Got my first ticket in the mail $$$

[enyce0387]

i never got it in the mail.... if u don't sign for it who's to say you ever got it? just like jury duty haha

[upflying]

Originally Posted by driyac

See I like your style. You atleast know that people need to be educated.

Agreed, Ask for all the files. Most likely they will fail to present said evidence and will throw the case out. Had this happen Twice when i fought tickets.

If you want the "files" you will have to serve the LEO agency with a "subpoena duces tecum" well in advance of the trial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena_duces_tecum

[AdamZ]

Originally Posted by midnighter

Not to add insult to injury, but think of all the mods you could have purchased with that money.

What a dick

[pooch]

Originally Posted by tonyko1

Ever listen to Adam Carolla? He lives in LA, states how he a traffic cop sits at the bottom of a hill where he lives, directly across the street from about 25 illegal aliens selling food and drinks and looking for contractors to stop to offer work. They litter the F*ck out of the place, cops couldn't care less. Adam travels 4mph over the limit and they are on him like hair on a bar of soap....

Sorry bro, but Calf is broke. Our saying in Oregon is, "Go back to Calf, if you are going to bring your baggage with you"..........turns out, the best are leaving Cali for anywhere else, leaving only old relics like Gov Brown to run the place to the ground.

Move to Florida. Where the tourist pay for everything; not the residents.

[Les7311]

DC Speed cams are $250 off the top, plus $$ / mile over.....got 2 tix in 1 week for over $550 (speeding involved).... and cams are hidded behind bridges, street signs, columns etc.....

oh,,, and i have that license-plate spray on tags that didnt worth SH!!!!!T

[Dave916]

Originally Posted by SSinisterLS3

ROFL! People still think cops have quotas. It's federally mandated that is now illegal. Has been illegal since the coke wars of the 90s......

To all those who say fight the 500, what if you get found guilty? Court costs and penalties on your license are far more than that. Don't fight it. Plead guilty on their first offer on the trial date. It's the best offer you will get.

Originally Posted by heRS

I agree with you, it's ridiculous. I don't hear you arguing the ticket, just the cost. Meybe you should set your cruise control for 75 next time through. hate the boundaries but they're there to keep us all a bit safer. Even if I think I'm doing ok going that fast, it might be someone else's mistake that takes us both out.
Love all the advice to help you weasel out of the fine, but hey, were you guilty? If so, suck it up and pay your fine.

Im not going to try to fight the ticket i know i am guilty i was speeding. It wouldnt be worth to take time off work got to court and who knows what would happen. The area i was driving in is real easy to speed i drive 680 alot and the average speed in the area i was stopped at is 80 when its not full of traffic. I was going with flow of traffic but i have a new shiny camaro that prob sticks out. I think the fine is outrageous but i know the chp have to do there job.

Originally Posted by upflying

You can do 50 hours of volunteer work instead of paying the fine.
As far as I know, CHP does not mail tickets to violators. The courts will mail courtesy notices to violators who were issued citations personally by the officer.
Do you know the name of the CHP officer that issued the citation to you? One who works the I680 beat was killed recently. Obviously not trying to take advantage of his death but anyone who received a citation from him should contest the ticket to get an automatic dismissal.
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local...169164636.html

I tried to fight a ticket one time that i know i wasnt guilty of. I plead not guilty and thats all they offered me was community service or pay the fine. I told the DA or whoever that took me in a lil back room of the courthouse he said "look your gonna be found guilty no matter what so you either pay or do community service the officers are trained to know how fast you were going". The officer said i was speeding because i was in front of other cars he was a real a**hole. I was in front of the other cars because i pulled out in front of them from a side street. I was in my old 4 banger toyota work that barely went 40.

Yeah thats not the officer he was there when i got pulled over but he wasnt the one to write me the ticket. He came a min after i was pulled over there was a car pulled over a few feet in front of where i stopped that was broke down. I think he went to ask the driver whats going on. The morning he got shot i told my gf i recognize his face because he walked by my passenger side and bent over looked in my car and just kept walking to the car ahead. I did think about that when i first heard on the news a chp was shot in walnut creek.

[Dave916]

Originally Posted by Les7311

DC Speed cams are $250 off the top, plus $$ / mile over.....got 2 tix in 1 week for over $550 (speeding involved).... and cams are hidded behind bridges, street signs, columns etc.....

oh,,, and i have that license-plate spray on tags that didnt worth SH!!!!!T

I think that should be a violation of your rights for them to put cameras hidden everywhere like that. Wheres the freedom at if big brother is watching over your everymove with cameras.

