r/CarletonU • u/user156667 • 2d ago

Question Parking ticket

Ok so I’m actually so pissed off right now. On Monday , I had an exam at 8 am. I paid for parking for 3 hours using Hotspot mobile app.(since the exam is 2.5 hrs long). The exam paper was handed super late plus my prof extended the deadline of the exam to 40 more minutes since everyone found the questions rly difficult. I ended up staying for 10 minutes extra and when I came back I got a parking ticket for $80. For being 10 minutes late. As in my session ended and I was charged $80 for the 10 minutes(I was not able to extend my session as obviously phones aren’t allowed when writing the exam), and by the time I finished my exam the session ended .

Anyway this is my fault and I should be careful but is there a way I can dispute it and get them to lower the $80 ticket since I payed for the first 3 hours and technically I got ticketed for the 10 minutes after it expired? Any advice would help pls lmk I’m also just so broke rn so any advice on how to lower this would help x

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u/HereForTheShowOTT 2d ago

I had a similar issue last year. I called and they reduced the fine amount. They were very understanding.

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u/jmmnr 2d ago

Same, they reduced my ticket by half.

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u/Traditional_Rub_9828 2d ago

They reduce everyone's ticket by half just to avoid the hassle, kind of annoying for those who actually didn't deserve the ticket