Ironclad Alibi

Justin Lee of Auckland, New Zealand, received a speeding ticket in the mail in 2004. He noticed a typo in the facts that stated the offense took place in 1974. Since that was a long time ago, he asked his mother for his alibi details. Then Justin wrote back to let the police know exactly where he was on June 23rd, 1974.
Firstly, the 'date of offence' is listed as the 23rd of June 1974 with the time being at or around half past six in the evening. This is of grave concern to me because I was not issued a drivers license until sometime in 1990 and I have no desire to be charged with driving while not legally licensed. I do not have a clear recollection of very much at all before I was three and a half years old, so I rang Mum to see if she remembered what I was doing that day. She said that - coincidentally - I was born that day!!

Mum mentioned that I was born at around five o'clock in the evening on that day in Porirua, which is not far from Wellington. She also said Porirua was a bustling suburb of young, low-income people who were trying to get ahead. Back in the 70's, people were coming to terms with oil shocks, high-inflation and wage freezes, but that's not important right now.

There's more to his entertaining letter. And how did this episode turn out? Find out the final disposition of the case at Letters of Note. Link

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@Jolly, did you read the rest of the letter?
While the numberplate was correct (to the guy), the car make and model they stated was also wrong. If they can only get one thing right out of three I doubt they'll send an amended summons, there's just too much that doesn't add up.
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yeah so some idiot put the driver's DoB in the offence date field. IMHO he was damned lucky that the police didn't uphold the fine after receiving such a sarcastic letter. They would have been within their rights to send out an amended summons.
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