Traffic tickets here in California have become very expensive. The cities and counties have become starved of funds from this never-ending recession, and they are going after people’s money in the traffic court now it appears. Last March I got a ticket for an illegal right hand turn at a red light…

I keep wondering when the point will come where people will stand up and say, I’m mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

What will they do in California when the only people left in the state are Government Employees?? Even if they tax themselves 100% it won’t work…

Yes, that is too much money for a very minor infraction at a time of low traffic. Cops certainly do have leeway but California needs money. If it’s not too late, go to traffic court and explain the circumstances; you might get a break from the judge unless he has been instructed to not be lenient …

Not too many years back a lady in Oklahoma got a ticket for littering which cost her a couple or three hundred dollars. Her crime? She threw a sunflower seed out the window of her car after being handed one by her kids whom she had just picked up from school. Not a handful, not the package, just a …

George, just be glad you don’t live in MA. That infraction would be on your record for 6 years and with regulated insurance, the initial fine is peanuts. You’d pay that and more, every year for 6 years, in increases due to your SDIP rating taking a hit.

Are there any details you’re leaving out? What’s the purpose of bike lanes if cars are REQUIRED to use them? Is it possible there was a “no right turn on red” sign at the intersection? For $475, I think you’re leaving something out. Court costs and driving school? Looking forward to hearing the…

That’s a bit insane if you are describing what you did correctly. I would fight the ticket. The worst you could do is lose and have to pay a little more in court costs. Best-case, you win and pay practically nothing, or make a deal with the prosecutor and get the fine reduced, plus no points on y…

Often if you do this, the ticketing officer won’t show up and you will nearly always win. There’s a chat board for MA LEOs where they give advice to people. This question comes up fairly often. Here, they get paid overtime to go to traffic court. Consequently they always show up and they LOVE pos…

Are traffic ticket fines too much money now?

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Rod-Knox February 12, 2012, 5:14am 2

I have complained that fines in my area are excessive and citations are often petty but your experience is way over the top. That really is outrageous. I keep harping on the letter of the law vs the intent of the law but it gets me no where here. Many jurisdictions practice GOTCHA NOW SUCKER traffic enforcement.

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Are traffic ticket fines too much money now?

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