Write a Letter Protesting Against Ticketing for Driving an Unregistered Vehicle
Have you been fined for driving an unregistered vehicle but you believed that you were registered or you simply didn't realize that it was due for registering? Here is a way of writing a letter to set out your case.
Steps
- Use a suitable word processing program. Set up your standard letter page and prepare to write the letter.
- Consider what to say in the letter. Be truthful as they will have heard it all before. Consider also whether it's just better to face up to the fine and get a better calender system in place before trying to write a persuasive letter!
Letter Example
- Consider this example of a letter by way of an idea:
Mr So and So Eucalypt Rd 22 Logan Village QLD
Dear Mr So and So,
On the 8th December 2009 I was charged with an offence that I did not intentionally commit, namely driving a unregistered vehicle. I borrowed the vehicle in question from my step father, Mr Neville C, who had known the registration was paid. Mr C received the paperwork, along with the registration sticker displaying 26/02/2010.
So as far as we both knew the registration had been paid. That was until I was pulled over on Smith Street, Southport, where the local police officers pulled me over for a random license and rego check. This is when I was informed that I was driving a unregistered vehicle. I called my stepfather who had no idea what I was talking about as he had not been notified by the department of transport. The bill wasn’t paid. He called Queensland Transport to find out that the cheque had unfortunately been cancelled. The car was unregistered due to this reason. Under no circumstances would I have been behind the wheel of the car that day if I had known it was not registered. This is extremely embarrassing for myself and for my stepfather who is a law-abiding citizen and nothing like this has ever happened to him before. And he is mortified that I could lose my license over a mistake of his own and the fact that it took Queensland Transport seven days before they sent him a letter telling him what had happened. It was a mistake on behalf of all parties. No way was it my fault that day, and could you please take this in consideration, and with the police statements I had no knowledge of the offence I was committing.
Yours sincerely Mr S.E Masters
Tips
- Always state the facts clearly and remain polite.
