Never pay a parking ticket - without a fight.
That’s the advice of former parking-violations Judge Haskell Nussbaum, whose new book, “Beat That Parking Ticket,” offers inside tips on getting summonses tossed out.
Most New Yorkers don’t bother contesting tickets, which they tend to view as an infuriating but unavoidable cost of city life.
Nussbaum, 37, disagrees.
“Every ticket is worth fighting,” he told The Post.
I was sitting in my car at a local department store, in a fire lane, waiting to pick up my spouse who was in the store. A policeman pulled up and gave me a parking ticket. Can I fight this since I was in the car and not having left my car there?
No, because although you were still in the vehicle, just being in the stopped position in that area was considered to be parked. Although codes will be specific by localities, here is an example code that will fit most areas:
a) “Stop,” when required, means the complete cessation from movement.
(b) “Stop, stopping or standing,” when prohibited, means any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or of a traffic control sign or signal.
(c) “Park,” when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
