Legal Question in Traffic Law in New Jersey

My son used my car to commute to Middlesex Community College on one particular day.

He parked in a handicapped spot.

He used my hang tag placard and it was displayed prominantly on the rear view mirror.

The college police were parked in the back of the parking lot and watched him walk away from the car. Two minutes later they issued a ticket and left it on the windshield.

The infraction written was V12 Parking Disabled Area. When I went to the school police department, I was told the ticket was given because the placard was not registered to my son.

Question 1: How do they know? They had ample time to question my son as he was walking away. Is this entrapment? The officer said he did not call to verify. I appealed the ticket and was denied for the same reason. They had 5 weeks to check on the placard and they still didn't. They told me that they could have brought this to municiple court, but the officer wrote the 'wrong' ticket.

Question 2: Can I bring this to municiple court just for the merits that the car was parked legally with the placard displayed?


Asked on 8/30/11, 12:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Davies The Davies Law Firm, P.A.

Your son is not disabled? correct? he was not issued the handicapped parking tag, correct? then he should pay the fine, and not park in a handicapped space again.

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Answered on 8/30/11, 12:30 pm


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