Thread: speeding fine in nsw

Originally Posted by bblaze

I have just received a speeding fine from nsw for exceeding by more than 10kmh,for the 23 dec. Rego number is not familiar and I was firmly rooted in Tassie ( couple of days from being in hospital with a major infection), it has my name and address in Tassie, how does this happen and what am I chasing (stolen identy or simular)
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blaze

was it an email or a letter?

Originally Posted by one_iota

was it an email or a letter?

Letter
Just been down to the local coppers, they are looking into it for me
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blaze

I'd post it back with a note "Not one detail is correct."
Sign it "Gerald".

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

I'd post it back with a note "Not one detail is correct."
Sign it "Gerald".

Mild compared to what I felt like doing BUT
if my identity has been stolen I would at like to be proactive and not reactive
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blaze

Originally Posted by bblaze

Letter
Just been down to the local coppers, they are looking into it for me
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blaze

In that case that is the best course of action....keep it official.

I was reading on facebook last night about a fellow who sold his car, didn't transfer or cancel the registration.
Now from the mounting speed camera fines, it looks as if he is going to lose his licence.
His solution, ask for advice on facebook.

I often receive bills addressed to unknown persons at my address. Sometimes I call and it usually turns out to be a fault in their database. Usually I just post back "return to sender". If it's debt collectors, I throw it in the bin. They often send out letters to all and sundry in the hope they get a hit.

Because it is your name and address, yep, treat it more seriously. I have worked with people who have received incorrect speeding fines in the mail. It's usually because the automation has got it wrong. They can't recognise a digit so it gets sent to the owner of the nearest rego number. Things like that. Confronting the issuing office usually solves the problem. They withdraw the infringement and send it to the next poor bastard on the list.

Was it a 'camera fine' or one issued by a copper? If it is a camera fine, then it is just a case of mis-read licence plate(do the car details match yours), or someone has doctored a plate to read the same as yours, probably a coincidence. If it is a police issued fine, then someone has used your details, and possibly got a copy of your licence and looks like you.....as the copper would have had to have sighted some ID, preferably a licence, when issuing the fine.

The last time I was in Nsw was 2008, didn't stop on the way from melb toi 1770. The rego number has all the markings of a nsw rego number, I have only ever had Tassie regoed vehicles apart from a disco 2 and a caravan with wa rego. How did my name get attached to a nsw rego
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blaze