$145 Traffic Ticket

[Quasmo]

I got a $145 ticket for having a busted headlight... does this seem unreasonable to anyone? It'll probably cost me more to pay the ticket than to repair the damn thing. Is there any way I can get it lowered?

 

[BigJ]

Can't you get the ticket waived if you prove you repaired it? Then you only have to pay court costs.

 

[bradruth]

You actually got a full-on ticket for a headlight out? Fix-it tickets are more common for that here...a full citation would only be $31 for it, too.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: bradruth
You actually got a full-on ticket for a headlight out? Fix-it tickets are more common for that here...a full citation would only be $31 for it, too.

So what can I do about it? I was passing through a county in the middle of Georgia, is there grounds for discimination due to the fact that I was not a county resident?

 

[Sluggo]

Meh, I got tagged the other day going 53 in a 40, my fine will be (according to the back of the ticket) $162.

He wrote the ticket for 50 in a 40 claiming that it would not go on my driving record.

And for the record:

Yes I was speeding, yes I am guilty. I plan on paying the fine and going on my merry way.

The only defense I have is that the speed limit in the area was 50 in the past. There has been some commercial development in a relatively rural area, and of course without informing me 😛 they lowered the speed limit to 40. All surrounding roads in the area are 50 or 55 MPH.

 

[chuckywang]

What's that website to fight traffic tickets?

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: bradruth
You actually got a full-on ticket for a headlight out? Fix-it tickets are more common for that here...a full citation would only be $31 for it, too.

So what can I do about it? I was passing through a county in the middle of Georgia, is there grounds for discimination due to the fact that I was not a county resident?

:laugh:

 

[yhelothar]

<obligatory>Stop whining and just take it in the ass like a true lamer</obligatory>

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: bradruth

Originally posted by: Quasmo
So what can I do about it? I was passing through a county in the middle of Georgia, is there grounds for discimination due to the fact that I was not a county resident?

:laugh:

Yeah, I love that. Even if there WAS a county somewhere where the cops only gave tickets to non-residents (how would they know?), there's not a chance it could be proven in court.

Whenever I hear that someone filed a suit, claimed discrimination, or cried racism, my respect for that person goes straight into the sewer, and won't come back up until it is given overwhelming evidence that it was a justified move.

I DETEST frivolous lawsuits. Death is too good for those who file them. "Discrimination" isn't quite as bad IMHO, because it's less likely to create permanent effects in the lawbooks.

 

[MikeMike]

hell i got a ticket for 84 in a 65 and it was only 95$

JEESUS thats expensive

 

[Captante]

Does seem a bit high & I'd bet your correct about being singled out for the ticket because you arn't a local, however I also think its a waste of your time to fight it... might as well suck it up. 🙁

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Quasmo
I got a $145 ticket for having a busted headlight... does this seem unreasonable to anyone? It'll probably cost me more to pay the ticket than to repair the damn thing. Is there any way I can get it lowered?

that cop is an ass... usually they write you a warning that turns into a ticket if you dont have it fixed within 24 hours...

go to court. tell them you were on a trip and it just burnt out...
have a reciept with proof that you had it fixed.

 

[Kelemvor]

If it's some little Po DUnk town, then there's nothing you can do about it. That's how they fund 90% of their town is by ticketing people who drive through it.

DId you know the headlight was bad? If so, why didn't you fix it when it happened?

I got pulled over for having a headlight out a few weeks ago but I had the replacement bulb in the car with me because I had just bought it. They let me go when I showed it to them and I went home and popped it in.