Many of us receive parking tickets at least once in our lifetime. Few people believe that parking tickets increase insurance premiums and add them as a high-risk. The fact is that parking tickets are not criminal acts, rather they are either a violation or an infraction. Few people ever go to court over parking tickets and most of these people who do have accumulated enough tickets without paying or disputing the tickets to lead to a court injunction.

If you receive parking tickets, for Pete’s sake pay the darn thing and stay out of trouble if you are not willing to dispute the ticket. However, if you wish to dispute the tickets, you can send a letter of dispute to the appropriate sources in your state and dispute the ticket, which in most cases the ticket is dropped and no more is said.

I choose the topic pertaining to parking tickets simply because during Criminal Justice courses I learned that disputing parking tickets, speeding tickets, violations and other types of infractions is wise verses accepting blame. One of the downsides of infractions or violations is that points go against your driving record; thus, fighting the allegations will probably help you to walk out of the courtroom a winner and avoid points against your driver license. Thus, the best legal advice for parking tickets is to pay them or dispute them. This could help you evade an unnecessary fine of up to several hundred dollars.

If the time you spend in court isn’t worth the cost of the ticket, then simply pay the ticket and move on with your life; however, if you believe the ticket is excessive or you believe you are innocent of the charges, you should dispute the charges to get your side heard in court and to save yourself the price of the ticket and the higher premiums.