Parking ticket, obstruct sidewalk, possible fight?

[Oni-kun]

I went to my buddies house tonight and parked on his driveway but part of my car was over the sidewalk. I got a ticket from the town of markham for 35dollars. Man what a BS law, who uses the sidewalk in the middle of the friggin night. If I decide to fight it you think they will set a court date so far away that the person who wrote the ticket will forget? Or should I just pay the 35 and then moan and ***** some more about the stupid law.

EDIT : BTW time of the ticket is 1:16AM. Man nobody uses the sidwalk at that time and there is NO snow to be shoveled the next morning and I left at like 2AM. What a stupid law.

[UrbanPoet]

hmm.. if its aparking ticket it was most likely issued by a municipal law enforcement... so yuoll have a hard time fighting that one...

[Vinc3nt_Steele]

Pay the ticket. You parked obstructing a sidewalk. Doesn't matter what time of day or night it is.

[Oni-kun]

I was just wondering where the hell i'm supposed to park then, seeing as if I park in the street I get at ticket, and on my friends driveway it obstructs a sidewalk. man thats total BS. I understand if its daytime and people are using it or if i'm parked there when snow needs to be cleared but 1AM tonight?! Out in the middle of a suburb?


Anyway if I do set a court date where will it be for town of markham? Maybe its not worth it but I hear if you set a date far enough to challenge evidence or whatever they might not show. How can they even prove my car was there do they take a picture or something.

[Kasakato]

Its the same thing as no overnight parking on the streets. Just pay the $35. If you elect for a trial, it will be held at small claims. They can prove your car was there because you have a ticket.

[Oni-kun]

Its the same thing as no overnight parking on the streets. Just pay the $35. If you elect for a trial, it will be held at small claims. They can prove your car was there because you have a ticket.

Markham its small claims? Where is the court house for it for markham? Just cuz my car is there doesn't mean the infraction is true. Maybe I should go plead guilty and maybe they'll reduce it? I dunno.

[Kasakato]

I have no clue where the Mark. court house is. But I do know where the Richmond Hill one is

If you peed guilty with an explanation, it maybe reduced. However theres not really anything they can reduct it by since its so small. Talk to the JP and see what they can do.

[hightechfan]

I went to my buddies house tonight and parked on his driveway but part of my car was over the sidewalk. I got a ticket from the town of markham for 35dollars. Man what a BS law, who uses the sidewalk in the middle of the friggin night. If I decide to fight it you think they will set a court date so far away that the person who wrote the ticket will forget? Or should I just pay the 35 and then moan and ***** some more about the stupid law.

EDIT : BTW time of the ticket is 1:16AM. Man nobody uses the sidwalk at that time and there is NO snow to be shoveled the next morning and I left at like 2AM. What a stupid law.

Its not a stupid law you did something dumb and thought you could get away with it.

[Alvito]

Its not a stupid law you did something dumb and thought you could get away with it.

you assume he knew the law before he parked there. thats just wrong.


oni-kun - go find out what the laws are regarding parking a car in markham.

I know in north york, on my cresent you are not allowed to park cars after 2am on the street from november to april or something like that.

Knowing the laws like this one can help you in the future.

Oni-kun, was your rear tires on the driveway? If they were then I think you can fight it. But I do not know the law and what blocking the sidewalk actually is. Thats one suggestion.

Heres another option:

Assume the law is you cannot park your car on on the sidewalk after a certain time. Say 11pm.

Take it to court, say you went to your friends house at an earlier time, you took some pain medication for your wisdom teeth that got pulled out. And because the medication is so strong it was advised that you do not use heavy machinery after you take it. You could also say it knocked you out around 10pm and you ended up sleeping over.

This happened to my brother before. The ticket was thrown out.


Goodluck man.

[hightechfan]

First all 4 tires need to be on the driveway not just two.THe winter parking law states in ont you can not park on any street after 2:am.LIke it or not the sidewalk is part of the road.

[IronMac]

What happens if I am lost at 1 am in Markham on a dark street trying to find my way to a friend's house and I walk into this parked car on the sidewalk?

[hightechfan]

Ironmac
Say you hurt your self bad and you could not work etc.It is possible to sue the person who parked there.

[alkaseltzer01]

I was visiting a friend in Mississauga and I parked on their boulevard (portion of driveway between sidewalk and road curb). I got a ticket. I violated two bylaws. Parking on the boulevard which is theoretically city property and my bumper (just my front bumper) was hanging over the sidewalk.

Friend had actually warned me cause they've gotten tickets in the past for the same thing. I was too lazy to move the car. Had to suck it up.

[rdtx2002]

What a stupid law.

The stupid law obviously worked since that it caught a stupid person

[AzNCrAzYcOoLeR]

Markham permits parking on most side streets till 2:30AM unless posted. You can go to the ticket office at the town of markham at warden and hwy 7 and they will cut the ticket in half on the spot, If you still want to fight it, I beleve you either go to the York Region building at High Tech Rd/Hwy7 or the courthouse in Newmarket. I dont remember specifically which one