This is a handy trick. If you park somewhere you shouldn't and someone else has done the same thing just take the ticket from their car and put it on yours.
now when the meter maid (or traffic warden) come back round and see the ticket on your car they won;t issue another one. You can simply come back to your car, rip the ticket up and drive off (or if you are more considerate and the other car is still there put it back on their car so they don;t get in a world of shit).
Alternatively do what I do and keep an old ticket in your car. Then whenever you park somewhere you shouldn't or want to skip the parking meter fines just put it on your windshield. No meter maid (or traffic warden) has ever sussed this when I've done it.
Hope this is of help to you.
Feel free to email me:
secure1@gekkotrading.cjb.net