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[deleted] OP t1_j04o2dp wrote

Reply to comment by russ257 in What actually happens if a non-Philly resident doesn’t pay a red light camera ticket? by [deleted]

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feudalle t1_j04pjq7 wrote

They will send it to collection no question. If you park in the city the ppa could boot you. I lived in Philly for a decade in the art museum area with very little parking. I've been booted, towed and chased for non moving violations. A little town might not bother chasing you down but a place that does thousands of tickets have a streamline process. Just pay it or you can go down and try to argue it. There's a place on 9th and Filbert that hears the challenges but expect to waste a couple hours. They might of changed this since covid though.

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[deleted] OP t1_j04smso wrote

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feudalle t1_j04t4hh wrote

Ppa vehicles scan license plates as they drive. Being in a valid spot doesn't make a difference if you are on the street. For the boot it's am amount owed. Iirc $400 was the threshold. But if you don't pay you will rack up fees. Honestly not worth the headache.i just accepted it as a cost of living. My average tickets all together were 300-400 a month.

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SunOutrageous6098 t1_j05mnvj wrote

It doesn’t matter if you live there or not - you were issued a ticket because you violated a city law while you were driving there. They ran your plate, they mailed you a ticket. Pay the fine, plea not guilty and go to court or ignore it and wait for a bigger bill when it goes to collections.

You know all the Philly mottos already- “you don’t like us, we don’t care” & “eff around & find out” are the two that are probably most applicable here.

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Allemaengel t1_j07n0tb wrote

You've never watched the old-school Parking Wars TV show - Philly edition, have you?

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russ257 t1_j04oehk wrote

I was just going off of what I could find online. No personal experience. Give it a shot and report back to us.

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