The city records the outcome of every contested ticket. These are the dismissal rates for every violation type with at least 1,000 decided hearings — 80 types, ranked by how often the driver walks away paying nothing.
| Violation (as printed on tickets) | Dismissed outright | Dismissed or reduced | Decided hearings |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO STOP/STANDNG EXCEPT PAS P/U | 89.7% | 92% | 2,041 |
| FAILURE TO DISPLAY BUS PERMIT | 88.3% | 88.7% | 2,848 |
| NO PARKING-TAXI STAND | 87.6% | 89.1% | 16,184 |
| UNAUTHORIZED PASSENGER PICK-UP | 86% | 86% | 2,427 |
| NO PARKING-EXC. AUTH. VEHICLE | 84.4% | 87% | 43,053 |
| NIGHTTIME STD/ PKG IN A PARK | 83.4% | 84% | 2,925 |
| OTHER | 80% | 81.5% | 7,077 |
| SELLING/OFFERING MCHNDSE-METER | 77.3% | 79% | 8,280 |
| NO PARKING-EXC. HNDICAP PERMIT | 75.6% | 76.8% | 5,209 |
| UNAUTHORIZED BUS LAYOVER | 71.9% | 74.6% | 19,332 |
| PEDESTRIAN RAMP | 70.6% | 73.4% | 24,884 |
| IMPROPER REGISTRATION | 68.7% | 74.4% | 16,691 |
| OVERNIGHT TRACTOR TRAILER PKG | 68.2% | 69.5% | 6,868 |
| NO PARKING-EXC. DSBLTY PERMIT | 67.1% | 68% | 7,523 |
| DETACHED TRAILER | 64.9% | 77% | 29,087 |
| MISSING EQUIPMENT | 59.9% | 65% | 5,815 |
| PARKED BUS-EXC. DESIG. AREA | 55.5% | 56.4% | 31,593 |
| NO STD(EXC TRKS/GMTDST NO-TRK) | 53.6% | 76.1% | 9,477 |
| OBSTRUCTING DRIVEWAY | 53.3% | 54.7% | 100,046 |
| PCKP DSCHRGE IN PRHBTD ZONE | 51.5% | 51.8% | 10,247 |
| EXPIRED MUNI METER → | 51.2% | 63.4% | 738,027 |
| MISUSE PARKING PERMIT | 50.9% | 51.5% | 13,709 |
| NO STANDING-EXC. TRUCK LOADING → | 49.5% | 50.2% | 388,743 |
| FAIL TO DSPLY MUNI METER RECPT → | 47.3% | 73.5% | 3,437,079 |
| FRONT OR BACK PLATE MISSING → | 46.6% | 65% | 618,213 |
| NO MATCH-PLATE/STICKER | 46.6% | 49.2% | 42,717 |
| WRONG WAY | 45.3% | 60.8% | 50,546 |
| BEYOND MARKED SPACE | 45.1% | 59.7% | 11,887 |
| FRAUDULENT USE PARKING PERMIT | 45% | 46.3% | 7,551 |
| IDLING | 41% | 68.3% | 8,995 |
| NGHT PKG ON RESID STR-COMM VEH → | 40.9% | 73.3% | 177,128 |
| OVERTIME PKG-TIME LIMIT POSTED | 40.4% | 49.1% | 4,802 |
| NO STANDING-TAXI STAND | 38.4% | 71.1% | 100,814 |
| UNKNOWN | 38.1% | 38.5% | 1,337 |
| INTERSECTION | 37.5% | 53% | 3,969 |
| DOUBLE PARKING → | 36.3% | 72.8% | 1,838,001 |
| NON-COMPLIANCE W/ POSTED SIGN | 34.6% | 49.5% | 55,863 |
| INSP STICKER-MUTILATED/C'FEIT | 34% | 44.5% | 36,703 |
| OBSTRUCTING TRAFFIC/INTERSECT | 33.4% | 44.7% | 66,587 |
| NO PARKING-DAY/TIME LIMITS → | 33% | 70.5% | 1,831,778 |
| COMML PLATES-UNALTERED VEHICLE → | 31.4% | 62.5% | 115,870 |
