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[learnedax]

Last week I got a parking ticket (for $40, which seems unusually high for the area to me, but maybe Somerville is just generally more severe that way) on some friends' street, where no one ever gets ticketed, and where there aren't any obvious signs declaring the legality of parking there. Annoying, but oh well. I went to pay it online last night, and noticed a) the ticket number didn't seem to exist in their system, but more importantly b) the registration on the ticket isn't mine. Shares no characters in common with mine, in fact. It's still for a Saturn, color "GY"*, and there did not seem to be any other Saturns nearby... but it's not issued for my car.

So should I pay it?


*Which komos believes means "GreenY" (it's a sort of metallic wintergreen) and I believe means "GaY".

Comments

[riccakitty.livejournal.com]

they are all right. since the plate does not match yours at all. it's not your responsibility. no matter how much the cop might have fucked up writing it.

I would call the city and say. I found this ticket in the street. it's not my plate #. what do you want me to do with it?

Don't mention that it was found on your car, or that your car type matches.
because then they will just try and say well it was obviously meant for your car and so pay it.
In-fact don't offer them any other information about you at all.

The fact is, none of us really know if it was a fuck up on the officer's part, or on someone trying to scam you into paying their ticket. It was windy and could have blown off someone's car and someone else put it on yours noticing the model is the same type.

So just report it as found. that way they can process it and mail it to the proper candidate.
If they have the plate, they have the address of the plate owner and can mail a duplicate.