Monday, November 22, 2010

Can I throw out a traffic ticket if the officer misspelled my last name?

So I got a traffic ticket for merging into a transfer lane when the white line went solid. (Basically a last minute decision on which direction to go)



I was on HWY 400 south merging onto 401 westbound and I changed lanes at the last minute. The cop wrote me up a $110.00 ticket, but forgot a letter in my last name.



Can I just ignore the ticket, or how do I get it thrown out?



Thanks in advance.Can I throw out a traffic ticket if the officer misspelled my last name?
No.



The Officer has the right to amend the ticket and correct the error.



If you ignore the ticket, the court will issue a warrant for your arrest and the fine will be increased by a very large amount.Can I throw out a traffic ticket if the officer misspelled my last name?
You can ignore it if you want, however the court will not. Additionally a clerical error is not sufficient to get a ticket dismissed.
no because your id numbers are on the ticket as your drivers permit is, , just like the zip code for usa mail, numbers count not names//
If the ticket includes your drivers license number or the tag number of your car then you will be paying the ticket.
The misspelled name won't matter. The cop no doubt put your address, DOB, license number, and tag number on the ticket. Not much doubt of your identity there. If you signed the ticket, you promised to appear in court, or perhaps pay the face value. If you do neither, a warrant will be issued, so you can't ignore it.



If you want to appear in court over it, and plead to the judge that you were watching traffic to be sure a lane change was safe and didn't know the line had become solid, you just might get off.
That idiot left a letter out of your last name?



An entire letter?



Throw that ticket out and don't look back. He's darn lucky you're not suing him for the expense of asking this question here on Yahoo.
You can ignore it but the courts wont, Pay up.

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