If you get issued a citation, and you get your traffic ticket in the mail with your name spelled wrong, color of car wrong, model wrong and lastly license plate wrong, what is the likely hood of the ticket being dropped?

 

I'd say pretty good...

 

What was the citation for?

 

^ The legal term was "driving with wheels off roadway"

 

Do you drive an orange Dodge Charger?

 

Nop.

 

Not enough information. But I would start by posting in the "ask a cop anything" thread.

 

 

The cop that issued that ticket must have been high, drunk or just plain retarded to get all those infos wrong. but yeah, you have a very good chance it'll be tossed by the judge.

 

It depends-- was OP given a citation at the scene?

Whoever entered the data into the computer for mailing may have misread the officer's writing. If the original citation itself is legible and has the correct information, then OP is much less likely to escape.

 

True. That may have happened. Then maybe whoever entered the data must have been drunk, high, or retarded....LOL

 

I guess I will request a discovery!

 

^ Brilliant! Cops love that! Plus, it actually increases your chances of getting the ticket dismissed!!

 

^From what I've heard. yea.

 

i had my name a year of my car wrong, but it didnt get dropped got reduced though

 

I think if the plate number's wrong, you stand a pretty good chance of getting out.

To those saying it could've been someone having trouble reading the original handwritten citation, it's hard to explain misspelling the colour of a car, and to a lesser extent the model. I think that's a bit careless.

 

^Hope so, lets say my plate was 123abc the ticket was showing 189abc... That's off by a lot!

 

did they get your address correct. what is the ticket for

 

I gave him my address so he can mail it to me and it was for driving with wheel off of roadway. Whatever that means?

 

were you mudding or going off-roading? Maybe like going onto a median or something?

 

my wheels were on the shoulder part way.

 

I am not sure why a cop would give such a ticket - unless you were being given a lenient slap on the wrist or you were off-lane for quite a while. If this is the case, pay it and be done. If not, go to court and plead 'not guilty.' Simply state the facts: you received a ticket in the mail for driving a vehicle that you know nothing about and have never driven. Don't play lawyer or try to be smart. If the Judge ask if you own a similar vehicle with similar License plates, politely answer yes, but explain that it is not described by the ticket. The Judge may get annoyed with the cop for getting so much wrong and just dismiss it.

 

Update, Ticket Dismissed!

 

yes ... win for the common people congratz

 

Gj!

 

I didn't have to say a word actually, the judge told me he had no jurisdiction so case dismissed. It was suppose to be handled by a different court\city. Lucky me I guess! Woohoo.

 

Wow, what was that cop thinking?

 

I am glad he was not thinking!

 

So silver3.5 was right in either post 9 or 11.