Car Numberplate Forged(?) - I'm Copping The Fines

Tuftsdude on 01/06/2019 - 02:39
Last edited 01/06/2019 - 02:40

Apologies for the horribly worded title.

So I have two cars, one I rarely drive and one I use as a daily. Someone who has an identical car to the former, has forged the numberplate (I assume) and I've been copping a lot of parking fines in the mail. I have an alibi, majority of the fine, I was overseas, no one else had access to my car.

There are some differences between his car vs mine, i.e. mine having M-sport rims, his having standard. Plate number on his having VIC on the top, mine on the side.

Anyways, I went to the police today, they weren't really helpful. Though it's a bit of a hassle but I guess I'll have to go Vicroads to get numberplate changed to stop the fines, parking and toll road.

The cowboy in me wants to drive around to the areas where the parking fines were given (city) to find said car and confront driver, but it's probably not the smartest idea.

What are the chances this is a genuine accident?
What are my best options to proceed?

Been waiting for a juicy topic to post, fingers crossed it makes front page!

Automotive

Comments

  • pinchies on 01/06/2019 - 03:49
    +2

    While at present it doesn't sound like you're having much fun, can you imagine finding their car, taking a photo of both cars and plates side by side, and sending that to vicroads? I'm pretty sure that would be hilarious. No need to actually confront them in person!

    • Tuftsdude on 01/06/2019 - 06:20

      Yeah definitely. I'm leaning more towards what they're doing is on purpose because I'm getting unpaid fines rolling in everyday. My car is listed for sale online, rego is showing on there.

      • tomsco on 01/06/2019 - 07:44
        +1

        Yep. Exact same thing happened to my FIL when he listed his car online. Pain in the arse.

        • Tuftsdude on 01/06/2019 - 08:24

          Damn. I hate when people do this sh*t and get away with it. Hence why me wanting to confront the bastard doing it. Ya reckon if I get ahold of them, realistically, what can the popo do to 'em?

          • tomsco on 01/06/2019 - 11:00
            +1

            @Tuftsdude: Don’t know what the law is. Would expect a fine at the minimum. You would hope they would try to go further down the chain to see if they made them or bought them, but realistically, the police may not have the resources to investigate.

            • lolz112 on 01/06/2019 - 23:04

              @tomsco: Reckon forgery and fraud is a pretty big law to break.

          • try2bhelpful on 01/06/2019 - 11:03
            +1

            @Tuftsdude: I would be careful of confronting someone like this. If you could spot them, and take pictures of them getting in/out of the car and the number plates, it might give the cops something to go on but if you actually approach them they might hit you.

  • strikeout119 on 01/06/2019 - 05:05

    Do you have a personalised plate? Some people could confuse something like a '1' for an 'I'. I've had both number plate scanners at parking lots and even police get them wrong.

    • Tuftsdude on 01/06/2019 - 06:18

      Haha, that's annoying. Nope, generic plate. No 1's, I's or O's.

  • Davo1111 on 01/06/2019 - 05:38

    Anyways, I went to the police today, they weren't really helpful. Though it's a bit of a hassle but I guess I'll have to go Vicroads to get numberplate changed to stop the fines, parking and toll road.

    well stop wasting time and go do it. jeeze

    Dont forget to take your plate off the toll road account

    • Tuftsdude on 01/06/2019 - 06:22
      -3

      But then how would I make it to the front page of OzBargain? Jeez.

      Also, I went to the popo late last night. If I had time, I would've gone to Vicroads. Will do when they're open on Monday.

      Thanks, I will do.

      • pegaxs on 01/06/2019 - 13:51
        +1

        make it to the front page…
        I went to the popo late last night.

        What are you? 12?

        • Tuftsdude on 01/06/2019 - 14:41
          -4

          Some people need to chill their ass and invest in a sarcasm detector.

          • brendanm on 01/06/2019 - 16:26

            @Tuftsdude: I think you need to look up the definition of sarcasm. A joke perhaps, but sarcasm it was not.

  • Ozbargainite on 01/06/2019 - 06:06
    +4

    My niece got a speed camera fine and and we knew it wasn't her as she was somewhere else at the time with her car.
    It turned out the dealer had put 2 different plates on her car and the did the same to another car they sold at the same time. Niece drove her car for around a year a never noticed the mismatched number plates.

  • dogboy on 01/06/2019 - 06:43
    +2

    Bikies obviously

    • Tuftsdude on 01/06/2019 - 06:48

      The OzBargainer in me wants to save the money and just DIY it y'know?

  • try2bhelpful on 01/06/2019 - 07:04

    Unfortunately it sounds like changing the number plate is your only out.

  • askme69 on 01/06/2019 - 09:23
    +2

    I had a case in NSW, I contacted HWP and they put him as "HOT" on the ANPR, picked him up after 3 days.

    • MITM on 01/06/2019 - 09:30
      +1

      Nice move - would've made a great episode on Highway Patrol.

  • MITM on 01/06/2019 - 09:31

    While we're talking about forged plates - can I actually make my own personalised plates using the registered rego number ? I hate those prison tins on my car.

    • Trance N Dance on 01/06/2019 - 09:39
      +1

      No.

      If the plates were stolen then you need to report them as such and get new ones made. If they're damaged then you need to get them replaced.

  • oscargamer on 01/06/2019 - 16:47

    Get new plates

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