Quote Originally Posted by forza1 View Post
That's why be careful. From exprience, you will know where the cops hide etc. If you think there was an error in the cops part, you can contest your ticket.
This is very true in the U.S. I actually learned about it in a funny way. My car then was a Toyota Corolla liftback. For some reason, the "Corolla" sticker emblem at the back cracked so I peeled it off. The screw-on "Toyota" on the grill also cracked so I took that off, too. So my car was left without any Toyota signage. In fact, the only brand on it was a Cerritos Mitsubishi plate frame I got from my friend.

So once I was ticketed for parking on a streetside in San Francisco on a day I wasn't supposed to park there (streetcleaning day). I was so sure the cop had made a mistake re the actual date I decided to contest the ticket. As I was explaining my case to the judge, I mentioned my car being a Toyota Corolla. The judge interrupted me and said it says Mitsubishi on the ticket. Apparently the cop wasn't familiar with the model of my car and had assumed that it was a Mitsubishi because of the plate frame! She dismissed the case right there and then, even though the color and plate number were correct.