The ticket says he was in a Rover car but he actually owns an MG. The rest of the details Reg. Colour etc are correct. Would this be thrown out if we went to court.
2007-01-20 03:28:28 · 27 answers · asked by Nurse Gladys 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No sympathy for your son, tell him to pay up and take it as a learning curve. If he goes to court then it will cost him more and he might even get three points.
It is such a pain when people have the fog lights on unnecessarily and its just the same with the rear fog light.
2007-01-20 03:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, this will not be automatically thrown out. A judge would probably consider this "harmless error."
Your only chance would be to argue, and possibly establish, some legitimate reason why the case should be dismissed due to this error, ie., the cop pulled over the wrong vehicle OR based on the ticket, my son assumed the ticket was for someone else OR this particular vehicle does not even have fog lights.
Any argument would be a real stretch, and you may aggravate the prosecuting attorney or the judge. But if you're up for it, give it a shot. Set the ball in motion, and maybe the cop won't show up for court.
2007-01-20 04:06:31 · answer #2 · answered by Mind of Clyde 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MG and Rover were a badge engineering exercise and really refer to the same car as it was from the MG/Rover group.
It is an offence to drive with fog lights on if there is no reason to have them on.
It will not be thrown out of court on the vehicle name issue.
2007-01-20 03:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by dave angel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A rover MG is a Rover.
An MG is a Rover.
At least as far as the Police are concerned.
The ticket is fully legal.
Next time, tell your son to use normal lights in normal conditions.
Fog lamps are designed to be used at times of fog (surprisingly)
2007-01-20 03:36:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've had 1 a few years back and unless there is fog in the vicinity it is an offence,as regards to the MG thing unfortunatly for you that company is/was known in the uk as MG Rover so no loophole there sorry........
2007-01-20 03:36:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. My daughter has had two tickets with details wrong. They call the info in and I think they base it on that. I hate to say it but those fog lights are really irritating and have been known to cause road rage. It's ok in the fog or snow or even rain but not on a clear night.
2007-01-20 03:33:25 · answer #6 · answered by Brianne 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He will have to pay up, an MG is/was built by the Rover group, if he checks his V5 it will say make model Make MG ROVER. with regard to the FPN he will have to pay unless he can prove that the reason he had them on was because of very poor visability, as officers have issued it, they must have been able to see his number plate from some distance or they would have tugged his collar if they had to get that close to him
2007-01-20 05:32:11 · answer #7 · answered by sunnybums 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given that MGs are made by the MG/Rover Group, it's not even technically an error. Sorry, time to pay up!
2007-01-20 04:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it wouldnt get thrown out as MG is a manufacturing mark for rover...also he probably got the ticket as foglights should only be used when visibility is down to less than 100yards..
2007-01-20 03:33:29 · answer #9 · answered by Bluefurball 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. The MG badge was Rover owned at one time and the cars are very similar. This is not the sort of technicality that you could rely on. Wrong time, date or place, yes, but not this.
2007-01-20 03:31:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