I got a parking ticket for being parked on a clearway. I had a disable sticker on and was in the post office getting my mothers pension. Warden said he went in looking for me but it is abig shop and i did not see him or him me. he did say i would probable get off with it as he wrote that i had a disabled badge showing. on appeal i did not get off but they spelt the name of the road wrong and i was wondering if that was legal.
2007-12-19 05:46:25 · 12 answers · asked by Peter L 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
As long as the officer can provide the accurate location to the magistrate...spelling doesn't count!
2007-12-19 05:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by KC V ™ 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
All they need is your license plate number. As long as THAT is correct, you're stuck with the ticket. Parking tickets are violations against the car's registered owner, not the driver at the time. In fact, Detroit used to collect license plate numbers and write out phantom tickets for violations that didn't really exist. By the time a violation notice came in the mail a few months later, most assumed that it must have been valid and just paid the fine. If you could PROVE that your car was someplace else at that time, you might win your case, but the incredible bureaucracy involved in fighting it, just made it easier to pay the stupid thing. By the way, NAMES of colors only mean something to art nerds. Tan is still brown, teal is a tossup whether it's green or blue, and still nobody knows just what a Burnt Umber actually means.
2016-04-10 07:52:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you have to pay it because it doesn't matter what he wrote until court, but the ticket has the license plate number and on the DMV database the license plate will show the owner's info. But once you go to court make sure you tell them that the street was spelled wrong.
2007-12-19 07:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Dspctchr983 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oddly enough, it is not against the law to spell things incorrectly (less half of the participants on Y!A would be in jail). Clerical errors do not normally negate a ticket.
2007-12-19 05:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, you do have to pay it- they won't let you off that easy! I got a parking ticket that stated my birthday as 10-08-1948, and I'm only 22! I still had to pay, they just changed it to the right b-day.
2007-12-19 06:40:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it's not going to matter. As long as it's obvious which road is meant, you'll get the fine.
Only way you'll get off is if there's been a mistake either with your name or your vehicle registration. I know one person who's got off on each of those counts.
2007-12-20 02:05:01 · answer #6 · answered by Beastie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quit picking at stuff. People misspell every day, just like you have in your question ~ does that make this question illegal, too? I have disabilities, too, and I would never think to bring something like this up because everyone spells something wrong at one time or another ~ so what's the big deal?
No, it doesn't make your case illegal in any way, shape or form so please move on to the real problems in life.
2007-12-19 07:01:55 · answer #7 · answered by KittyKat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, you will still have to answer for the citation. Be it show up in court and plead your case, or pay the fine.
2007-12-19 06:18:37 · answer #8 · answered by Kevy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Typos & spelling mistakes are allowed, I'm afraid.
2007-12-19 06:00:03 · answer #9 · answered by champer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I were you I'd learn to spell before I asked a question like this.
2007-12-19 05:51:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