Message Forum: Re: Smile, you're on traffic camera.

Re: Smile, you're on traffic camera.

Posted By: Howard, on host 97.81.29.151
Date: Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 16:38:34
In Reply To: Re: Smile, you're on traffic camera. posted by Nyperold on Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 11:21:28:

Yep. You're probably right. Don't ever ask them to itemize "court costs." They would just as soon you didn't know where that money goes. Some of it goes to the judge's pension fund.
Howard

> > I agree. This guy did just that has spent over 200 dollars fighting it. They still say he owes them a 70 dollar fine. You can't win even with the constitution on your side. He says he has the right to face his accuser, but they haven't brought the camera to court yet.
> > Howard
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> I guess that's what they're hoping for: If it's between paying a $70 fine for an offense you didn't commit, and paying $200 to contest a $70 fine for an offense you didn't commit only to find out that you might still have to pay the fine, what would you do?
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> Nyperold

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Message:	> Yep. You're probably right. Don't ever ask them to itemize "court costs." They would just as soon you didn't know where that money goes. Some of it goes to the judge's pension fund. > Howard > > > > I agree. This guy did just that has spent over 200 dollars fighting it. They still say he owes them a 70 dollar fine. You can't win even with the constitution on your side. He says he has the right to face his accuser, but they haven't brought the camera to court yet. > > > Howard > > > > I guess that's what they're hoping for: If it's between paying a $70 fine for an offense you didn't commit, and paying $200 to contest a $70 fine for an offense you didn't commit only to find out that you might still have to pay the fine, what would you do? > > > > Nyperold
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