Dear PoPville – Should I pay it or should I just hope that there is no poor sap with the license # the officer wrote down?

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We got another crazy parking ticket to deal with…

“Dear PoPville,

I got a parking ticket last week.

It has the wrong license plate # on it.

Should I pay it or should I just hope that there is no poor sap with the license # the officer wrote down who will have to deal with DMV to fight it?

Is there a way i can research whether there is an actual license with the one on the ticket?

It has a DU rather than a DC …”