Protesting a Montgomery County Parking Ticket -- is it worth it?

[Anonymous]

I was parked in a unmetered 2 hour parking zone in Montgomery County for an hour. I left for 45 minutes and came back and parked in almost the same spot for an hour and got a $60 ticket. I was not there for more than 2 hours but I can see how parking enforcement could think I was there for 3 hours. Is it worth trying to fight the ticket? I was helping a friend move which is why I was going back and forth.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you will win if you are parked in the same zone different spot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was parked in a unmetered 2 hour parking zone in Montgomery County for an hour. I left for 45 minutes and came back and parked in almost the same spot for an hour and got a $60 ticket. I was not there for more than 2 hours but I can see how parking enforcement could think I was there for 3 hours. Is it worth trying to fight the ticket? I was helping a friend move which is why I was going back and forth.

I would fight it. Can't hurt, and you might win.

[Anonymous]

I tried to fight a parking ticket once but they made me pay the ticket (post collateral), then said I'd be called for my case and get a refund if I won. They never gave me a traffic court date, even though I followed up and tried to get them to assign one. These meter people must have a quota. In my case, I wasn't illegally parked, nor did I overstay a meter. The ticket didn't even have the correct address of where the violation supposedly occurred. Was this in downtown Bethesda? The whole process is a scam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you will win if you are parked in the same zone different spot.

I know in DC if you did this you would owe the ticket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tried to fight a parking ticket once but they made me pay the ticket (post collateral), then said I'd be called for my case and get a refund if I won. They never gave me a traffic court date, even though I followed up and tried to get them to assign one. These meter people must have a quota. In my case, I wasn't illegally parked, nor did I overstay a meter. The ticket didn't even have the correct address of where the violation supposedly occurred. Was this in downtown Bethesda? The whole process is a scam.

It was in downtown Bethesda. In total I was there less than 2 hours but it doesn't sound like it will be worth trying to fight it. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Also, OP, in MoCo you pay the court costs if you lose so you could end up owing more than the $60.

[Anonymous]

You lose either way. Either in money or time. You might think you won because a judge says you don't gave to pay, but you wasted your time there instead. It's a no win. Situation.

[Anonymous]

Which is worth more? Your time or the money?

[Anonymous]

I was incorrectly ticketed in a Bethesda parking garage. I paid the ticket on-line and had to write a letter explaining the situation and to ask for a court date to refute the ticket. I never got a court date but I did get a refund in the mail!

[Anonymous]

i was scammed by montgomery college parking multiple times for different reasons theyre money hungry

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think you will win if you are parked in the same zone different spot.

NP. Why? OP was not parked in the same zone for more than 2 hours total.

I don't know about Montgomery County but many places you can contest a ticket online. If that's a possibility, I would do it here.

[Anonymous]

Always fight. Make them work for the money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Always fight. Make them work for the money.

Not smart. It could cost you more time and money. Consider case-by-case. This one is not worth.

[Anonymous]

Protest outside the courthouse with a sign? I think you'll lose.