Beat That Parking Ticket: A Complete Guide for New York City [Paperback]

Haskell Nussbaum (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2006

Beat That Parking Ticket is your complete reference guide for fighting tickets, whether by mail, web, or in person. Former parking ticket judge Haskell Nussbaum reveals the secrets of how to get your parking tickets thrown out in this informative and entertaining work.

You will discover: * Why some excuses never work -- even if they're true. * When you should mail in your defense -- and when to go in person. * The ins and outs of confusing signs -- and what judges think about them. * What to avoid saying or doing at any cost. * How to appeal a losing ticket most effectively. * How to spot defective tickets -- and get off on a technicality. * What judges think about parking tickets fought by online brokers. * Outrageous and hilarious stories from "behind the bench." And much, much more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A comprehensive guide [and] a very funny book. -- Rob Morrison, Today in New York, November 2, 2006

I never thought I'd enjoy a book about parking tickets so much! -- Susan Juhn, NY1, November 10, 2006

Beat that parking ticket is [Nussbaum's] gift to New Yorkers. -- Brooklyn Eagle, November 2, 2006

Nussbaum offers inside tips on getting summonses tossed out. -- NY Post, October 17, 2006

About the Author

Haskell Nussbaum is an attorney and a freelance writer who worked as a parking ticket judge in New York City. While there, he adjudicated thousands of tickets and collected stories and insights from many judges, to make this volume the most comprehensive behind-the-scenes guide to fighting parking tickets.

Product Details

• Paperback: 195 pages
• Publisher: Gravel Press; 1 edition (November 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0978682564
• ISBN-13: 978-0978682569
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,383,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The NYC Parking Ticket Bible!, December 12, 2006

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Moshe I. Friedman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beat That Parking Ticket: A Complete Guide for New York City (Paperback)

This book is amazing. It explains in plain English everything you need to know about how to fight a NYC parking ticket. If this book had come out ten years ago I would have saved myself a lot of time, aggrivation and money spent using all the wrong methods and defenses fighting parking tickets. If you regularly park in NYC you cannot afford to wait until you get a ticket to buy this book. Buy a copy now, read it cover to cover (this book is actually funny and entertaining!) and then keep it in your glove compartment as a reference.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tix killer tool. Costs just a fraction of savings., April 19, 2010

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SholomAlYisroel "Sol" (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beat That Parking Ticket: A Complete Guide for New York City (Paperback)

This book is the one the cops or brownies (ticket enforcement agents) want to ban for all NYC residents to purchase. This tells you great ways of how to beat those tickets by following the simple (plain english written) techniques. Either by a missing or defective info on the ticket, ways to defend yourself when mailing or appearing at DMV hearing, as well ways to contest & appeal a decission issued by those so called judges.
I would recommend for anyone that has a car in NYC to buy this book (or even if you only come here occaisionally to shop, dine or for business) to buy this, since its almost certain that you will recieve a min of one to two tickets a year by those gotcha creepy officers. I purchased this book & followed the advice in the book & was able to get my two expensive $115 ea parking tickets dismissed. I'm waiting now for the response from them on a new ticket that I send back. I hope & pray that I'll be able to strike-them out 3 to 0.
Certaintly a good investment, considering that the min NYC fine is $35 and the max $115 (or $180 in some areas) this is just a fraction of the savings (12% to 40%) if you just get only one ticket dismissed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You can fight City Hall!, November 27, 2006

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Ahron Shapiro (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beat That Parking Ticket: A Complete Guide for New York City (Paperback)

I got a parking ticket recently that upset me to no end. I was helping my 74-year-old mother down to the car from my apartment - she had gotten a sprained ankle a few days earlier. In the two minutes I was away from my car, I got a very expensive ticket that I felt was totally unwarranted.

I knew I wanted to fight this ticket but I didn't really understand the law well enough to know the best way to do it. Then somebody told me about this book.

This book turned is the best investment I've made in a long time. Everything in the book is indexed and easy to find - I was able to find the part of the book that fit my infraction in thirty seconds flat.

Then, in layman's terms, the book revealed the best defenses for my ticket and any parking ticket: What works, what doesn't work, and why. Within minutes I had formulated my plan of action.

When I had my day in court, the judge was so impressed with my arguments, he asked me if I was a lawyer (I'm not). This book is that good.

This book is surprisingly inexpensive, considering how much it is likely to save an average New Yorker over the course of the year. I plan on getting it as gifts for all my friends in the city who own cars! They're gonna love me.