Received a fine in error!

[ADRAM3L3CH]

So today my mom receives a fine in the mail for R600 in error. Its for an expired licence disc which is false as there is a valid license disc displayed on the car!

Apart from that , the fines location is King Shaka Int on the 7th of feb which is tottally incorrect. As the vehicle was no where near that area on the day nor has it been there in over two years!

I have a feeling someone has cloned the license plate.

Has anyone had a similar issue ? Is there anything I can do to prove the car wasn't present at the time of the fine?

 

[upup]

Doesn't the airport got cameras to show which cars enter.

Where were the car on that time.
Do they say which model car it is.
proof that the license were bought before the date.

 

[Gulio]

Cloned the license plate and the license disc?
You got a fine for an expired disc not plate.

 

[Ewie]

Most likely because the car just had plates on it and no disc.

 

[ADRAM3L3CH]

Doesn't the airport got cameras to show which cars enter.

Where were the car on that time.
Do they say which model car it is.
proof that the license were bought before the date.

I'm not sure if they will just show me the footage like that? The fine shows the registration and make only.
I do have the receipt/licence disc cut out also showing a purchase date before the fine.

Cloned the license plate and the license disc?
You got a fine for an expired disc not plate.

I said the plate was cloned, not the disc. The fine is for expired license or disc not displayed.

Most likely because the car just had plates on it and no disc.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[ele33]

Same thing happened to me. I have a Vuka scooter that's never used (its always parked away) yet I got a fine for not displaying my license disc. The car type on the fine is a Toyota Corolla.
Surely the cops should be able to check the vehicle type a number plate belongs to before issuing the fine?
I went to the traffic department and filled out some form and they said they'll get back to me in a month.
Yet the other guy is probably still driving around with false plates.

 

[Musiclover08]

You need to lodge a dispute over the fine. Something along the lines of an affidavit submitted to the relevant authority. Needs to go along the line of "at the day of the fine, vehicle was at said place. Licence disc is valid and displayed etc..." I emailed the authority for a fine I received on a vehicle. It was in JHB and the camera caught it in Harrismith! Followed this and fine was squashed.

 

[Sonic2k]

How clear do you want it? The numberplate of the vehicle in question has been cloned.

 

[ADRAM3L3CH]

Same thing happened to me. I have a Vuka scooter that's never used (its always parked away) yet I got a fine for not displaying my license disc. The car type on the fine is a Toyota Corolla.
Surely the cops should be able to check the vehicle type a number plate belongs to before issuing the fine?
I went to the traffic department and filled out some form and they said they'll get back to me in a month.
Yet the other guy is probably still driving around with false plates.

I think they are too damn lazy to check properly before issuing the fine.
Thanks for the info! Looks like I will have to do the same to sort this out.
I wonder if there is anything we can do to find out who is using the cloned plates.

You need to lodge a dispute over the fine. Something along the lines of an affidavit submitted to the relevant authority. Needs to go along the line of "at the day of the fine, vehicle was at said place. Licence disc is valid and displayed etc..." I emailed the authority for a fine I received on a vehicle. It was in JHB and the camera caught it in Harrismith! Followed this and fine was squashed.

This is promising! Thanks for th einfo guys!

 

[ToxicBunny]

Have had a similar thing happen to me.

Get a fine for jumping a red robot in Verulam on a Thursday morning. I know it couldn't have been me, since I was at varsity at the time in lectures, and the car was parked in the parking lot at varsity. I had to drive all the way to Verulam (a good 45kms), take one look at the photo and can see its not my car (their OCR system read NU as ND and the vehicle was a different model and colour).

My first mistake was being young and naive, I listened to the cop, and went down to the court house to go and see the public prosecutor to get the fine squashed. Car was parked in the court parking lot, and I went to wait in line, got in to see the public prosecutor, who then told me I needed to show him my license disc. Went down to the car, got the license disc and went straight back up, showed the license disc and the fine was squashed. I was up there for a total of 10 minutes. Get back down to my car to find a NEW fine for not displaying my license disc. Obviously I didn't pay this fine, I had an argument with the station commander and went home.. but it was 2 hours plus 90km driving wasted on someone elses incompetence.

Moral of the story, if they fine is attached to a vehicle that isn't yours, make the problem the cops.. if they tell you to go to the public prosecutor to get the fine squashed, refuse.... They must sort their systems and processes out to stop wasting law abiding citizens time.

 

[ADRAM3L3CH]

Moral of the story, if they fine is attached to a vehicle that isn't yours, make the problem the cops.. if they tell you to go to the public prosecutor to get the fine squashed, refuse.... They must sort their systems and processes out to stop wasting law abiding citizens time.

Thanks I will keep this in mind. They really are a lazy bunch , I'm sure it wont take more than a few minutes to properly check the vehicle details before issuing a fine.