I got a stupid parking ticket, on Easter Sunday, on a completely dead residential street, cul de sac, taking my daughter to a tiny dead park for 20 minutes to kill time, with no one else around. No municipal work, no cleaning, not blocking a driveway, not blocking the street, nothing. I just saw the parking sign as "no parking Thursday-Monday" but it was "No parking Thursday to Monday". I had to just park on the opposite side of the street. I'm convinced some prick must have called the cops... there's 0 reason for one to be there.
I just remember going to court in Montreal over a year ago for a speeding ticket on the 720 (which I won). But the guy that passed before me had a parking ticket. His sole argument was: "I wasn't there. I was at home at that time. I had no reason to be there. I've never been there." And he won. lol I'm thinking of doing the same.