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geno

geno

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My fiance texted me and told me we received something in the mail stating my car was charged with a parking / meter violation on a street I've never even driven on (I google mapped it to verify) much less parked on.

WTF is up with that? I guess they have my plate number and correct car info on the ticket / citation, but there is no way they legitimately caught me parking illegally.

How could this possibly happen and has this happened to anyone else before? I don't want to have to pay for something I never did but I don't know how to fight this and prove I wasn't there.
 
2Xtreme21

2Xtreme21

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YOU BROKE THE LAW, PAY YOUR TICKET, QUIT WHININ'

/holier-than-thou ATOT crowd.
 
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chorb

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Same thing happened to my Dad, he got a ticket for not paying a toll on road that is over a 100 miles away and would have no reason of going to. I think he just payed the $25 instead of worrying about it.

I guess if you have some evidence that car was not there at that time you can fight it, otherwise I'd say you're screwed.
 
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Cuular

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Get a copy of the ticket. This happened to me once, except the ticket said it was for a different color of the same make and model of car. I got a copy of the ticket, and the officer that wrote the license number down had really bad hand writing. A couple of digits could have been decoded differently than they were. They ran a lookup of the license plate number with those 2 digits changed, and came up with the correct color of the car.

I had to argue and plead but they finally changed their minds and went after that person.

The court system was sure I went and changed the color of my car to escape paying a 40.00 parking ticket. I even went so far as going to the dealer and having them confirm that my car was the color I said it was, and had never been re-painted.

I lived in Irvine California at the time, and they said I was in San Francisco in the middle of the day, while I was actually at work all day long in Irvine.

So get a copy of the ticket and verify that someone didn't just screw up on decoding what was written on the ticket.

 
mugs

mugs

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Apr 29, 2003
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Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
YOU BROKE THE LAW, PAY YOUR TICKET, QUIT WHININ'

/holier-than-thou ATOT crowd.
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The holier than thou ATOT crowd doesn't tell people to pay tickets that they didn't deserve.
 
Raduque

Raduque

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Aug 22, 2004
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So, is this the latest money-making scam the police is pulling? Grab random car info (plates, vins) and make up tickets?
 
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bonkers325

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Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: 2Xtreme21
YOU BROKE THE LAW, PAY YOUR TICKET, QUIT WHININ'

/holier-than-thou ATOT crowd.
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The holier than thou ATOT crowd doesn't tell people to pay tickets that they didn't deserve.
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someone broke the law somewhere, so somebody should pay for it!
 
MrDudeMan

MrDudeMan

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Originally posted by: Cuular
Get a copy of the ticket. This happened to me once, except the ticket said it was for a different color of the same make and model of car. I got a copy of the ticket, and the officer that wrote the license number down had really bad hand writing. A couple of digits could have been decoded differently than they were. They ran a lookup of the license plate number with those 2 digits changed, and came up with the correct color of the car.

I had to argue and plead but they finally changed their minds and went after that person.

The court system was sure I went and changed the color of my car to escape paying a 40.00 parking ticket. I even went so far as going to the dealer and having them confirm that my car was the color I said it was, and had never been re-painted.

I lived in Irvine California at the time, and they said I was in San Francisco in the middle of the day, while I was actually at work all day long in Irvine.

So get a copy of the ticket and verify that someone didn't just screw up on decoding what was written on the ticket.
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Good advice.
 
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Titan

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Oct 15, 1999
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I was just thinking as I threw my temp plate away, and last year I still got a parking ticket with the temp plate. Could someone steal a temp plate from the trash and use it to park with impunity?
 
feralkid

feralkid

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Originally posted by: Titan
I was just thinking as I threw my temp plate away, and last year I still got a parking ticket with the temp plate. Could someone steal a temp plate from the trash and use it to park with impunity?
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Not likely, that would be against the law.
 
Bacstar

Bacstar

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Nov 2, 2006
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Originally posted by: Cuular
Get a copy of the ticket. This happened to me once, except the ticket said it was for a different color of the same make and model of car. I got a copy of the ticket, and the officer that wrote the license number down had really bad hand writing. A couple of digits could have been decoded differently than they were. They ran a lookup of the license plate number with those 2 digits changed, and came up with the correct color of the car.

I had to argue and plead but they finally changed their minds and went after that person.

The court system was sure I went and changed the color of my car to escape paying a 40.00 parking ticket. I even went so far as going to the dealer and having them confirm that my car was the color I said it was, and had never been re-painted.

I lived in Irvine California at the time, and they said I was in San Francisco in the middle of the day, while I was actually at work all day long in Irvine.

So get a copy of the ticket and verify that someone didn't just screw up on decoding what was written on the ticket.
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I had the same thing happen to me several years ago while I was still living in California. My car registration was up for renewal, and when I got the reminder in the mail, there was a note in it advising me of an unpaid parking ticket in the Bay Area. I was living in Southern California and haven't been to the Bay Area in years. Not much I could do since they were holding my registration hostage. So after a few failed attempts to talk to anyone up there, I just paid off the ticket.
 
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Kelvrick

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Feb 14, 2001
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Originally posted by: feralkid
Originally posted by: Titan
I was just thinking as I threw my temp plate away, and last year I still got a parking ticket with the temp plate. Could someone steal a temp plate from the trash and use it to park with impunity?
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Not likely, that would be against the law.
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Yea, nobody ever does anything that is against the law. THE LAW
 
thescreensavers

thescreensavers

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Aug 3, 2005
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Originally posted by: Titan
I was just thinking as I threw my temp plate away, and last year I still got a parking ticket with the temp plate. Could someone steal a temp plate from the trash and use it to park with impunity?
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well from watching cops, they say they most of the time will check temp plates to see if they match the car because people who steal cars use temp plates.
 
sdifox

sdifox

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Sep 30, 2005
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Originally posted by: Cuular
Get a copy of the ticket. This happened to me once, except the ticket said it was for a different color of the same make and model of car. I got a copy of the ticket, and the officer that wrote the license number down had really bad hand writing. A couple of digits could have been decoded differently than they were. They ran a lookup of the license plate number with those 2 digits changed, and came up with the correct color of the car.

I had to argue and plead but they finally changed their minds and went after that person.

The court system was sure I went and changed the color of my car to escape paying a 40.00 parking ticket. I even went so far as going to the dealer and having them confirm that my car was the color I said it was, and had never been re-painted.

I lived in Irvine California at the time, and they said I was in San Francisco in the middle of the day, while I was actually at work all day long in Irvine.

So get a copy of the ticket and verify that someone didn't just screw up on decoding what was written on the ticket.
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WTF, colour code is included in the VIN...
 
PingSpike

PingSpike

Lifer
Feb 25, 2004
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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: feralkid
Originally posted by: Titan
I was just thinking as I threw my temp plate away, and last year I still got a parking ticket with the temp plate. Could someone steal a temp plate from the trash and use it to park with impunity?
Click to expand...

Not likely, that would be against the law.
Click to expand...

Yea, nobody ever does anything that is against the law. THE LAW
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The laws THE LAW. Once I tore one of those do not remove tags off a matteress and all these SWAT guys busted into my house and cut my fucking hand off! Then stuffed a parking ticket up my ass for illegally parking 1978 Cyan Volkswagen on the moon. I mean, I don't even think they ever made a Cyan Volkswagen so WTF?
 
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