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Laeskis
21 Oct 2004, 10:41 PM
Grief. I've got a $1300 traffic ticket.... :rant:
Has anyone here had a ticket that was more expensive?
MacGuffin
21 Oct 2004, 11:36 PM
Grief. I've got a $1300 traffic ticket.... :rant:
Has anyone here had a ticket that was more expensive?

What did you do? Shoot a traffic cop?
file cabinet
22 Oct 2004, 01:02 AM
I had my car towed and had to pay $225..
what did you do?
EternalCynic
22 Oct 2004, 01:12 AM
The most I've ever been ticketed for is 27 dollars (parked on a street during street-sweeping)
Chall T. Dow
22 Oct 2004, 01:18 AM
Never had one like that. I wanna know what happened too. I did manage to get out of one that would have been bad. Driving 30mi over the seed limit in a downpour at a blind intersection. Luckily he didn't clock me about a quarter mile before, I was doing 90 instead of just 60.

:devil: Chall T. Dow :devil:
Birdsnest
22 Oct 2004, 01:32 AM
$1300 is not cheap, especially before the holidays. And you can bet they are ticket happy because holidays are coming and the city is too cheap to fund everything.
indczn
22 Oct 2004, 02:51 AM
Seriously, what happened?
crule81
22 Oct 2004, 02:57 AM
Get an attorney. Most of the time good ones can get get the ticket reduced. Even if it is a few hundred bucks, it might be worth it if you can get at least get points off.
int
22 Oct 2004, 03:56 AM
<rifles through several dozen parking and speeding tickets/>

Nope, none that high. You must've been reckless or something. :mellow:
Laeskis
22 Oct 2004, 06:13 AM
Well, I was in a hurry to start with... (45 in a 25)
My tag was expired and my insurance had lapsed.
Neither of which I was aware of...for crying out loud, I sometimes go to work with mismatched shoes on...and I sometimes don't know I'm having a test in a class until 2 or 3 days after the test's already happened.
Can't keep up with everything.
libertarianjim
22 Oct 2004, 08:57 AM
No moving violations, which is surprising, considering I'm a damn maniac. I do 70 through parking lots. I did, however, get a $42 parking ticket once. I stopped by a friend's to house-sit and didn't know it was street sweeping day.

Family record: minimum $2500 after fines and fees and still climbing. Dad's DUI over the summer. And this is mild: he pled out of the two most serious charges or he'd have done some time. Jackass.
MacGuffin
22 Oct 2004, 03:24 PM
Well, I was in a hurry to start with... (45 in a 25)
My tag was expired and my insurance had lapsed.
Neither of which I was aware of...for crying out loud, I sometimes go to work with mismatched shoes on...and I sometimes don't know I'm having a test in a class until 2 or 3 days after the test's already happened.
Can't keep up with everything.

That's why I married a SJ!
Groty
22 Oct 2004, 03:32 PM
$8 parking ticket - sweep zone - missed it by 15 minutes, didn't move it before 2am. Meter lady actually up next to me and blocked me in, then handed me the ticket. Was kinda funny.

But I paid it late, so it went up to $12.

Why are parking tickets so damned high everywhere else? This was in savannah. Somebody here in VA just got tagged for $40. What is up wit dat?
Arioch
22 Oct 2004, 05:12 PM
$45 for not wearing a seat belt. Damn bastard cop... if your not born in the villiage they'll hang you. Or if your not white for that matter.
ohnoaninfp
22 Oct 2004, 08:26 PM
I got an $80 ticket for failing to yield.
Boozer
22 Oct 2004, 08:47 PM
$300 for a speeding ticket. I think it was like 83 in a 55.

It took like 6 speeding tickets over 2 years before I finally got rid of the lead foot (mostly).


Don't even get me started on parking tickets. I probably managed like to get like 20 a year... hmmm 20 x $50 = $1000/year in tickets ugh.