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In article <2pvq82dqvenhpmqhi1jiij46miebg25r2u@4ax.com>, 
scottenaztlan@yahoo.com says...
> On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 21:19:51 -0700, <usenet2006@THE-DOMAIN-IN.SIG>
> wrote:
> 
> >No, I was talking about the danger of the car's owner LYING, and 
> >FALSELY telling the Parking Violations Bureau that you were in 
> >possession of the car, when you really weren't.


> That's easy: your rental receipt clearly shows the date and time you
> took possession, and the date and time you took the car back. You see,
> your honor, I turned the car in a full day before the violation
> occurred. <BANG!> Case dismissed!


I was talking about it being done with some other car that you 
never had possession of.


> >So, some sleazebag at a car dealer or rental agency (from whom 
> >you previously bought or rented), gets a few parking tickets.  
> >Maybe on his/her own car, or on one of the ones awaiting 
> >sale/rental.  And then s/he will look in the office files for a 
> >name and DL number of a previous customer.  And then put that 
> >info on the delinquency notices, to fraudulently divert the 
> >ticket debt away from themselves.


> The court isn't going to take a sleazebag's word for it.


What court?  I seem to recall California de-criminalising parking 
tickets in the mid-90s, thus removing the right to a court 
hearing.  As far I know, the Los Angeles dispute process was 
simplified to them sending you a photocopy of the original ticket 
as, "proof" that it was legit.

Also, the fraud can happen long after the sleazebag first 
obtained your Drivers Licence info.  Like maybe a couple of years 
later, after you have moved a substantial distance away from the 
city that thinks the ticket was yours.


> >> We ignored it, of course. What are they gonna do,
> >> arrest us? Refuse to grant us a degree if we ever attend school there?
> >
> >No, but they might send the debt to a collection agency, who 
> >might list it on your credit reports.
> 
> For a $10 ticket? Hasn't happened so far. After that first letter, we
> haven't heard a peep from anybody. It's been a year or two now.
> 
> >The fact that the university folks were able to get the 
> >registered owner's (the rental agency) info, suggest that it was 
> >a real police/gubmint ticket.
> 
> No, it suggests that Hertz is very generous when it comes to sharing
> customers' personal information.


As I said before, a delinquency notice may be mailed to the car's 
registered owner, who must either pay the ticket, or give the 
name and Driver Licence number of whoever else had possession of 
the car.


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