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I read a blog post years ago about a guy who fought a traffic ticket and ran into the undefined legal area of whether they were laying a charge against him or his vehicle, since they couldn't prove it was him driving. I imagine it may be a similar scenario here, but unfortunately I cannot open Twitter links on mobile.

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I don't know in the US but in the UK the legals are fairly defined. For parking the owner is liable. For driving the driver is and you have the option of paying a fixed penalty, saying who did it or going to court and saying it wasn't me. The latter is dangerous to game as if they can show you were lying it's a worse offence than just paying the fine. Although I've got a friend of Pakistani origin who's gotten away with saying it was various similar looking Pakistani cousins who were speeding.

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