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Michigan Man Gets $128 Ticket For Leaving Car Idling In Own Driveway

• technocracy.news By Christina Hall

Taylor Trupiano fought the law, and Thursday, the law won.

The 24-year-old man contested a $128 ticket that Roseville police issued him in January for violating a city ordinance when he left his running car unattended to warm up in the driveway of his home while he ran inside to get his girlfriend and her 2-year-old son.

But Roseville's 39th District  Judge Marco Santia said that he believed Trupiano's car was in a place generally accessible to the public, and "I think it was reasonable the officer issued the ticket." He denied a motion by Trupiano to dismiss the ticket.

"That's a little upsetting," Trupiano said after the hearing, adding that he doesn't think the ordinance "applies to my private property."

Trupiano's attorney, Nicholas Somberg, argued that the ordinance did not apply to one's driveway.


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