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This is the second time that I had to experience this. A few months ago, I received a summons for an outstanding traffic fine. When I read the offense, it stated, "Failing to display a license disk. The fine was issued in Paarden Eiland and the vehicle was a Mercedes Benz. I do not own a Mercedes Bens, so I figured someone must be driving around in a Mercedes Bens, using the Registration number of my vehicle which is a Renault. I immediately went to the traffic court, took my vehicle's registration papers, license renewal papers and an Affidavit to state under oath that I am not the owner of a Mercedes Bens. The magistrate checked my documents and then sc****d the fine. I then asked her.....Will the Traffic Department trace the Mercedes bens...what must I do if I get more traffic fines like this because clearly this person/s is driving around in a Mercedes Bens using vehicle'smy registration? The answer I got was: "You will just have to come to court every time with all your papers. i just looked at the magistrate in disbelief, and I left.
Today 24 October 2017, my wife called to say the sheriff delivered another summons at my house. It has the same wording. Failing to display License Disk. Also noted on the summons is the same Mercedes Bens. Now how is this possible that the officer who saw the vehicle parked without displaying a License Disk, and who wrote the fine - did not run the registration via the traffic central control. This way it can be verified as to whether the make and model of the vehicle matches the registration plates. I WANT HELLO PETER TO INVESTIGATE AS TO: How is this my problem that someone else is driving a different vehicle using my vehicle's registration. Why do I have to take off from work to go sit in a queue at the traffic court to explain what the traffic officers fail to see. How can the magistrate tell me that I just have to come back with my papers if it happens again. How long is this going to inconvenience me. I have sheriff's knocking on my door with summonses of offences that I did not commit. What are the traffic officers doing about this - What if this vehicle is used to commit a serious crime while the registration number points to my name and address? By the time the courts hear all the facts, I would have already been picked up, handcuffed, processed and behind bars waiting to appear in court for a crime I did not commit. The state will then just apologise and that would be life-changing for me as I have never been behind bars. Don't the traffic Officers keep a record of such suspicious vehicle's and act upon it when they see a pattern? I am a taxpayer and living in Cape Town, and because of this, the city is not working for me :(
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