Warrant for Traffic Offensive

[Boereraat]

TL;DR I needed to pay an outstanding fine (did it just now) or a warrant for my arrest will be issued in about two weeks from now.



Okay so November last year I made a bit of a boo-boo and passed a slow truck over a painted island just outside of Beaufort West.

Hidden Highway patrol car raced up to pull me over afterwards and issued me a fine. Told me if I write them a letter they could take away the fine.

I did this a few days later in Stellenbosch and returned home to JHB a few weeks later.

After waiting a month or so I tried to find the fine online and couldnt see anything, and soon I forgot about it.

Until yesterday when a place called SM Consultants contacted me and said I must pay (a now reduced) fine or a warrant for my arrest will be sent out soon. I then paid immediately. Apparently they couldnt contact me before. They also emailed me the fine and whatnot and I could see my name and address were taken down incorrectly.

Am I in the clear now? Is this even something to be concerned about?

 

[bboy]

Well if you name is incorrect on the summons then the whole thing is invalid anyway.

 

[ToxicBunny]

TL;DR I needed to pay an outstanding fine (did it just now) or a warrant for my arrest will be issued in about two weeks from now.



Okay so November last year I made a bit of a boo-boo and passed a slow truck over a painted island just outside of Beaufort West.

Hidden Highway patrol car raced up to pull me over afterwards and issued me a fine. Told me if I write them a letter they could take away the fine.

I did this a few days later in Stellenbosch and returned home to JHB a few weeks later.

After waiting a month or so I tried to find the fine online and couldnt see anything, and soon I forgot about it.

Until yesterday when a place called SM Consultants contacted me and said I must pay (a now reduced) fine or a warrant for my arrest will be sent out soon. I then paid immediately. Apparently they couldnt contact me before. They also emailed me the fine and whatnot and I could see my name and address were taken down incorrectly.

Am I in the clear now? Is this even something to be concerned about?

Who are SM Consultants, and they can't issue the Warrant of Arrest if the details are incorrect. I would have told them to go fsck themselves unpleasantly.

SM Consultants sound like a debt collection firm who have been sold this "debt"

 

[envo]

lol, SM Consultants? No man. A sheriff of the court has to hand-deliver you a notice that a warrant of arrest will be issued if you don't pay your fine immediately. Only after this hand-delivered letter is received, and the notice expires, will a warrant be issued. You got pwned

 

[Fazda]

Traffic Offensive..............??

I smell that nasty little thing called Predictive Text here..........

 

[Boereraat]

Haha let's call it predictive text and not stupidity...
Pwned or not it's done now. Not gonna think about this again...or take chances near beaufort