Where in IL did you get to experience that?? Sounds interesting.. All of
my IL tickets were a choice of pay b4 the court date/ or see the judge. I
did have one judge that would work me some pretty good deals ( quantity disc
I think).
In I think it was Tempe, AZ; you had to schedule an appt to see the
judge for traffic court, otherwise the clerk was there assessing the fines
hearing pleas<sp>
Anyway.. I've stopped trying to buy my own courthouses; they were getting
tooo expensive; so hopefully no more tickets for me for a long time.
Aaron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Battles" <josh@omg-stfu.com>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Re: Question of Legality in USA, Blue and Amber
Rotating Beacon Lights Mounted on Roof of Dakota 4X4, Ontario Canada Truck
>
> ""Walt Felix"" <Walt@Walt-n-Ingrid.Com> wrote in message
> >
> > They do the same in CT. He wrote me up for "14-96 Light affixed to
> license
> > plate" Thing is general statue 14-96 has 28 subsections, none of which
> > address a light affixed to a license plate. That's how I beat the
ticket.
> > But "DR CHALLENGER" is correct as far as, I was guilty of having non-DOT
> > approved lamps. But the prosecuting attorney didn't know that so he
just
> > dismissed the charge. He also dropped the insubordination charge after
I
> > explained what had happened.
> >
> > I don't know how it is in other states but in CT, you usually didn't
> > actually see the judge. What they did was you would go into a room with
> the
> > prosecuting attorney and state your case. Most often, to speed up the
> > process, he would then offer you a reduced charge & fine. If you
accepted
> > it, you paid the fine and was on your way. Thing is, allot of people
> would
> > plead not guilty to every ticket they got to get a reduced fine. The
> courts
> > were overloaded with cases so they changed the system. Now, if you get a
> > ticket, most of the time, if you just pay the ticket, they won't levy
> points
> > against your license. If you fight the ticket, most often, you'll get a
> > reduced fine but now they nail you with the points and court fees.
Quite
> > frequently the court fees are more than the original ticket unless you
> being
> > charged with something like running down a nun and her seeing eye dog
;-)
> >
> > --
> > Walt Felix
>
> It's a little different here in IL. I've been to traffic court on a few
> (several actually) occasions... You get your ticket and your court date
can
> be anywhere from 2 weeks to 3 months from that date. Usually if you're in
a
> more metropolitan area it's a shorter wait until court. When you go, you
> have to check in and they call you in the order you checked in. Usually
> this isn't a big deal because there are like 25 people in the courtroom.
On
> one occasion however, I was issued a ticket for no valid insurance (i lost
> the card) after being hit by someone running a red light, and I actually
got
> the truck back from the body shop before my court date. It was out in the
> middle of a field, in a 4H Fieldhouse and there were over 200 people
there.
> Apparently they only have court quarterly in that county. I was lucky and
> was about 10th to go through, however I had a friend come late and he was
> there for 6 hours compared to my 20 minutes. There's always a judge and a
> prosecutor, and if you're dismissed they don't make you pay anything. If
> you've got to pay though, they sometimes make you pay the court costs. If
> you're in a courtroom it's usually $50 and if you're in a fieldhouse or
> something it's sometimes free (it was for me that day).
>
> --
> - Josh
> Lowered 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> Above Statement Not True ^^^^^
> www.omg-stfu.com
>
>
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