That's $345.3M in Chicago-zip tickets + late fees, plus $4.4M boots and $13.9M tows (75% of citywide tow billings — IL-plate share verified at 75.3% in FOIA F136267), divided by the 883,240 Chicago plates that got at least one ticket last year (FOIA F129773 + F136386). 94% of Chicago tickets go uncontested. Autopilot helps you avoid 89% of that — every late fee, every sticker ticket, plus location alerts for cameras, meters, street cleaning, permit zones, and snow. See the full math.
Auto-detects where you parked (Bluetooth on Android, motion sensors on iOS) and watches the rules for that block. You get push + email warnings before the sweeper ($60), a 2" snow ban ($60 + ~$250+ tow), the 3–7 AM winter overnight ban ($60), a permit zone without a sticker ($75), the block's paid-parking hours kicking in while you're away from the car, or an expired meter ($50–$70) — plus city-sticker and plate-renewal deadlines before they become tickets.
Chicago billed drivers $183M in camera tickets in 2025. We play background voice alerts through CarPlay and Android Auto before you trigger a $35–$100 speed camera or a $100red-light camera — works with the phone locked.
Get a ticket anyway? We pull Street View photos of your actual signage, cross-reference weather records, attach any FOIA responses we've gotten back from City agencies, and USPS-mail a real defense letter before the city's deadline — every time. Zero forms. No phone calls. No hearings to show up to. 59% of mail-in contests win. (Camera tickets excluded.)
Chicago towed 81,000 cars in 2024. We check the city tow database every 30 minutesand ping you within the hour if your plate shows up — so you stop paying storage fees before the second day even starts.