Parking ticket experience

Cerne · 27 Jun 2019

Ah, Madam Lash...think I know of some British Politicians that would enjoy her ‘services’, truncheon and all. She’s wasted in Dumaguete Parking Division. She could make some real money elsewhere.

furriner · 27 Jun 2019

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Last week I stopped along National Hwy to pick up my wife from a store. I pulled over on the side, she saw me and started walking out to come to the car. There was a traffic enforcement officer standing nearby and he stepped in front of my car and took a picture, then came to my window and asked for my license just as my wife was getting into the car. I said, I will give you my license but you can not write me a ticket because I am not "parked", I am just temporarily stopped for the purpose of picking up a passenger which I am allowed to do. He said, "yes sir, I understand" and walked over to a little table on the sidewalk and filled out a ticket for Illegal Parking which he then came back and handed to me.

Here is the actual section of R.A.4136:
(l) "Parking or parked", for the purposes of this Act, shall mean that a motor vehicle is "parked" or "parking" if it has been brought to a stop on the shoulder or proper edge of a highway, and remains inactive in that place or close thereto for an appreciable period of time. A motor vehicle which properly stops merely to discharge a passenger or to take in a waiting passenger, or to load or unload a small quantity of freight with reasonable dispatch shall not be considered as "parked", if the motor vehicle again moves away without delay.

Today I went to the LTO office (not the office where you go to pay the ticket) and went in to speak to the manager who has a small office in the back. I walked in and he asked what can I do for you? I showed him the ticket, he said this is not where you pay, I said I do not want to pay I want to explain that this ticket was not legally issued. He asked what do you mean? I explained that I had just stopped to pick up my wife and within a few seconds the enforcement officer came and gave me the ticket and that does not count as "illegal parking" and the ticket was not justified. He laughed and took the ticket from my hand and said "no problem sir, I will have this voided for you".

It is only a 200php fine, and my wife said just pay it don't argue about it. I said no, it's not the amount, it's the principle, plus I don't want this on my record. It turned out to be very easy to have the ticket voided. I'm sharing this in case a similar thing happens you should know what the law is, and that getting a ticket dismissed if you did not deserve it is not difficult to do.
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Did you get any documentation that shows that the ticket was officially voided? You wouldn’t want the LTO guy to have just said that to get you out of the way. I do not believe LTO is the enforcer if municipal traffic laws do he would have to make some effort to get it voided (I suspect).

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Charlie · 28 Jun 2019

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Except Madam Lash ..... no good smiling at her ...... she booked me once for parking on the wrong side of the road and there was another car parked just the same a short distance away with no ticket.She walked off from me in the opposite direction and took no notice of that car. I stood there and watched her. She refused to answer me as to why I was being booked and not the other one.
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Two wrongs do not make a right.

Roadwitch80 · 14 Aug 2019

So where can we pay for those damned parking tickets anyway? Can we pay at Robinsons??

Asking for a friend.

okiebound · 15 Aug 2019

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So where can we pay for those damned parking tickets anyway? Can we pay at Robinsons??

Asking for a friend.
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I had to go down to city hall to pay mine (in the same complex as City Central Elementary School), someone please correct me if I am wrong, I have been gone a few years now.

PatO · 15 Aug 2019

I paid for one down the stairs at city hall entrance

grandpainak · 15 Aug 2019

Wife just paid for one yesterday ₱5,000.oo! For registration on her new KIA Sportage. LTO was targeting new cars with temporary plates. No bribe, they take your drivers license. If you see a check point and your driving a NEW CAR with temporary plates, turn around and flee.

Happy Camper · 15 Aug 2019

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Wife just paid for one yesterday ₱5,000.oo! For registration on her new KIA Sportage. LTO was targeting new cars with temporary plates. No bribe, they take your drivers license. If you see a check point and your driving a NEW CAR with temporary plates, turn around and flee.
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Bought my car in 2015, got my plates last month. Progress. Had the wife go to a plate maker and got them made before we received the originals, just to prevent such an occurrence.

LENNY · 15 Aug 2019

i got a parking ticket also the problem was the sign is it no parking "before " the sign or after ?? I was parked after it ... she that the same lady wrote me up ...would not converse at all either !!

jimeve · 15 Aug 2019

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So where can we pay for those damned parking tickets anyway? Can we pay at Robinsons??

Asking for a friend.
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Town hall next to the fire station.

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