Knowing What Happens If a Police Officer Writes a Traffic Ticket to the Wrong Person

Knowing What Happens If a Police Officer Writes a Traffic Ticket to the Wrong Person

Tony Lu
March 13, 2013

Knowing What Happens If a Police Officer Writes a Traffic Ticket to the Wrong Person

Submitted by: Tony Lu

It may be frustrating for a driver to get pulled over for something they did not do. In some cases of radar, the wrong person may be stopped for violating the speed. What happens if a police officer writes a traffic ticket to the wrong person, may depend and there are a few things that a victim can do. If a ticket has been issued for an offense that someone did not commit, action should be taken to rectify the situation.

When cars are traveling down a road and there are a few speeders mixed with other cars who are not speeding, it can be hard for a police officer. They will point their radar machine toward the flow of traffic and stop the driver they feel was speeding. In most cases the police officer is correct and has pulled over the speeding driver. However when the driver claims to be innocent, they may wonder what they can do.

The first thing they can try is speaking directly with the officer. It should be noted that most officers will stick to their beliefs about the ticket issuing. They will ask for identification and it should be given before any arguing takes place. When the officer knows who the driver is and that they do not have prior speeding convictions or any for that matter, they will feel more comfortable with speaking to the pulled over driver.

It is then, that a driver can try to explain that he or she was not speeding. At that point the driver and officer may agree on the situation which may be unlikely, or the ticket holder can try to fight it in court.

The officer may not be too keen on reducing the charge or taking the driver's side. They will probably just hand the ticket over so that they can get to the next speeder, it could be up the court system to prove someone wrong.

Booking a court date can happen inside of a court office. The date will be mailed out to the person in the next few months. Typically most court dates are a just under a year from when they were issued. It most likely will be during the day, so a driver will need to book time off work to get there.

Most court places are located in a place where parking needs to be paid for. Court can be quick or it could take a few hours to deal with all of the proceedings. Usually everyone in the court office is from the same officer. In some cases if the police officer does not show up to court, tickets are dismissed. However in other places the officer will always show up for their court infractions.

What happens if a police officer writes a traffic ticket to the wrong person, could have the person taking part in a court proceeding. There they can explain their case to a judge. The judge will either reduce the fine or throw the ticket out. In most cases the ticket is simply reduced.

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