Apps That Fight Your Parking Tickets

摘要

The average American spends about $232 on legal expenses each year, and many attorneys charge $175 to $550 an hour. Among other things, that means people don't hire counsel for minor offenses-only about 5 percent of U.S. traffic tickets are contested in court. "People are essentially priced out of lawyers," says David Houlihan, an analyst at technology-focused Blue Hill Research. Since last year, more than two dozen iOS and Android apps have popped up to try to price more people back in.