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Originally Posted by icenine
Huge fines for traffic violations are becoming an issue for reform here.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...520-story.html
your average ticket is $500. She wants to let people challenge the ticket in court before having to pay the fines. Plus when they get so high people cannot pay the fines and the state loses money.
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I got a speeding ticket last May in Alpine County, CA which is just south of Lake Tahoe; total population 1,160. I went to traffic court for arraignment and there were nine other cases ahead of me, mine being the last. Everyone of them except two, one who wanted to fight the case and myself could not pay the fine. The judge had to give them terms after reducing all of our fines significantly. My discounted fine was $280 or so. He happened to be a decent guy.
Amazing part of this incident is that we all got our tickets in the very same spot! Aren't speed traps illegal?