just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do?

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Old May 17, 2001 | 10:13 PM
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Default just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do?

so what do you guys recomend? yes, i know, i shouldn't have ran it...and its dangerous...please spare me all that, i've heard enough from the officer...what should i do? is there anyway i don't have to pay for the ticket? help!
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Old May 17, 2001 | 10:45 PM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (CLICC916)

A. Quit endangering other peoples lives.
B. Quit WHINNING !!!
C. Pay it. Pay it with your own money and not your parents money.
D. PAY ATTENTION!! You screwed up. Slow down. Learn from it.

You asked what to do, you got your first answer. If you had ever
been broadsided someone who ran a red, then you might think
differently about it. All I heard you saying is "how do I get out
of paying the ticket?" NOT "I'm really gratefull I didn"t kill someone."
Think about it!
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Old May 18, 2001 | 06:20 AM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (CLICC916)

get a lawyer or some paralegal advice...maybe they can reduce it....but hard to prove that you didn;t do it....
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Old May 18, 2001 | 07:01 AM
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pay your fine like everyone else
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Old May 18, 2001 | 08:17 AM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (DragIIcivic)

Pay the damn thing, one thing i have heard but god knows if it works, and once again it may vary form state to state. Send em 1 dollar more than the fine, so say your fines 40 bucks, send them 41 adn when they send you the 1 dollar check back dont cash it. Technically if you dont cash the check the transaction cannot be processed so they cant issue out the points to your liscense. Ive tried it before but ive never really found out if it worked. My suggestion, go to court, plead guilty all theyll do is make you pay the ticket but not take points off your liscense, either way they got you. But at least you wont get points off.
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Old May 18, 2001 | 08:28 AM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (HondaCRX)

That whole $1 extra thing is a rumor and it does not work.

The best way to get out of it is just to pay the fine.
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Old May 18, 2001 | 08:33 AM
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That whole $1 extra thing is a rumor and it does not work.

The best way to get out of it is just to pay the fine.
Exactly... tried it.
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Old May 18, 2001 | 09:25 AM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (CLICC916)

there you go. Go to court and plead guilty, in Maryland if you go to court and plead guilty they wont put the points on your liscense. It may be that way where you live or anywhere. But its worth a try instead of gettin the points on your liscense, worse that could happen is you have to pay the fine, which your gonna do anyways. Whatever you do, dont fight it, its your word against theirs.
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Old May 19, 2001 | 11:53 AM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (CLICC916)

oh aite..thanks guys...yeah, at least i didn't hit nobody...i know i'm guilty, i just heard a rumor that if i show up in court and the cop doesn't show up then i'm free to go...i'll pay the ticket and i think i have to go to trafic school if i don't want any negative points...
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Old Jun 1, 2001 | 08:59 PM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (CLICC916)

Be a man an pay the ticket ........dont be a little boy an cry about it....
you did the crime pay the time,,,,,,,,,,
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Old Jun 2, 2001 | 05:26 AM
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Default Re: just got a ticket for runnin a red light..what do i do? (CLICC916)

I market a product called Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. It's pretty much like having a lawyer on retainer for a very low monthly fee. In your case they would send a lawyer that knows the local traffic judge and more than likely get you off. Now sometimes you might have to pay, sometimes not, but more than likely they will make it so you will not have points on your license which is WAY more important than the $120 bill or so you'll have, at least it's like that in my town. Email me at MattZ31@aol.com if you want more information.
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