Brickbat: Mistyped Tickets

When Caroline and Matt Ydstie got a ticket for running a red light in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, they were confused: They live in the Pittsburgh area and say they have never been to Philadelphia. What made it even more confusing is that the ticket was for a white Ford. They drive a blue Honda Civic. When the Ydsties called to find out what was going on, the Philadelphia Parking Authority told them to contact the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. PennDOT told them they'd have to go to court to challenge the ticket. Caroline Ydstie said that would cost more than the ticket, so she called a local TV station. The station found the problem began with the person who typed in the ticket, which was generated by a red light camera. That person got one letter of the license plate wrong, tying the ticket to her vehicle

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Filthadepthsia has been running this scam for years.

[Chumby]

Yinzers should pursue deporting Philly.

Did the oppressor color Ford also later receive a ticket?

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

Anti-government cranks are among my favorite useless misfits and worthless culture war casualties.

Carry on, clingers. So far as your betters permit.

[Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf]

Joke's on you. We have no betters, only you bitters. Looks like you mistyped by one character. You must live in Philly.

[Nazi-Chipping Warlock]

I look forward to the day someone fuckstarts Kirkland's head with a shotgun.

[Nazi-Chipping Warlock]

And I'm talking .410, in the hope it merely paralyzes him and he chokes to death on his own ineptitude.

[Chumby]

Decaying urban clingers so illiterate they can’t even read a license plate from a photo then type the same characters. Not surprising. Say, have you ever complained to Captcha?

[Think It Through]

I'm becoming more convinced you are AI. Boring AI. Your comment has little to nothing to do with this short blurb.

[Its_Not_Inevitable]

Zzzzzzzzzzz.....

[BillyG]

Had this happen to me recently (in MD). Called up the locality and they checked the original ticket and corrected it.

[AT]

Pssh, red light cameras are the easiest thing in the world to beat. Unless they get your face on camera behind the wheel - and there are very simple steps you can take to prevent that (though it's getting harder, especially once they start getting easier access to your vehicle and cell phone, location services) - they never hold up in court.

The one you should be more concerned about are the robocops that they plan to introduce to catch every single speeder on the road all at once. Right now, speeding is an easy law to break under the "they can't catch everybody" rule. It won't be that way much longer.

[markm23]

The real problem isn't that someone mistyped, it's that they are unwilling to correct their mistake over the phone - and certainly won't pay for travel and time off work for the victims to go to court.