[rangomr]

Originally Posted by mmartian

I guess I am lucky- 49 never had a speeding ticket
my total expenses has been a couple of radar detectors
and failure to stop completely at a blinking red light

I'm 67 and at one time Montana was wide open and they would give you a ticket if you where doing over 85 or so and then it was just a $5.00 ticket you paid on the spot and it never went on your driving record. I had 6 in one year. Other than that one year I've never had a speeding ticket and I know I need to slow it down NOW. I'm sure if I had a V-8 it would be all over. Damn the V-6 has plenty of power in my book and yes I got up to over 100 mph again today. I passed a couple cars today and it's amazing how quickly you can reach a 100. I don't miss Calif. since I grew up out there, OPPS I lied I just remember I did get a Damn ticket in this town going 37 in a 25 and it cost me 199.00 + yes I did a 8 hour driver school course for $50.00 and it stayed off my clean record. Michael in Virginia

[jake2212]

Originally Posted by motorhead

The state cops in Pa are getting out of hand with traffic stops. Meanwhile robberies, gang violence, home invasions, and crime as a whole is up in our state. There's more money in pulling over someone just trying to get to and from work then trying to combat real crime I guess.

Getting a nailed for 61 in a 55 is ridiculous.

you think thats bad i have a ticket in allegheny county for 5 over. i got you beat . cops are ridiculous here.

[tjk_art]

How exactly do they prove you were doing that?

Seems like a lucrative scam to me. send people tickets in the mail claiming they clocked you so long ago doing this or that...

psh.

[driyac]

Originally Posted by upflying

If you want the "files" you will have to serve the LEO agency with a "subpoena duces tecum" well in advance of the trial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpoena_duces_tecum

First trial typically is whether you plan to plead guilty or not guilty.

After this then yes you will have to ask for said files...

I like to draw trials out. A better chance of either the police officer not showing up and/or said files being misplaced.

[SILVERHAWK]

Originally Posted by SSinisterLS3

Ok guys. From someone who does this for a living....here's the truth. Mail tickets? Don't open them. Most don't come certified mail. What proof is there that you received it?

Cop does not have to show for court on a mail ticket. It's a civilian employee who reviews the facts and mails it to you anyway. Usually, this is a person who works for the court (jp or municipal) and is in the building already for daily work.

NEVER in my life have I heard of a hand delivered ticket from the officer. Citations are only issued under the JP of the area. Works that way everywhere.

Best bet...go...plead guilty for some community service or a lower fine. Don't try to fight it because you already have it in your hand. Now the proof is there that you saw it (unless you want to lie under oath that you didn't....DONT do that....). The only fighting chance you have is against the equipment...not the officer. That's where most people screw up. If you really want to fight it, find out if the unit is certified. If so, when was it last certified by the department? Is there a log of tuning the unit daily? Things like that. Does it work? Sure, but not often. More often than going to court and calling the cop a liar though. That never works...

Here in DE they have the stop light camera tickets (for now...no speed yet)..but I can tell you since its a civil violation...... the certified mail thing doesn't work either.....if the fine or the civil ticket is not addressed, then they attach a cancel flag on the registration to the vehicle...so when it comes time to get your tags renewed---- you can't do it until the violation is taken care of.....gets people jammed up all the time.

[SILVERHAWK]

Originally Posted by driyac

First trial typically is whether you plan to plead guilty or not guilty.

After this then yes you will have to ask for said files...

I like to draw trials out. A better chance of either the police officer not showing up and/or said files being misplaced.

that may work in certain situations.... until you get a ticket from an officer that works for a department where they suspend the officer for up to 8 hours for missing a court appearance. I'm not giving up money for anyone I can tell you that. or worse yet....you end up pissing off the officer enough that he won't cut you any breaks at all and decides to slam your pee pee in the courtroom door...so to speak LOL

[kamaroman]

Originally Posted by Dave916

I got my first ticket in my camaro a couple weeks ago. I was driving from sac to fremont chp said they clocked me doing 83 in a 65 in concord. T
The freaking ticket is 377 or 429 if i choose to do traffic school. On top of that im sure traffic school is prob another 100. I cant believe how expensive tickets have gotten. I figured it would be around 300 Im lookin at about $500 when its all said and done. I dont know about other states but ca is getting ridiculous with there fines!:upset:

Just send them a picture of $429.00 and see what kind of response you get.