My parents and my brother were driving on the Florida Turnpike together in separate cars. My brother was in a car owned by my father and my father was in a car leased by him. Both were fully insured and stuff. My father (foolishly) told my brother to gun it. He got up to 100 and blew by a cop. Shortly after, my brother got pulled over and ticketed. My father felt bad and said don't worry he would pay for it. Of course, the ticket is about $300 because the limit there is 70. They looked at the ticket and realized that the cop didn't take down the information from my brother, his license, or his insurance card. Instead he filled out the ticket with the information from the registration of the car. So the ticket was given to my brother but is filled in with my father's name and address instead of my brother's name and address.
What are they supposed to do in this situation? My brother was just going to do traffic school and have my father pay for it so his insurance didn't go up but now he can't because the ticket is in the wrong name. My mother was sitting next to my father in the car so she can prove that he was not driving the ticketed vehicle at the time. It seems like a stupid situation created by a cop being lazy and not paying attention to what he was doing.
Cliffs:
Brother does 100 in 70 in car owned by father.
Ticket is written for father not brother.
Resolution?
What are they supposed to do in this situation? My brother was just going to do traffic school and have my father pay for it so his insurance didn't go up but now he can't because the ticket is in the wrong name. My mother was sitting next to my father in the car so she can prove that he was not driving the ticketed vehicle at the time. It seems like a stupid situation created by a cop being lazy and not paying attention to what he was doing.
Cliffs:
Brother does 100 in 70 in car owned by father.
Ticket is written for father not brother.
Resolution?
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