Originally Posted by mmarshall

They usually can't prove it......that was the subject of my last post, above. That's why the car owner (under the law, the registered owner gets the ticket) can sign an affidavit swearing that he or she was not driving the vehicle at the time. And that, of course, means that it was either stolen or loaned out to someone.....like your friend. If your friend was driving your car and got a ticket, the way it works in most states, you will be sent the bill. The simplest thing to do, IMO, in those circumstances is to pay the ticket yourself (it doesn't put any points on your driving record, so it's just money) and work out some kind of deal between you and your friend over the money involved. How you two do that, of course, is a private matter and your own buisness, and I won't get involved in that.

If you claim the car was stolen without your permission and someone else was driving (you have that option), that can be a much trickier situation, because then a (supposed) crime will be involved, and the police may ask further questions about it or do an investigation. I myself would not claim that if it were not true.