DMV had another guy with same name's ticket on my record....

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by darinmac38, Apr 29, 2019.

  1. darinmac38

    darinmac38 Light Load Member

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    Yeah, you've heard it all, well A guy with my same name and same birthdate. I was curious, it was for running a red light. I just assumed a year ago I must have got clipped by one of those photo ticket things. I've been applying to all these companies, explaining the ticket as being a photo ticket, etc. Showed up as 3 points on my record. This would be the only ticket I've ver had too.

    Anyhow, my curiosity started when I wanted to see if there was any way to get it removed, so I logged in and found the ticket to be from a county in my state where I'd never once been. OK, so I dig more and call the county clerks office. They ask for my name, then birthdate, then they come back and ask for my middle name. Clerk puts supervisor on the phone and she said it's not my ticket. Some guy with the same first, last and birthdate got the ticket.

    So my question is, now it is finally being removed. I had to write a letter to my state DMV. Make dozens of calls and today they finally called me back saying it would be removed.

    Should I contact all those that I've applied with? Schneider already indicated they likely would be turning me away because the ticket was within the past year, with one non fault accident as well. LOL. Could I sue the #### DMV for this? Crazy!

    What really makes me angry, is that even after I spent hours playing PI and proving the ticket was not mine, they still made me go through so much crap to get it removed. It like, "yeah, we're wrong, but we really can't admit that" or some BS.
     
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  3. GlobalFM001

    GlobalFM001 Light Load Member

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    Even with the same name and birthdate, wouldn’t you have a different drivers license number?
    Not sure how that error happened considering your DL number is your identifier.
     
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  4. starmac

    starmac Road Train Member

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    Cameras don't get a picture of your DL. The city of Houston tried for 2 or 3 years to collect a fine from me, when It was not my pickup, and I had not been there at all for a couple of years when they claimed they got me.
    Colorado had a warrant out for me over a ticket they claimed I had not paid, even though I proved it had been paid, and they admitted it had been paid several times, they still would not pull the warrant. They did give me a letter stating that I had paid it. I kept it in the truck, but was never stopped up there again.
     
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  5. GlobalFM001

    GlobalFM001 Light Load Member

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    How would you get a red light ticket for a vehicle not registered to you?
     
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  6. Woodchuck88

    Woodchuck88 Medium Load Member

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    The stories get crazier everyday
     
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  7. Dumdriver

    Dumdriver Road Train Member

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    This one sounds a little fishy.
     
  8. GreenPete359

    GreenPete359 Road Train Member

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    Same happened to me when i was 19-20yrs old. My license was suspended because of a court house screw up. I got a letter in the mail from the dmv advising me of the suspension, i called the court house. They gave me the police departments number & the officers name. I called & spoke with the officer, who contacted the judge, who called me & apologized. I went on with life as normal, never ever heard another word about. I got my cdl A at 21yrs and one week old, it wasn’t on my abstract when i applied for driving school 6 months before that date.

    I never even had to contact the dmv about it.

    Op. Re-apply to the jobs your were seriously interested in. Do so with the up to date and factually correct info this time. If anybody questions you just be 100% up front and honest. Mistakes happen.
     
  9. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    it is actually plausable given the sameness of the last names. not only one person can be born on one day.

    it is usually the middle name that can make all the difference.

    if you lived in an area where "smith or jones, or johnson or davis" are so common, how could this NOT happen..???
     
  10. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    Happened to a buddy of mine. He was working out west on the date of the infraction and had pay stubs indicating he was indeed at work 3000km away. Lot of BS and phone calls to get it sorted out.
     
  11. Dumdriver

    Dumdriver Road Train Member

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    Yeah, on the surface it makes sense. I mean, looking at it like that you wonder how it doesn’t happen MORE often!!

    But the number thing is what confuses me. Different drivers license numbers and SS #’s make it unlikely. Anything is possible though, can’t deny that
     
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