Wrong licence number on a police fine

Ountz

I was involved in an accident the other day and received a fixed penalty and 3 points for an illegal tire. Having looked at the notice I've realised the officer has filled in my licence plate wrong. He's got my name and address but people are telling me I can get out of the points and fine on a technicality. Would it be wise to do this do you think?

scheming_gypsy

i'm guessing that you can try, take it to court and battle it out but you might have to claim it wasn't you.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

plenty of loophole solicitors out there for a fee. though, why should you get out of the points and a fine, the accident may or may not arose from the tyre but could have easily caused one! why not take them and make checking your tyres a regular thing as a lesson learned!

wealdroam

OP, you may like to consider asking you question on Pepipoo.

HappyMJ

Ountz wrote: »

I was involved in an accident the other day and received a fixed penalty and 3 points for an illegal tire. Having looked at the notice I've realised the officer has filled in my licence plate wrong. He's got my name and address but people are telling me I can get out of the points and fine on a technicality. Would it be wise to do this do you think?

Wise? That's a question you need to ask yourself. If the points means you lose your licence then yes it's wise. However if the hassle and the cost of getting out of it will outweigh the cost of the fixed penalty notice then no it's not wise. P.S only the courts issue fines. The police will give you an offer of a fixed penalty which isn't as bad as a court fine. It will be much lower.

vax2002

Another tip, get a report on the tyre from a tyre expert, if it passes as they often do, have it taken off, get it witnessed and take it to court with the evidence and report.

richard734

You can argue the point on teh paperwork, and most probably would get away with it, however, you would seriously upset Mr Plod, and while I am sure they are much more proffessional than when I was in the job nearly 30 years ago, in my day that would been a bottle of spirits bounty on your licence.
You had a dicky tyre, take it and accept it, there is a difference between Legaly correct and Morally correct...

bigjl.

The slip rule will come into play. If you reject the ticket they will correct the error and summons you to court.

TadleyBaggie

The spelling (licence & tire) and phrases used (licence plate) in the OP suggest that this happened in the US? In which case legal advice based on the UK is ublikely to apply.

oldagetraveller

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

The spelling (licence & tire) and phrases used (licence plate) in the OP suggest that this happened in the US? In which case legal advice based on the UK is ublikely to apply.

Licence is the correct spelling, license in this context would be incorrect and is a verb.
The O.P. spelt licence correctly but tire incorrectly as in I'm tired!
I'll get my coat now and don the tin hat in readiness for the flak from "grammar policing"!:p

wealdroam

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

The spelling (licence & tire) and phrases used (licence plate) in the OP suggest that this happened in the US? In which case legal advice based on the UK is ublikely to apply.

Do they have a three point penalty in the US then?

Sounds UK based to me.