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Azlaan Fazal$200 dismissedWrote the letter on behalf of me and got my ticket dismissed.
Pauly Petrauskas$200 dismissedIf it weren’t for Autopilot America, I’d still be paying them.
Late fees stopped. Stickers renewed.
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A City Clerk receipt shows it was purchased 25 days before the citation.City sticker receipt · June 5, 2026. Name, plate and ticket number redacted.
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I am writing to contest parking citation issued on June 30, 2026. I have enclosed a receipt from the Chicago City Clerk showing that a valid city vehicle sticker was purchased on June 5, 2026 — twenty-five days before the citation was issued — for this vehicle. Under Chicago Municipal Code § 9-100-060(a)(4), the existence of a valid sticker is a codified affirmative defense. The City’s own records will confirm the purchase. I respectfully request dismissal on the basis of this documented compliance.
The letter’s first paragraph, word for word. Dismissed by the City on August 26, 2026.We mail it. The City decides.
Your evidence-backed contest letter is mailed before the deadline.
Status: Dismissed · $0.00One member got 4 tickets in 6 weeks.
On Safety Net, our share would have been 50%, charged only after each win.
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Tickets contested. Paid on time. Stickers renewed. Join once. We keep watching your plate. No monthly fee. Pay after service. Contest fees only after a win.
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Safety Net has no monthly fee. Service fees apply when a fine is removed, a ticket is paid, or a sticker is renewed. Pro members pay no per-use service fees.
- Join Safety Net
- $0 to join. No monthly fee.
- Win a contest
- Safety Net fee: 50% of the fine actually removed (original fine minus remaining fine). Charged after the win.
- Ticket not dismissed
- No contest fee. You pay the fine.
- Pay a fine
- Safety Net: fine + $15 service fee, charged before late fees and penalties. City card fee (2.2%, min $1) and processing (2.9% + 30¢) added.
- Renew a city or plate sticker
- Safety Net: government price + $25 service fee per renewal + processing (2.9% + 30¢). Bought 30 days early.
- Pay Illinois tolls (optional)
- Safety Net: the toll + $1 per payment, however many tolls it covers. Pro: no fee. Only if you turn it on.
- Card fees
- Card processing: 2.9% + 30¢ on each Safety Net charge. The City’s 2.2% card fee (minimum $1) applies only when paying a City ticket fine.
Pro ($10/mo or $99/yr): no 50% contest fee, $15 payment fee, or $25 renewal fee. Government fines, renewal prices, and applicable card fees remain yours. Cancel anytime.
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Everything we do52 things
Warnings before a ticket (street cleaning, snow, cameras) come with Pro.
Emergencies3
- Relocation alerts: where the City moved your car
- If the towed car’s make doesn’t match yours, we tell you it may not be yours
- Tow alerts, with the lot your car is at
Records we request8
- The officer’s notes about your ticket
- If the City doesn’t send them, your letter says so
- Your parking permit records, from the City Clerk
- If the City answers late, we follow up
- Camera testing and repair records, for camera tickets
- Meter repair records, for meter tickets
- Sign-posting records for the block you were ticketed on
- Yellow-light timing plans, for red-light tickets
Evidence we pull7
- The City’s own ticket photos
- Google Street View photos of the signs on your block
- The street sweeper’s GPS: did it even come by?
- Where your phone shows your car was
- Parking meter receipts you email us
- Parking and sticker receipts in your Gmail, if you connect it
- Missing-sign reports and no-parking permits on your block
Letters built to win8
- A different game plan for each of 29 ticket types
- Only codified defenses: the reasons written into City law
- Built from 3 million past hearing decisions
- Every claim in your letter backed by a record
- Red-light tickets: we check if the yellow light was too short
- Broken cameras and copied license plates flagged
- Speed tickets: we check when the camera was last tested
- Sticker or plate ticket, then you renewed? We use the rule that can cancel it
After we mail it4
- We follow your case until the City decides
- If the City never logs your letter, we catch it
- New evidence sent in, even after we mail
- A tip for next time if you lose
Your money5
- Alerts before a fine doubles
- Tickets you lose get paid before day 25 after the ruling, when the City doubles the fine
- Your money back if a payment to the City doesn’t go through
- Illinois Tollway tolls paid before the $3-per-toll invoice fee, if you turn it on
- The Better-Off Guarantee (Pro): if a ticket doubles or gets you booted, we pay the extra (terms apply)
More warnings5
- Told when the City changes your street cleaning day
- Snow ban alerts (2+ inches), day or night
- Sticker expired? Warned if someone reports a car without a sticker on your block
- Alerts for temporary no-parking signs near home
- Speed and red-light camera alerts while you drive
Renewals4
- Illinois plate sticker renewed with the State
- Emissions test alert: an email when your test window opens, months before it’s due
- We watch the City and State renewal websites so a change there doesn’t break your renewal
- A reminder to put your new sticker on
Your data & us4
- Your driver’s license photo deleted within 48 hours, unless you ask us to keep it
- Bills and permit papers you upload deleted after 60 days
- If our alerts stop going out, we find out, not you
- Every day we look for anything we let slip, like a fine that doubled or a card that declined
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Azlaan Fazal$10 a month, it’s totally worth it, because in tickets I was paying way more than that.
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