| NO STANDING-FOR HIRE VEH STOP | 30.5% | 85.2% | 1,485 |
| ANGLE PARKING | 30.2% | 38.9% | 11,612 |
| REG STICKER-MUTILATED/C'FEIT | 30.1% | 64.7% | 23,612 |
| DIVIDED HIGHWAY | 29.8% | 33.1% | 1,929 |
| BUS PARKING IN LOWER MANHATTAN | 28.2% | 61.5% | 3,357 |
| NO STANDING-EXC. AUTH. VEHICLE | 27.9% | 57.7% | 298,054 |
| TRAFFIC LANE | 27.7% | 79.2% | 42,959 |
| VIN OBSCURED | 26.6% | 47.8% | 22,875 |
| NO PARKING-STREET CLEANING → | 25.9% | 38.7% | 1,772,988 |
| NO STANDING EXCP D/S | 25.4% | 71.5% | 44,165 |
| STORAGE-3HR COMMERCIAL | 24.7% | 58.4% | 43,990 |
| NO STANDING-COMM METER ZONE | 24.6% | 29.2% | 305,352 |
| REG. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING → | 23.7% | 28.1% | 899,459 |
| EXCAVATION-VEHICLE OBSTR TRAFF | 22.8% | 58.4% | 2,885 |
| EXPIRED MUNI MTR-COMM MTR ZN → | 21.7% | 81.9% | 316,509 |
| PLTFRM LFTS LWRD POS COMM VEH → | 21.6% | 53.2% | 673,228 |
| NO STAND TAXI/FHV RELIEF STAND | 21% | 46.6% | 16,672 |
| CROSSWALK → | 19.4% | 43.5% | 246,349 |
| BUS LANE VIOLATION → | 19.3% | 38.7% | 432,659 |
| SIDEWALK → | 17.5% | 50% | 190,052 |
| NO STANDING-HOTEL LOADING | 15.9% | 57.2% | 36,505 |
| EXPIRED METER-COMM METER ZONE | 15.7% | 55.3% | 51,275 |
| NO STANDING-DAY/TIME LIMITS → | 15.2% | 62.2% | 3,484,738 |
| FAIL TO DISP. MUNI METER RECPT → | 14.7% | 78.9% | 1,707,323 |
| NO STANDING-BUS STOP → | 14% | 57.6% | 1,085,718 |
| FIRE HYDRANT → | 13.9% | 37.6% | 1,100,837 |
| INSP. STICKER-EXPIRED/MISSING → | 13% | 26.1% | 934,900 |
| NO STANDING-BUS LANE | 13% | 64.2% | 179,501 |
| DOUBLE PARKING-MIDTOWN COMML → | 11.7% | 61.6% | 798,857 |
| FAILURE TO STOP AT RED LIGHT → | 11.7% | 34.7% | 157,431 |
| SAFETY ZONE | 11.6% | 58.1% | 180,661 |
| NO STANDING-FOR HIRE VEH STND | 11% | 68% | 5,107 |
| MTA CAMERA VIOLATION - PARKING IN A BUS STOP | 10.5% | 43.9% | 73,654 |
| NO STANDING-OFF-STREET LOT | 10.2% | 34% | 37,691 |
| PHTO SCHOOL ZN SPEED VIOLATION → | 10.1% | 32.2% | 937,655 |
| MOBILE BUS LANE VIOLATION → | 9.9% | 59.9% | 129,823 |
| BIKE LANE → | 9.2% | 66.4% | 397,160 |
| NO STOPPING-DAY/TIME LIMITS → | 9.2% | 64.4% | 412,110 |
| MTA CAMERA VIOLATION - DOUBLE PARKING | 4.3% | 24.7% | 52,449 |
Computed 2026-08-06 from NYC Open Data, "Open Parking and Camera Violations" (updated daily by the City of New York). Rates are shares of decided hearings (not guilty, guilty with reduction, guilty). Past outcomes do not guarantee any individual result — but they show which charges the city itself most often fails to sustain.