Re:Fixed Raises $650K More and Heads to Oakland
by ihaveajob on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @03:55PM
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Sure, if that's the case. In my experience, though, these services simply contest everything in the hope that the officer in charge or the ticket will not have time to follow up, and the case will get thrown out even if it's a perfectly reasonable fine. It works, but that doesn't make it right.
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Re:Fixed Raises $650K More and Heads to Oakland
by fragsworth on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @04:02PM
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> these services simply contest everything in the hope that the officer in charge or the ticket will not have time to follow up
No. If you actually read the article, they generally contest things on the grounds that there was a mistake or error in issuing the parking ticket that makes it invalid.
Re:Fixed Raises $650K More and Heads to Oakland
by gmarx on Tuesday February 03, 2015 @04:24PM
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Generally? That doesn't sound like an argument against the basic idea. If they only contest when they fins a specific error, I would agree. If they contest everything hoping the police won't show...it's a short term hack. If a service makes every ticket contested, cities will change the process.