Posted on 05/03/2012 8:48:26 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
...on how to fight it?
Their’s an e-mail that goes around about a fellow who recived a red light camera ticket. With a copy of a picture of him running a red light.
So he mails them a picture copy of a check paying the fine.
They mail back a picture of handcuffs and a jail cell.
Game over. He lost. He mailed in a real check.
We get bills for tolls our daughter doesn’t pay. I pay them - but I had her tax refund this year deposited in our account!
ouch...I’ve had them. She needs to take the responsibility and pay up...actually a good lesson learned.
Good on you! Witnessed three teenage girls run a red light, T-Bone a van with a young man just released from the hospital after neck surgery, he was wearing a halo. By the grace of God alone no one was hurt, girls argued about the light, but I witnessed it and gave my testimony. They have to learn even if it is the hard way.
You’ll get a Bench Warrant placed on you. Proof or not - they still will want to see you in court to know why you think you’re so awesome that you don’t feel you need to pay the fine.
Bench Warrant = No Fun.
If she ran it; pay it. If she didn’t find a lawyer who will represent for half the fine amount.
The judge in traffic court here reduces fines if you show up and here in Bakersfield if you have to make payments on a fine they tack on an additional $45 fee.
If you don’t pay the fine, they could add it to your car registration fee and tack on penalties.
The judge in traffic court here reduces fines if you show up and here in Bakersfield if you have to make payments on a fine they tack on an additional $45 fee.
If you don’t pay the fine, they could add it to your car registration fee and tack on penalties.
Tell me about your Cobra. How does it find a police with a laser speed detector, which is what got me the last time?
I don’t need your advice. Tell US Navy Vet.
In some places, such as TN, you can go to court and they will send you to traffic school. There’ll still be a fine, but it won’t hit your record and cause your insurance to go up, which usually dwarfs the fine.
I live in Florida and my sister in Colorado. I was visiting her about 9 months ago and she generously lent me her car while I was there. We don’t have the photo tickets in Florida. Well, I went through a Florida green light and saw what appeared to be a lightning bolt...got flashed. My sister was upset (she was riding with me) and told me in her oh so gentle way I just cost her money and she will get the ticket blah...blah...blah...well being the bratty little brother that I am, on that ride home, I compiled several other pictures. My sister was absolutely apoplectic on arrival to her home 8-)
“If one of these sort of tickets ever shows up in my mail box, I’ll be inclined to treat it as the junk mail that is is (especially one for speeding - I do have a little more respect for red lights).”
Exactly! There is actually no proof of service. When you get a ticket from a cop, you sign the ticket and “promise to appear.” Nothing like that happens with photo radar. It’s also good to find out how the local Traffic Court Judge views these “citations.” Our’s would not recognize them on the basis of lack of proof of service.
“The REAL BITCH about this is it it a Council Bluffs Iowa “Ticket” and when we got (w/out a hearing) found “responsible” the Paper sait to mail the “fine”(extortion) to Cleveland Ohio. I HATE IOWA sometimes!”
The Cleveland Ohio address that you send the “fine” to is more than likely the company that leased the camera to the town in Iowa.
It is a major scam because they claim it’s for “safety” yet the camera companies and the cities/towns never provide any proof to back up their claims.
Two, up to 80% of the “fine” goes to the company that owns the camera system.
Three, they always install the cameras at intersections where there is high tractor trailer or out of state traffic knowing full well that the truck drivers, companies, and out of state motorists will just pay the fine instead of contesting it.
Four, a lot of times they don’t post signs warning that there is a camera at the intersection, or have it posted in such a way that it’s either not easily visible, or too close to the intersection thus not giving ample warning.
Sometimes state laws prohibit “remote” devices such as red light and speed cameras. I know that there was one state that got sued because they would have a state trooper in an unmarked van or SUV sitting on the side of the road with a radar, and down the road were marked cars doing the actual stops. The suit was because the trooper with the radar wasn’t the one physically making the stops. You know the whole right to face one’s accuser and all. The state lost the suit.
I bet she doesn’t make that mistake again. Maybe she will still lend you bus money.
I once got a photocopy of me running a red light
so I sent them a photocopy of my check to pay it
didn’t work
If she tried to beat the light and failed - make her pay. It's a good lesson.
Ask the judge to exercise your right to confront your accuser in court.
The OTHER BITCH about all of this is that there is NO “Traffic Court” “Judge” the Council Bluffs City Attorney’s Office appears to be running this ENTIRE SCAM!
When they installed these in downtown Redding, I quit shopping there, and let the city council know why. Switched to nearby Anderson instead. These were installed supposedly to improve safety of a couple problem intersections, but they were clearly reveneue generators hyped by certain councilmen and the out-of-state company that operated the cameras. The fines were huge, and the city only got a small percentage of. The out-of-state camera operating company got to keep most of the revenue generated. Some people felt these cameras actually caused more accidents due to people slamming their breaks on yellow and getting rear ended because of fear of these cameras catching them in the intersection on red.
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