This Long Islander is being flooded with parking tickets because her

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To quote the great Captain Picard: It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose.

Huntington resident Beda Koorey, 76, gave up her old license plate, NCC 1701 — the designation of the famous starship Enterprise in the renowned sci-fi series — at the start of 2020 as her eyesight was waning.

But the vanity plate, which was picked by her ex-husband, has caused endless agita due to motorists purchasing the same fake novelty plates for their cars which then get caught in driving infractions, News 12 reported.

It’s true: Those numbers are the Federation registry of the USS Enterprise, beginning first with the original Star Trek series:

And yes, in spite of giving up her car nearly five years ago, Koorey is still being absolutely hosed with tickets for infractions she didn’t even commit:

‘The mailman comes. I go, “Here comes another ticket,'” she told the station earlier this month.

‘And I’m getting phone calls from all over the country.’

She’s received tickets from as far as Montreal, Canada, even though she’s never even been to the country.

The grandmother’s also been hit with $16,500 in fines from New York City for driving infractions she didn’t commit.

What is likely happening, of course, is that people are using the numbers for fake license plates. They “can easily be bought on e-commerce sites like Amazon and replace real plates.”

Nevertheless, there is clearly some major bureaucratic incompetence going on here. If authorities can’t differentiate between fake plates and real plates (the latter of which the driver doesn’t even own anymore!) then ultimately the fault is with the authorities.

Thankfully, a friendly lawyer appears to have helped the lady sort the problem out:

[Attorney] Kenneth Mollins told CBS 2 that Koorey was still attached to the Star Trek plates even though the state Department of Motor Vehicles claimed her name and address were removed.

After reaching out to top officials at the state agency, Mollins told Koorey on Thursday the issue, despite its tendency to cling on, should now be fixed.