http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/illiteratemetermaids Questions tagged with 'illiteratemetermaids' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:54:01 -0800 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:54:01 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/34781/Wrong%2Dplate%2Dnumder Do I have to pay a parking ticket if they got the details wrong? Yesterday evening, I parked at a meter (in Somerville, MA), a little after 5:30, knowing that the meters run until 6. For whatever reason, I decided not to put a quarter in, and knowingly took my chances.<br> <br> When I was done with the evening's activities at about 11, I came back to my car to find a ticket. My own fault.<br> But when I looked at the ticket, the license plate number on it was wrong; off by one letter. The rest of the description of the car was correct, but the "B" in my plate number was recorded as a "D" on the ticket.<br> (My front-side plate is a survivor of a front-end accident of a previous car, so it's seen better days, and this probably is an easy visual mistake to make in poor lighting).<br> <br> My question is:<br> If I don't pay this ticket, is there any way they could still track me down, even though the platenumber is wrong? Should I still pay it? Should I correct it? What's the worst that could happen? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2006:site.34781 Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:54:01 -0800 cars illiteratemetermaids parking tickets jozxyqk