A small example of networked social cascade:
1) We get a parking ticket from a community college we never visited that lists our license plate but incorrectly describes our car make/model. Apparently, the private security guard transcribed it wrong. We ignore it.
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1) We get a parking ticket from a community college we never visited that lists our license plate but incorrectly describes our car make/model. Apparently, the private security guard transcribed it wrong. We ignore it.
1/n
2) Six months later, I try to renew my driver's license online, just before my birthday. It's denied due to an unpaid parking ticket (the one from the community college). Apparently, it is a state school. We call them, they say it is too late to dispute it.
2/n
2/n
3) While working through the problem, my driver's license expires. A few days later, a cop in a nearby town stops my car (driven by my daughter's boyfriend) looking for me. The cop was using a license plate scanner and my cars were flagged for an expired license.
3?n
3?n
4) A day later, the cop stops the car again for the same reason.
The only way to resolve it? Pay the erroneous parking fine, with penalties, and then work it through the system.
4/4
The only way to resolve it? Pay the erroneous parking fine, with penalties, and then work it through the system.
4/4
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