Mistake on fine

[Stalker]

I was driving my work car and forgot to grab my licence out of my car. of course the one time i dont have it on me i get pulled over. So i get a fine for not having my licence on me. Anyways the cop wrote down my licence number wrong. mixed up the last 2 numbers.

I know people who have gotten out of fines cause of a mistake on it. I just wanted to know if a mistake on a ticket really does void it cause i cant find anywhere that says definitively. theres always people that say it does and people that say it doesnt

[milobob]

But they have your name and address.. so maybe not? What did you do to get pulled over anyway?

[Stalker]

speed gun set up on Caloundra Road. i thought it was a 100 zone then i saw the 80 sign and backed off. then i saw the cop flagging me down.

the funny part about it is i got a ticket for going 20km over the limit as well and they got that one right, its only this one they messed up.

i'll cop to the fines. the $200 for not having my licence on me doesnt bother me, but cause of the speeding fine i will lose my licence for 6 months. All because i was a bit lost in an area i didnt know that well and missed a speed sign until it was too late.

i find it rather ironic really. i'll admit i push my car and have some fun from time to time, but i've only ever been caught doing something wrong when i didnt mean to be.

[WTR]

Pulled over for speeding several years ago - Datsun 200B wagon..2 adults + 2 kids + camping gear !! (wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding).

Cop writes wrong fine amount in relevant box on the speeding ticket.

Pay fine - next time I'm at the RTA, I ask them to check my license points lost.

Result = 1 point lost instead 3 ........... guess I owe 'em 2 somewhere down the track.

PS - ex's father took pity on me and slung me the $90 for the fine - on the trip home from Coffs every police car got the finger, and I laughed like a lunatic !!!

[AJjnr86]

I have heard that they have to get all the details right on the fine else it's invalid and you can fight it, u could fight it in court. I wouldn't put up with their stupidity

I'll admire not all r bad, was on a Toyota cruise and had an off duty follow me in his aurion doing double the speed limit, only did it cause I followed him doing the same

[Graham]

I only read the first post but fining you for not having your lic is stupid.

I would've got the cops badge number and reported him. (It'll be on the fine too )

1.) Say your wife accidently took your wallet and its in her bag and you're on your way to get it (this is a lie obviously)

2.) Remember your D license number... I know mine like the back of my hand
Infact I have a script for the police now!

"Hey officer, I know that my plates say that I don't have a license, but I do, honest! My MDL is ******* and here's my license"

If he got your license # wrong it most likely won't come to you.

Wait for the second warning in the mail, if it never comes you're fine (no pun intended! ) but call up and enquire just incase.

[Blakey]

from what i know, its only on the case of the name being wrong. but i guess if the License # is wrong. then you wont get the fine as its a different address to that license #

[AJjnr86]

Guess who the cops love, haha. Just remember cj parts, it's not illegal unless u get caught

[Graham]

as long as you're nice to the cops and treat them with respect they shouldn't be too harsh on you

gotta remember they're just doing their job, but I agree some of them are idiots on a powertrip

[Stalker]

well in QLD its a requirement for all P platers to carry their license on them at all times. thats why i got fined. its a stupid law though. it takes them all of 2 minutes to look you up on their computer and get your licence info anyway...

[Blakey]

cops dont care what your car looks like there not like that. iv only been pulled over by the cops once in my car. and im a p plater with a car that looks illegal. they would rather pull over the bogans in commos, that are actaully doing illegal things on the roads then some kid with a non commo or ford. thoes bogans are what gives all other drivers a bad name, as they are doing the wrong.(cause there bogans)

[JaCe]

well in QLD its a requirement for all P platers to carry their license on them at all times. thats why i got fined. its a stupid law though. it takes them all of 2 minutes to look you up on their computer and get your licence info anyway...

I never really understood why drivers always have to carry their ID on them (here in NSW). My only guess is the computer is a way of verifying what your card says as opposed to relying on what the person says and then the computer merely confirming that it's true.

[Stalker]

cops do target P platers and fast looking cars as well as older cars. My sister used to get pulled up for RBT's all the time driving our ford laser cause it was a little beat up. rarely gets pulled up in her new focus. i know a guy who works at a merc dealership so he's always driving the latest mercs, they ALWAYS wave him through. but me in my car i get pulled up for RBT's all the time. not just on roadside ones but i've had a cop chuck a U turn to pull me over and give me an RBT when i was doing absolutely nothing wrong

pretty much every car on that road was doing more than 80. i was practically just following the other cars in the road. but they pull me up, and they pulled someone else behind me up to. another green P plater. so you cant tell me they dont target P platers or speedy looking cars

[Blakey]

they have never done that to me. and i drive past cops every day almost. and i have only been stopped at a RBT once. caues they where testing everybody.

[Tarquin]

well in QLD its a requirement for all P platers to carry their license on them at all times. thats why i got fined. its a stupid law though. it takes them all of 2 minutes to look you up on their computer and get your licence info anyway...

I was going to say... Geeezzz... On your Open's you have 24 Hrs to produce your licence.

But your P's is another story....