Do I pay this ticket?

**Mitch001** · 4th February 2008, 09:00

On our South Island holiday last week it finally happened - got a ticket.
Straight road , only me and one other car, happened to be a mufti cop.
Lucky was only 115 kph. Not too big a deal.
When I got home there was a letter from the cop, date was wrong, my address was wrong on ticket. So he says that ticket is cancelled and he has issued a replacment!
Can they do this? would you pay?

**Nasty** · 4th February 2008, 09:05

If you want to go to court and challenge it don't pay.

**Finn** · 4th February 2008, 09:07

Don't fight the law. The law will win... They even made a song about it.

**MSTRS:Me** · 4th February 2008, 09:09

A clever lawyer would get you off that. Probably. Is $80 and 20 demerits worth his fee tho? Plus the court costs if you lose?

**Blue Velvet** · 4th February 2008, 09:15

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Is $80 and 20 demerits worth his fee tho? Plus the court costs if you lose?

+1

I'd just pay it. Time = money and all that...

**kiwibryn** · 4th February 2008, 09:18

Challenge it but be prepared to pay. Silly bugger, you should never admit to speeding... say your speedo obviously needs adjusting...

**Str8 Jacket** · 4th February 2008, 09:20

Originally Posted by Mitch001

On our South Island holiday last week it finally happened - got a ticket.
Straight road , only me and one other car, happened to be a mufti cop.
Lucky was only 115 kph. Not too big a deal.
When I got home there was a letter from the cop, date was wrong, my address was wrong on ticket. So he says that ticket is cancelled and he has issued a replacment!
Can they do this? would you pay?

Originally Posted by Nasty

If you want to go to court and challenge it don't pay.

Yep, BUT if you want to go to court then you need to inform the Issuing Authority, in this case the Police that you would like to dispute the fine. If you dont and the fine ends up with the Ministry of (in)Justice then ya fooked and will probably be "forced"to pay it.....

**Tank** · 4th February 2008, 09:36

Im thinking that if you go to court you sill still lose. At the end of the day you were speeding, you admit it. The odds of it being thrown out sounds unlikely and you might just end up pissing off the judge.

If you are going to fight a ticket - make sure its a big one.

**Str8 Jacket** · 4th February 2008, 09:38

Originally Posted by Tank

Im thinking that if you go to court you sill still lose. At the end of the day you were speeding, you admit it. The odds of it being thrown out sounds unlikely and you might just end up pissing off the judge.

If you are going to fight a ticket - make sure its a big one.

He's right. Cause if you lose then you'll have t opay court costs as w ell as the ticket AND the judge may decided that the ticket should be higher..... Maybe not worth it?!

**Blue Velvet** · 4th February 2008, 09:44

Originally Posted by Tank

If you are going to fight a ticket - make sure its a big one.

Haha, reminds me of some advice my dad gave me... If you're going to go to jail, make sure it's for something big.

**kiwifruit** · 4th February 2008, 10:36

You'd get off it with a little wriggling. May take some time and effort. I'd dispute it

**vifferman** · 4th February 2008, 12:17

They make it quite clear that even if the address and date are wrong, the ticket will still be upheld. Unless you definitely were not speeding, and can prove it, just pay up.