when you commit a traffic offence is iy aginst your fellow drivers should the fines be payed to one offended?
89560
That's a good idea, but the theory is by paying to the government you are paying the body politic at whole.
197245
Not unless there is also a fine for eating, smoking, dealing with chilren in the backseat, putting on makeup.... while driving.
909671
Why does everybody think its better to hit the person who has more harder for the same thing? You committed the crime you suffer the punishment, whatever it is. It's the same mentality as these people who claim that rich people get off light on crimes. I think its all a matter of resenting those who have money and a desire to take it away from them. Go out and earn it yourself if you want to be rich.\n\nWhy should the penalty for speeding be a monetary fine? Why shouldn't it be something more appropriate like picking up litter along the highway? Seems a lot more sensible to me. The reason its money is so the government has another excuse to reach into your pocket. Why are you so eager to take money from one group to give to the government?
570907
This can be done no matter what anyone else tells you.\n\nMy dad is an emergency service worker in a rural community. He is required to drive emergency vehicles and is supposed to have a clean licence.\n\nHe got caught speeding once and as it was his first offence and because he was a good community figure, he wrote a letter explaining his circumstances and made a request to have the fine revoked.\n\nIt did work, but I would say it is not something that they would do lightky, just because you wrote and apologised.\n\nI am pretty sure it would be the RTA that you would need to contact as they are the body that you pay the fine to and they keep track of points on licences.
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Honestly, where do you some of you people get the ideas you get?\n\nTo the asker:  assuming everything you said here is 100% factual, and assuming you didn't leave anything out, and assuming you have *all* the facts in the first place, then no, it doesn't sound like there was any probable cause to pull you over.  \n\nHowever, here's what I suspect, because I have done this very thing:\n\nI'm the cop you and your friend drove past when he/she yelled whatever they yelled.  Evidently, your friend wanted to come to the attention of the police, so I'm generally happy to oblige.  You don't say (and probably don't know) if it was the same cop who pulled you over, but it doesn't matter...we've got radios, ya' know?  \n\nSo anyway, back to your friend who wants to be a policeman's project:\n\nWhether I take off after you or I radio to one of my partners, one of us catches up to you.  You don't signal where you should, you have a taillight out, your registration is expired, etc., etc., and that provides me probable cause to stop you.  It's quite possible, especially if you developed an attitude problem, that I will tell you the only reason you're being stopped is because of your friend, the loudmouth.\n\nThe liberal among us will not like this, I know.  However, probable cause in this state is probable cause, and the motivation behind my use of probable cause is irrelevant to your guilt or innocence.  \n\nSo if you're right, the cop was wrong and you certainly do want to talk to an attorney.\n\nIf I'm right, you got pulled over because your idiot friend brought your car to the attention of the police, and it sounds like you paid a price for that.  Choose your friends better next time you're drinking and driving.\n\nAnd no, yelling out of your car is not disorderly conduct in California.  It's a rude and stupid exercise of your right to free speech.\n\nShouting something at the police is not an indication that you're not a reasonable person, and being an unreasonable person does not provide the police with reasonable cause to pull you over.  Holy cow, if this were true I could pull people over a hundred times a day.  \n\nBeing disrespectful to the police does not qualify as disorderly conduct.  It qualifies as stupid, but stupid does not equate to probable cause to effect a detention or make an arrest.  Don't I wish.\n\nYeah, we're always making things up just to pull you over.  I routinely risk being convicted of perjury and jailed for civil rights violations just to see if you've got big hooters, are drunk, or have a little weed in your car.  Please.\n\nYou're welcome to have just about any bumper sticker you want on your car and not have to worry about getting a ticket.  First of all, like I said, we do live in the land of free speech so you can have anything you want on your bumper.  If it says "I'm plotting to kill the President," you might end up with a visit from the Secret Service, but you can't get a ticket for displaying even an obscene bumper sticker.  \n\nHanging out the window is a good indication that you're not wearing your seat belt, but I'm not sure I'm familiar with a crime called "reckless endangerment."  \n\nI'm glad showing poor judgement doesn't really qualify as cause for the police to investigate.  If it did, I would literally spend my entire day talking to people with extraordinarily poor judgement who weren't committing a crime.  I do enough of that now.\n\nAnyway, I hope the cops had a really wonderful reason for pulling you over, once your friend decided you needed to stopped.  I hope their reason is enough to get you into court and convicted, if you really were driving in violation of the drunk driving laws in this state.  Your decision to do so put a huge number of people at risk...all of whom, except yourself, would have been innocent victims of your profoundly poor
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I fully agree.  Usually, when these individuals are fined, they don't pay anyway.  If they had the money to pay for insurance, they wouldn't have been driving in the first place.  If they don't pay their fines, their cars should be sold at auction and the proceeds should be used to pay the fines.  Driving is a luxury - something earned.  There's already free public transportation for those who are needy, which our tax payer dollars cover.  When you run for office, email me - you'll get my vote.
735875
The court is going to uphold the ticket.  You're better off to just pay it (the correct amount which the court can give you) and not make any enemies because he WILL know if you fight it.
1053874
Yes, and they are trying to keep you out of trouble.  Listen to the police.  If they wanted to charge you they would have let  you do it and then charged you.  They are giving you a heads up to help you stay out of trouble.  Mighty nice of them if you ask me.
910303
Friend - Though I agree that your best action is just to pay the ticket, to find out the procedure for contesting a ticket, call the court of the jurisdiction involved.  GBU
754817
nope! Sounds like you got away with it for awhile! Let me guess, you were parked in a fire lane! Hefty fines!\n\nYou can always go to court to despute it, but don't expect to win!
1033164
FOR YOUR INFORMATION THAT'S ILLEGAL!!!! I HAVE A FRIEND THAT DID THAT JUST ONCE AND GOT CAUGHT AND FINED $60,000 (US). HE'S HAVING FUN PAYING THAT!
946693
It's my understanding that you have to be given the ticket at the time of the offense - either handed to you or attached to your car.  If this doesn't happen, you cannot be sent one in the post - it is invalid according to the law.  I have a friend who has used this defense a number of times and it has always worked.
486548
None. Even if the people deserve it. If I offend someone I usually end up apologizing to them. What's the point of being just another asshole?
603329
No. depends on how bad your driving record is.  Obviously, you probably had multiple tickets & hadn't paid them.
704210
Unfortunately too many people love to sue. In this case, I feel that you were in the wrong. You stopped, used a turn signal and then changing your mind, continued into traffic without making sure it was clear.
68324
yes. any moving violation will add points.  go to traffic school and get rid of the point.
684798
If "you" or I killed a man after running a stopsign while speeding, should "you" or I be in prison?  Depending on the circumstances, prison might be too harsh a punishment, but the point is it shouldn't matter your socio-economic status, if you do the crime, you "should" do the crime.