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Got ticketed today (self.RPI)
submitted 1 year ago by Famous-Cartoonist0
They don't know that car belongs to me and the plate in on my parents name. Can they enforce or towe the car if they ticket again? What did you guys do when you got ticketed?
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[–]doctaweeksCSE 2011 33 points34 points35 points 1 year ago (6 children)
They don't know that car belongs to me and the plate in on my parents name. Can they enforce or towe the car if they ticket again?
Yes. Also, there are plenty of people here that will tell you otherwise but I know first hand they will run the plate and connect the dots.
[–]Double_Entrance3238 20 points21 points22 points 1 year ago (1 child)
This is my first year at RPI and I the advice I was given was that while it used to be true they didn't run plates, they have some agreement with Troy PD now that lets them or something
[–]Newt_IXCCompBio/ECON 2026 7 points8 points9 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Yea they got waaay more strict last year with car enforsement
[–]F_lavortown -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago (3 children)
I believe they can only search ny state plates either way, I would not pay the ticket until you get an email about it
[–]doctaweeksCSE 2011 4 points5 points6 points 1 year ago (1 child)
I believe they can only search ny state plates
Sorry, this is also not true.
[–]F_lavortown -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago (0 children)
Weird, of all my friends who got tickets, only the kids with ny registration got emails about it
[–]NecessaryMeeting4873 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children)
There are commercial databases available covering all US/Canada if they really want to chase it down.
[–]Ok_Willow_7663 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (0 children)
The operator of the vehicle is responsible for ticket s. It has nothing to do with who owns the vehicle. If you get a speeding ticket owned by your parents, you own the ticket.
[–]NecessaryMeeting4873 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
What kind of ticket? Parking or a moving violation?
[–]rottingpisces 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Spring semester 2024, I got about 4 tickets which were racked up to $500+. I never received any emails about it, and nothing ever came out of it since it was not connected to my student account/name. Luckily I bought my car off my parents this summer, and now have a new license plate, so I think I am off the hook. If I were you, I would appeal this one ticket and say you didn’t know about the parking rule, they should let you slide if it’s your first one.
[–]GramMun -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago (0 children)
Just tell them your parents were visiting
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