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    Lightbulb Wrong Drivers License Number, Name and Birthday on Ticket

    My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: ny
    I got a ticket and the officer was really aggravated. He copied 2 digits wrong, its also one digit short. My first name is also misspelled and birthday wrong. He did get the license plate correct but can't I argue that it wasn't me driving?
    How will they know it was me if my drivers license number is wrong ?
    Any advice!?
    Thanks

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    Default Re: Wrong Drivers License Number, Name and Bday on Ticket

    How will they know? Well, what would you be doing in the court if you hadn't received the ticket? Your only hope is to totally ignore the ticket and hope that nobody correlates the car's license number with you. WARNING: If they do, you're in a world of hurt -- additional fines, suspended license, reinstatement fees, possibly an arrest warrant. Not a good idea IMHO.

    You did not mention WHY you got the ticket, so I'll assume it's for speeding. If I were you, I'd go to court and argue that any officer who cannot read and copy information from one form to another without making FOUR mistakes out of the (6, 8, 10, whatever) pieces of information, may have also misread the RADAR or got the wrong car or wrote down the wrong speed or speed limit. I think that's your best hope. Let the officer explain how 1) he was in a hurry or 2) he was tired or 3) he has dyslexia or 4) whatever.... The point is if he's sloppy enough to make THAT many mistakes, maybe he made one of the others I've mentioned.

    You really can't go into court and claim that the ticket's not yours, that you just found this ticket on the street so you thought you'd show up for the hearing.

    Barry

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    Default Re: Wrong Drivers License Number, Name and Bday on Ticket

    yes they will correlate

    they will search for drivers associated with the plate#

    they will see you with the slightly different spelling of your name and drivers license # with a few digits swapped and know it was you.



    they will not just type in the license # see no results and say "oh well throw it in the trash lets go to lunch early"

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    Default Re: Wrong Drivers License Number, Name and Bday on Ticket

    Depending on what the ticket is for, it may make sense just to pay it and hope that they don't associate the ticket with your license.

    I don't think the "If he made mistakes on the ticket, maybe he read the radar gun wrong" argument is likely to work, but sometimes that's all you have.... At this point, though, we don't even know what offense was cited.

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    Default Re: Wrong Drivers License Number, Name and Bday on Ticket

    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    Depending on what the ticket is for, it may make sense just to pay it and hope that they don't associate the ticket with your license.
    I totally agree.

    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    I don't think the "If he made mistakes on the ticket, maybe he read the radar gun wrong" argument is likely to work, but sometimes that's all you have.... At this point, though, we don't even know what offense was cited.
    I only suggest this as a "last resort". I guess I should have clarified that. From cases I've observed, judges get VERY frustrated with officers' mistakes -- after about the third mistake. Again, though, this is in WA. I have no idea how judges in NY will react.

    Barry

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    Default Re: Wrong Drivers License Number, Name and Birthday on Ticket

    Quote Quoting Mikemikecc
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    My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: ny
    I got a ticket and the officer was really aggravated. He copied 2 digits wrong, its also one digit short. My first name is also misspelled and birthday wrong. He did get the license plate correct but can't I argue that it wasn't me driving?
    How will they know it was me if my drivers license number is wrong ?
    Any advice!?
    Thanks
    If you look on the ticket, it should say that its a notice, nothing more. Notice pleadings have very lax standards. As long as you understand the charges against you, its sufficient.

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