How to Write an Appeal Letter for Parking Ticket

Parking violations seldom escape fines. The traffic police officer issues a parking ticket by your name if they find your car parked besides a big orange parking violation hanging, or for any traffic rule violation for that matter. However, there are instances when you are issued the parking tickets by mistake. If you are confident that you can contest the parking ticket and win, you must write an appeal letter for a parking ticket.

Before writing, you must carefully observe the area where your car is parked. Look for some sign that says 'No Parking.' If possible take a few pictures of your parked vehicle with your cell phone. The clicked photographs may serve as a proof for withdrawing the parking ticket. Also, note down the time of your parking.

Try to collect traffic rules and compare them with your situation. Knowing traffic rules is necessary to prove your innocence. Once you have examined the entire situation, and feel that you have not violated any traffic rule, write an appeal letter for the parking ticket.

Here are a few tips to remember:

• The appeal letter should be concise and considerate. You are supposed to put all the important facts with absolute addresses, locations and landmarks. In case you get the ticket for parking at the wrong time, you must mention the exact time on the ticket, the actual time when you parked the vehicle, what made you park your vehicle there at that particular point of time and prove how you are not wrong in this case. Mention that you were aware of the traffic rules at that particular place, have stayed within legal limits and did not overlook the sign. It is always prudent on your part to mention, though in a polite language, how the traffic police officer made a mistake in issuing the ticket.
• It is advisable to keep the letter simple and not use heavy words and complex constructions. the recipient may not be that interested in reading these kind of letters and may get annoyed by your way of putting facts. So better be apologetically assertive in your approach to the concerned authority.
• Include the ticket reference number along with the parking officer's name if the ticket has it. Use the same words in the letter used for describing violation. Mention how you believe the ticket has been issued wrongly. Just contradict only the charge levied on the ticket. Support your claim by mentioning any parking regulations that can affirm you haven't violated the parking rules.
• You must thank the authority for spending their valuable time to read your letter and request that authority to look into the matter and do the needful.

Along with these tips, read the instruction provided on the ticket carefully. React promptly as there well a deadline to appeal against the parking ticket.