ticket in the mail

they threw away the $30 ticket 'cause the person ticketing fucked up

10/16/2007 4:27:13 PM

parked behind student health for 20 minutes for an advising appointment and got ticketed. mofo's were on the ball today

10/16/2007 4:27:36 PM

♥ my C permit

[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 4:28 PM. Reason : plural]

10/16/2007 4:28:08 PM

only time i've gotten away with it, my car radiator hose busted so i had to find a place to park immediately so i parked in the dan allen garage first level. I left a note and had a warning ticket waiting the next day.

10/16/2007 4:29:35 PM

♥ my C permit

10/16/2007 4:30:26 PM

the machine in the dan allen deck was broken one day (well, someone's card was stuck in it), so there was no way to pay- i went to class and when i came back, i was ticketed (as well as half the lot)- I tried to petition that bullshit, but of course NCSU transportation had their heads up their asses and said it wasn't their fault

WELL WHOSE FAULT WAS IT THEN, HUH?

10/16/2007 4:31:31 PM

i got one reduced to 5 bucks. whatever you do be VERY nice and apologetic.

10/16/2007 4:33:28 PM

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"i told them i couldn't afford 50 bucks and they knocked half of it off"

10/16/2007 4:38:12 PM

they'll usually throw away your first if you actually have a good explanation. some of the excuses you guys have posted here have been pretty pathetic

10/16/2007 4:40:21 PM

my plan of action has always been to wait long enough for them to mail them to my dad and them have him pay them

10/16/2007 4:46:57 PM

they'll prevent you from graduating if you don't pay them

10/16/2007 4:49:42 PM

Talk to Debbie Beach.

Tell her tdub sent you.

Dress nice, show up on time, and be polite.

10/16/2007 5:43:33 PM

Succesfully got one cleared last month.

My girlfriend parked in front of Thompson theater (which apparently is no parking) and got a ticket (along with about 10 other cars). Problem was, DE sign was still up and the white parking slots weren't erased from the ground yet.

I called up Transportation and they said submit a petition online. We did that and also mailed them pictures of the DE sign and white parking slots.

A few days later they dropped the ticket, scrubbed off the white paint lines from the pavement and put up a few no parking signs with little orange flags on top

10/16/2007 5:55:17 PM

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"they'll prevent you from graduating if you don't pay them"

What if you already graduated.

10/16/2007 5:58:35 PM

i got a $50 fire lane ticket on a curb that didn't have a sign for a fire lane.
and no, they wouldn't drop it, give me a warning, or reduce it.

10/16/2007 6:06:13 PM

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"i got a $50 fire lane ticket on a curb that didn't have a sign for a fire lane. and no, they wouldn't drop it, give me a warning, or reduce it."

The thing is with this one, even if you have emailed a picture saying it wasn't a fire lane, you could be given a ticket for "parking in a no parking area." Which is still $50 bucks and non-negotiable because you shouldn't have been there in the first place. According to U. Transportation, if you aren't in a parking lane/space, you aren't supposed to be there.

10/16/2007 6:10:40 PM

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" What if you already graduated."

Your name can/will eventually go to a collections agency.

10/16/2007 7:03:34 PM

funny how the car that was behind me when i found the ticket... didn't have one.
neither did the others who parked there on a regular basis.
i should also mention that not long after i petitioned the ticket with my reasons, they put up a sign there, and didn't say one dang thing to me.

[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 7:20 PM. Reason : ]

10/16/2007 7:19:07 PM

I got a parking ticket in the mail a few semesters ago before the start of Fall Break...something about parking in an area without a proper permit...thing is the day the ticket was dated, i wasn't on campus, i was at work and could prove that i was no where near campus...and i always park in the commuter lot

I called up to the parking department...nobody wanted to hear my story, kept saying "you have to pay for the ticket because you parked in a permitted spot blah blah blah"

I ended up having to go down to the transportation office, have them look up my permit number for them to realize that I truly did not park in a restricted spot.

I still don't know how I got the ticket. I guess the ticketing officer wrote down my permit number which was only a few numbers off from the true culprit.

somebody got out of a $50 ticket cause of me


[Edited on October 16, 2007 at 8:34 PM. Reason : f]

10/16/2007 8:32:47 PM

I did, over a migraine.

This was back when I lived in Lee (about a year and a half ago). I was coming in from work and had a major headache slowly developing into a migraine (I had to squint when cars were coming towards me because the light hurt me). I had a fraternity ct parking pass but knew I couldn't handle the walk back. I parked in the lee lot which was normally fine because it was a saturday night. Apparantely I parked in a no parking section because they were going to do construction and had it blocked off... I didn't see the signs because I couldn't focus on them and parked anyway. They ticketed me, I petitioned, they let me off.

10/16/2007 9:12:00 PM

try this:

PARK WHERE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PARK.

/thread

10/16/2007 9:14:11 PM

I dont understand the machine at the dan allen deck. I pay it and it gives me a little receipt. How does transportation know if I pay or not? Someone please explain that system.

10/16/2007 9:21:06 PM

they've always reduced mine but not dropped them

10/16/2007 9:22:21 PM

^^n00b

10/16/2007 9:22:55 PM

b/c you take the ticket and use it to get out?

or maybe they are psychic.

10/16/2007 9:24:57 PM

i wrote an email saying the lot wasn't clearly marked and they cut it in half, i think that's the best you can usually do if you dont have any previous tickets

10/16/2007 9:40:20 PM

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"Talk to Debbie Beach."

she's the lady who emailed me saying my petition was denied. i don't know, the email sounded kind of smarmy. i have gotten 1 warning and 1 ticket before, which i paid on time.

i felt like this ticket was truly not my fault, though.. oh well. i'm gonna start taking the wolfline to school.

10/16/2007 10:55:38 PM

doesn't the bus stop right in front of your apartment anyway, matt?

10/16/2007 11:05:26 PM

no

10/16/2007 11:10:09 PM