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Torontonians Versus City of Toronto.

Toronto’s thirst for revenue has turned Parking Ticket Tags Enforcement into bill collectors. Drivers are forced to pay for parking tickets because the system makes it difficult to fight parking tickets.

According to City of Toronto Report, in 2012 2.7 million parking tickets were issued. The city does not make it easy to fight tickets because they earn $94 million in revenue. In Montreal and Vancouver, motorists have the option to email their request for a court date. Only in Toronto does the vehicle owner have to personally to go to one of four locations, take time off work pay for gas, parking and wait in line to to file a Notice of Intent to Appear for a court date.

The city does allows for e-filing for disputes but it is under a very narrow band of circumstances. The system is rigged to force motorists to pay their fines rather then fight the charges..

In Ombudsman Fiona Craen’s November 2012 reports that the system does not provide enough information on fighting tickets and trails are not provided on a timely base. Last year, according to City Reports, 350,000 requests for trail were processed. 74,000 have yet to be sent a date for trail.

To add insult to injury, according to Councilor Howard Moscoe, parking enforcement officers do have a quota to meet. This brings the number of tickets under scrutiny. Is there a push for quality or quantity?

For example, statistics show that Sunnybrook Hospital is the worst spot to park. Between 2008 and 2012, 50,000 tickets were issued. A lack of proper parking facilities coupled with quota hungry enforcement agents is the only reasonable cause.

Parking Ticket Toronto was created to help tip the balance in favour of drivers. We stand in line for drivers and get them their court date.

ParkingTicketToronto.com is an advanced, intuitive tool. The site is responsive so it can be used on smart phones, tablets and desk tops.

The website went live in September 2013. I used to get a lot of parking tickets. I could never find the time to get the NOI so I would end up paying or in some cases forgetting the ticket and paying double the fine in penalties. I wanted to create something simple, fast and easy to use. ParkingTicketToronto.com was the answer.