You ******* Loser!!! Did you really think to yourself: "Alright, I got the first parking spot?"

OP, the only way I'd spend the effort, time and money to contest that ticket is if you'd get points on your license for the violation. If that isn't how it works in your state then don't bother, but if you could get those points you'd better get it taken care of, it'll be cheaper in the long run 'cause your insurance can get jacked WAY up for points.

What you should of done is take photos of it all being covered in snow and the sign being far away and then shown the pictures to however is necessary and proved that there was no way you could have known and that they should do something about it, therefore getting you out of paying and getting them to pay and fix the problem :D:D:D This sort of thing happened to one of my teachers, but that it was Autumn and the leaves covered everything up.

I would've busted out my handy iPhone and shot 1,000 pics however that said I've unfairly been given a parking ticket and taken pics as evidence, fought it for 8 months and still got nowhere but eh, always worth a shot. FYL indeed : (

You knew, asshole, you were just too lazy to walk and now want to whine because you got a ticket!

If you have the dollar sign there, you don't need to write the world "dollar" after it... so it's either "$105" or "105 dollars". And to everyone saying "YDI you should pay attention, why did you think that spot wouldn't be handicapped"... it's not YDI. The other day my husband and I were going to a park for a BBQ and we pulled into a carpark only to realise, once we got out, that it was handicapped. So my husband got back in the car to move it. Where was the unhandicapped spot that he found? CLOSER to the park entry. So if we got snow (which we don't) and it was covering the markings, one would have assumed the spot closer to the park was handicapped, and the one where we originally parked *wasn't*. (And there are no vertical signs, it's just painted on the carpark). You can't just assume what may or may not be a handicapped carpark. Besides, why would you think to look for a sign 20 feet away??

Sounds like a huuuuge handicap section!

Definitely fight this one. I do a lot of work with a judge who covers several Traffic Division calendars every week (I'm a court reporter). He's very reasonable and fair. I think odds are in favor of your beating this one or at least having it greatly reduced.

Challenge the ticket. I don't know how the rules go in the US but here, if the sign is obscured or not properly visible you have a pretty good chance of winning your case.

Why would the sign to indicate that handicap parking spot be 20ft away on the building? And #34: Maybe one day you will "get" the best parking spots, "get" to sit in a chair with wheels, and "get" to sit down no matter where you are (not where you're at, we don't end sentences with prepositions). Won't you be lucky then!! Then you can get sick of a whole new kind of shit! lol #38, if more people (like building designers etc) had to do an experiment like that, imagine how different things would be! That would kick ass! Being a wheelchair user myself, I'd LOVE to be able to use a public restroom without having to leave the stall door open.