Everything Autopilot does. 52 things, now on autopilot.
Four you’ll see. The rest run quietly, every day, for $99 a year.
The four you’ll notice
THE NIGHT BEFORE
Street cleaning tomorrow. Move your car.
TEXT · 7:02 PM
Street cleaning tomorrow 9am on your block. Move your car tonight.
WHEN A TICKET POSTS
We contest it by mail.
CONTEST FILED
Letter mailed to the City. No forms, no hearing.
30 DAYS EARLY
Your stickers, bought.
CITY STICKER RENEWED
At the City’s price. Our fee: $0.00
MINUTES AFTER THE CITY POSTS IT
Towed or booted? We find it.
TOW ALERT
Your car is at the City pound. Address, phone and inventory # inside.
And 48 you won’t.
Running in the background.Emergencies
03Relocation alerts: where the City moved your car
If the towed car’s make doesn’t match yours, we tell you it may not be yours
Tow alerts, with the lot your car is at
Records we request
08The officer’s notes about your ticket
If the City doesn’t send them, your letter says so
Your parking permit records, from the City Clerk
If the City answers late, we follow up
Camera testing and repair records, for camera tickets
Meter repair records, for meter tickets
Sign-posting records for the block you were ticketed on
Yellow-light timing plans, for red-light tickets
Evidence we pull
07The City’s own ticket photos
Google Street View photos of the signs on your block
The street sweeper’s GPS: did it even come by?
Where your phone shows your car was
Parking meter receipts you email us
Parking and sticker receipts in your Gmail, if you connect it
Missing-sign reports and no-parking permits on your block
Letters built to win
08A different game plan for each of 29 ticket types
Only codified defenses: the reasons written into City law
Built from 3 million past hearing decisions
Every claim in your letter backed by a record
Red-light tickets: we check if the yellow light was too short
Broken cameras and copied license plates flagged
Speed tickets: we check when the camera was last tested
Sticker or plate ticket, then you renewed? We use the rule that can cancel it
After we mail it
04We follow your case until the City decides
If the City never logs your letter, we catch it
New evidence sent in, even after we mail
A tip for next time if you lose
Your money
05Alerts before a fine doubles
Tickets you lose get paid before day 25 after the ruling, when the City doubles the fine
Your money back if a payment to the City doesn’t go through
Illinois Tollway tolls paid before the $3-per-toll invoice fee, if you turn it on
The Better-Off Guarantee (Pro): if a ticket doubles or gets you booted, we pay the extra (terms apply)
More warnings
05Told when the City changes your street cleaning day
Snow ban alerts (2+ inches), day or night
Sticker expired? Warned if someone reports a car without a sticker on your block
Alerts for temporary no-parking signs near home
Speed and red-light camera alerts while you drive
Renewals
04Illinois plate sticker renewed with the State
Emissions test alert: an email when your test window opens, months before it’s due
We watch the City and State renewal websites so a change there doesn’t break your renewal
A reminder to put your new sticker on
Your data & us
04Your driver’s license photo deleted within 48 hours, unless you ask us to keep it
Bills and permit papers you upload deleted after 60 days
If our alerts stop going out, we find out, not you
Every day we look for anything we let slip, like a fine that doubled or a card that declined
All of it, for $99 a year.
Protect my car · $10/month