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Re: Ticket hell
In article <kp47-0709951736360001@symons-102.umd.edu>, kp47@umail.umd.edu wrote:
> A few days ago, I received a "delinquency" notice that said I owed an
> add'l $25 for not paying on time. I couldn't figure out what was up (my
> check had been cashed) until, on the phone to the Dept. of Public Works, I
> noticed that they had recorded the date of my ticket issuance as July 8--a
> Saturday. Not July 28--a Friday. Because --thanks to the ticket--I was 20
> mins. late to a meeting, I told a roomful of people that I had received
> it. I am writing a letter disputing the ticket date noted on the
> delinquency letter--but I fear a mindless bureacracy ignoring me and
> suspending my license (as they threatened on the notice).
This is a classic example of why you should ALWAYS read a ticket CAREFULLY
before paying it.
You would have had an excellent defense if you had gone to court and said
to the judge "Well, I was at _____ on July 8, so this ticket is OBVIOUSLY
incorrect." I once beat a ticket that merely had the DIRECTION written
incorrectly (I was going east, the cop wrote west, I was late getting
home, which was due east of where I got the ticket...).
Another thing to look for (esp. on parking tickets) is the tag number. If
they write down the wrong one, send in the ticket stating "Someone put
this on my car, but it doesn't belong to me..."
In your case, you'll almost certainly beat the deliquent fee rap, but you
could have beat entire ticket, and now you'll never get your money back
because Marion has probably already given it to some friend of his...
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P.J. Geraghty, FF3/NR/MDEMT-P
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