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The cops can't be this dumb... this must have been done on purpose

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acemcmac

Lifer
Just looked at this parking ticket I got last week from my university and I noticed that the second and third letters on my licence plate (PA plates are AAA1111 standard) are switched. The university also doesent record the vin number (they dont have mine on file anyway, and even if they did, mine is covered.... idk if this is legal or not 😕 )

Every dorm on campus has at least 6-10 spots out back for seniors to park... or just about anyone to park when it's out of enforcement times. Summer is out of enforcement times. Unfortunatley, our spots are "reserved" for the health center, which is closed for the summer... yet somehow the parking authority insists on "24/7" enforcement of these 8 spots.... (they come around at 10am with double the normal fine.)

I'm not gunna pay the fine... they don't have my pass number, vin number or my correct licence plate number so they can go F* off.... (all they can do is put me on "academic hold" anyway.) I'm especially not giving it thoughts since it's a bogus ticket like this (even if i was dumb for sleeping in that day 😉)

Discuss 😀

side thought... still trying to figure out if it's legal for me to have accidentally "let" a parking stub from a nearby garage fall down my dash and completeley cover up that little vin window... something about that being the car's SS number makes me feel it should be covered... i dunno....
 
I'm curious, does parking enforcement run a check on license plates before they ticket a vehicle? If they ran a check there would be a record of the vehicle, and merely writing the license plate number incorrectly wouldn't get you off the hook. But if that's the only record, I'd say you're home free.
 
Originally posted by: Orsorum
I'm curious, does parking enforcement run a check on license plates before they ticket a vehicle?
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Not at my school. When each of the five parking officers pumps out over 140 tickets a day, they don't have time to call dispatch for every one.
 
Originally posted by: Orsorum
I'm curious, does parking enforcement run a check on license plates before they ticket a vehicle? If they ran a check there would be a record of the vehicle, and merely writing the license plate number incorrectly wouldn't get you off the hook. But if that's the only record, I'd say you're home free.
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I know they walk around with a little computer (pda x 10 in every dimension) when they ticket people.... I dont know what that gives them access to. Their tickets have no binding to people who aren't registered with the university through their parking pass system... the university has no way at all to get the contact information even if they want to... that's one of the things that kills me the most. Most summer school kids don't even go here, so unless they get towed (which the university is suspending for the summer to save image to visitors), they will get the regular tickets in double enforcement... which only 10% of us have to answer to...
 
I don't know of any reason why you can't cover up your VIN number if you want to. If an officer needs it, it should be on your title, registration and/or insurance card anyway.
 
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