Transportation: Today, I walked out to my car to see four kids taking the hubcaps,...

By Anonymous - 12/04/2009 04:07 - United States

Today, I walked out to my car to see four kids taking the hubcaps, radio, and license plates off of my truck. I chased them six blocks until I tripped and twisted my ankle. I limped back to my car and found a ticket on my windshield for $55 dollars. The reason? Missing license plates. FML

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By calidumbass - 14/01/2011 19:43 - United States

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By Anonymous - 11/07/2009 19:22 - Canada

Today, I got a parking ticket for $150. It seems it was issued by my husband, who apparently can't remember license plate numbers. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/01/2012 13:43 - Norway

Today, a truck rear-ended my car and drove off. I could see everything from my office, everything except his license plate. FML

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By olyswimmer - 03/02/2010 05:11 - United States

Today, my car got a wheel lock because I had 5 tickets. Three of those tickets dated back to 2006. I got my car and license in 2008. FML

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By journeytotheend - 14/07/2012 06:55 - Canada - Surrey

Today, I went to city hall to pay for a parking ticket. After returning to my truck, I found a parking ticket on my window. FML

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By occam's pube-razor - 05/09/2015 04:26 - United States - Buena Vista

Today, I parked my car, went to pay for my spot, and returned to my car only to find a parking violation ticket tucked under the windshield wipers. This all happened in less than a minute. FML

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By lk26 - 08/02/2009 05:32 - United States

Today, I went to my car to discover a note on the windshield from the city telling me that they had hit my car. On top of that note was a parking ticket, also from the city. FML

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Adding annoyance to almost injury

By Anon - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United Kingdom

Today, while I was walking to my car, I was mugged. Not only did they take my phone, wallet and watch, the extra few minutes taken in my journey meant that when I got to my car, I was given a parking ticket. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/06/2009 04:14 - United States

Today, I got a parking ticket. I put the ticket in my bag and accidentally left the bag in my friends car. When I returned, the car window was smashed, my bag was gone. I had to call the police department and ask them to send me a new ticket, on top of the $1000 or so I'd already lost. FML

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Sue21 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 16:13

How did they write you out a ticket with no license plates? Just a description of the truck? :/

UhOhImF___ed 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 16:06

sorry to hear that. so unfortunate can you fight that ticket? that seems like a legit reason, just hard to show proof

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jdkfgkjdfb 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 19:12

You should've called the police on those kids.

melh2o 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 19:18

Ahh! those little *******. D: You'll get back at them somehow. :)

metonymy 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 19:29

Commenters are stupid. Police ticket parked cars all the time, and they can still ticket a vehicle without licence plates as #30 said. And I don't fault the OP for not chasing them in the truck: getting into the truck and starting it up would give the kids quite a bit of a headstart and they could always run anywhere where a truck couldn't follow. Plus, it would be harder for the OP to explain to a cop why s/he was driving without licence plates.

QiScorpion 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 19:32

what *******! they should be soundly caned. or have some form of ass-whooping inflicted on them.

krad204 21

Friday 28 October 2011 16:58

Agreed...

Zwink 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 20:10

you should have yelled to get people on the street to catch them and that really sucks, true FML

cowwart 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 20:36

you should file a police report; you may be able to have the ticket overturned, and the kids, if you got a good look at them, thrown in jail for larceny.

average_girl 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 20:39

hahaha one of the best FML stories in a while lol... tell the police that! they cant give u a ticket 4 something like that!

effyourlife_ 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 21:14

I swear you only get a ticket for DRIVING cars with no license plates..?

mopho 0

Sunday 12 April 2009 21:26

It's called a VIIN (Vehicle Identification Number). Every vehicle has a unique VIN displayed on the bottom of the front windshield, and a cop can write you a ticket based on that even if you've got no plates. It's a simple lookup in the registry to find your plate number, name, and address.