52 mph in a 30 mph zone - how much is this gonna cost me?

[r9i8c7k]

In CA it is NOT a misconception that by NOT fighting the ticket and going to traffic school your insurance company will not be notified. The reason being is that by just paying the fine and taking the traffic school option the court in effect is dismissing the citation. Your record will show you were pulled over for doing "X" over the speed limit on such date but that the court dismissed charges/citation.

In CA they charge you an additional $50 in court fees to take this option. In a sense, the court is saying, "Slip us an additional $50 and take some silly traffic school course and we'll drop the whole matter." Kind of like getting pulled over in Mexico.

[Frodo]

Kind of akin to what happened to me in Kent, Ohio. Was doing 37 in a 25, IIRC, and was nailed by a laser unit (which I didn't know until then that the Kent law enforcement people used. Didn't have my V-1 at the time, but probably would not have helped me anyway). Decided to fight it, but at my hearing (at which I believe they were only going to set a court date) the prosecutor pulled me aside and offered me a deal: Plead guilty to an amended offense, pay the fine (which was probably larger than I would have had to pay for the speeding offense) and, in turn, I would have a conviction for a non-moving offense and no points and, by the way, the insurance company either won't know about or won't worry about, rate-adjustment-wise.

So, after thinking it over, I pleaded guilty to a broken headlight (a "legal fiction", as the prosecutor referred to it), paid my fine and left. Was it a great deal? Hell, I don't know, but it seemed like the best thing to do at the time...

[schnellman]

Originally Posted by Frodo

So, after thinking it over, I pleaded guilty to a broken headlight (a "legal fiction", as the prosecutor referred to it), paid my fine and left. Was it a great deal? Hell, I don't know, but it seemed like the best thing to do at the time...

I got shot in the back with radar in Tremont City, Ohio. I had left the village, but since they don't have signs telling you when you can resume 55, they can shoot you anywhere they feel like it and claim you're still in the village limits. Anyway, I got a lawyer and they did the same thing, called it driving with a broken light, fined me $100 bucks and the insurance company doesn't get involved. It's still annoying, but my insurance won't go up.

When I was living in Texas the law allowed you to take traffic school and erase "any record of the ticket." This meant that the next time you got stopped you could opt for traffic school again because there was no record of your having done it before. I went to traffic school a couple of times and it was a joke. It was the same people there each time.

In Germany they had on the spot fines. They'd give you a receipt and you were on your way. I drove a Carrera, kept some Deutsche Marks in the glove box, and never worried about my license or insurance. A friend in the PCA who drove a Turbo once got a letter in the mail from the Polizei saying send us the fine and your driver's license. They had him on camera driving double the speed limit and passing cars on the zebra in a posted section of the Autobahn.

[Beelzy]

The ticket will cost $328 plus fees.

[ChrisZang]

Originally Posted by r9i8c7k

In CA it is NOT a misconception that by NOT fighting the ticket and going to traffic school your insurance company will not be notified. The reason being is that by just paying the fine and taking the traffic school option the court in effect is dismissing the citation. Your record will show you were pulled over for doing "X" over the speed limit on such date but that the court dismissed charges/citation.

In CA they charge you an additional $50 in court fees to take this option. In a sense, the court is saying, "Slip us an additional $50 and take some silly traffic school course and we'll drop the whole matter." Kind of like getting pulled over in Mexico.

$50 for a get out of points free card?
Works for me