A fan of one of many biggest science fiction franchises of all time has been getting hit with visitors tickets which are meant for different folks. A “Star Trek” fan’s love of the USS Enterprise has seen her receiving hundreds of {dollars} value of tickets despite the fact that she hasn’t pushed her automobile in years and doesn’t even personal the related license plate anymore.
CBS New York stories on the unusual state of affairs involving 76-year outdated Beda Koorey. Koorey is an avid Star Trek fan — I get it, I’m a Trekkie as nicely — a lot in order that she received the Starship Enterprise’s registry variety of NCC-1701 as her license plate. This was a giant deal again when she nonetheless drove, however that’s not the case anymore as Korrey surrendered her plates and stopped driving again in 2020. “I don’t have a automobile. I don’t drive. These plates had been turned in,” she informed CBS. But each time she goes to her mailbox she has a ticket inside. It’s all as a result of Trekkies from everywhere in the nation have the identical license plate, however not even actual plates — they’re utilizing novelty ones.
“They’re persistent and so they hold sending me tickets,” Koorey stated.
Her outdated customized plates honored Star Trek and had the identical quantity because the Starship Enterprise — NCC-1701.
Nevertheless, for $15 on Amazon and eBay, some Trekkies have been simply changing their actual plates with the identical novelty plates — and getting away with it.
Their accrued tickets from everywhere in the nation are being mailed to Koorey.
“Crimson gentle, rushing, parking, college zone,” she stated, describing the forms of tickets she receives.
She additionally will get hit with E-ZPass tolls.
“I received a cellphone name from Ohio, a police chief on the lookout for plates as a result of they had been concerned in a theft,” Koorey stated.
A easy Google search will deliver up a whole bunch of outcomes of the NCC-1701 plate from numerous sources. They’re low cost too, with many examples going for as little as $10. One other drawback appears to lie with New York’s Division of Motor Autos itself. The division informed CBS that unlawful novelty plates are one thing native police needs to be coping with, and that “nothing in its system connects Koorey to her former plate.” Then, surprisingly, the division mentions that it’s as much as every state and billing entity to verify it’s using probably the most up-to-date New York DMV knowledge. That’s an odd assertion to make contemplating their very own data aren’t updated, as they’re nonetheless connecting Koorey to the Enterprise plates.
Whereas this may occasionally all appear to be a irritating however considerably humorous matter, its been disturbing for Koorey. She’s continuously receiving tickets. That is all made tougher by the truth that she has each listening to and sight points, and she will’t sustain with responding to all of them. “I’ve run out of ink. I’ve run out of stamps,” Koorey informed CBS. She says it’s irritating getting hundreds of {dollars} in tickets for one thing she has nothing to do with, saying “I can’t afford it. I’m on a set revenue. All of it comes again to me, so the entire nation has my title and handle for tickets I don’t even owe.”
Fortunately, Koorey’s story caught the eye of some New York lawmakers and legal professionals. CBS stories a number of lawmakers have stated they’re going to assist Koorey, and a lawyer agreed to fulfill along with her and work professional bono to get her out of the state of affairs.
