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Subject: Ticket hell
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From: kp47@umail.umd.edu
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Date: 7 Sep 1995 21:36:30 GMT
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Newsgroups: dc.driving
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Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
I received $25 ticket on July 28 for making an illegal (between 7 and
9:30 a.m.) left turn at Western Ave. and 41st Street N.W. As the nice cop
barked the threat of additional penalties at me twice--additional
penalities if I did not pay within 2 weeks--I sent a check out before 2
weeks had passed.
A few days ago, I received a "delinquency" notice that said I owed an
add'l $25 for not paying on time. I couldn't figure out what was up (my
check had been cashed) until, on the phone to the Dept. of Public Works, I
noticed that they had recorded the date of my ticket issuance as July 8--a
Saturday. Not July 28--a Friday. Because --thanks to the ticket--I was 20
mins. late to a meeting, I told a roomful of people that I had received
it. I am writing a letter disputing the ticket date noted on the
delinquency letter--but I fear a mindless bureacracy ignoring me and
suspending my license (as they threatened on the notice).
Has this ever happened to anyone else out there? What are my chances? I
am going to check the no-turn sign tomorrow, in hopes that the 7--9:30
restriction is Mon. through Friday only. If so, since July 8 was a
Saturday, I will have a speck of proof in my favor.
But if the restriction is week-long, I don't know what to do. Produce
people who will testify that I told them I received a ticket on July 28?
()@&)*(#$()#&)&!!
I haven't lived down here that long. I have never received a ticket
before--anywhere. Any advice would be welcome.
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