Traffic Ticket in CA

[freeride53]

If you pay a camera ticket you're a dunb[mass.

please do PM me :D

[accident]

You're fucked now, they know you got the ticket.

[E30 331is]

You're fucked now, they know you got the ticket.

^Yup, shit gets lost in the mail all the time ;)

Since there was no signature guaranteeing it was you driving or a sworn officer giving you the ticket it is technically not you. There will be no bench warrant or a point on your record.

Bench warrants are only issued when there is a court date, the date on the ticket was for you to pay them voluntarily.
No point on your DL because they dont know if you were driving or someone else.
It wont impact registration as well because someone else could have been driving your car and unlike other tickets like parking the registered owner is not liable for a moving violation.

No ticket received in mail = ticket in court system limbo.

[accident]

I like Arizona better for this reason. In Arizona photo tickets are not legally binding, they have 120 days to serve you via process server or peace officer, after that it is legally dismissed.

[accident]

Also: does the ticket say "NOTICE TO APPEAR" anywhere on it?

[freeride53]

Wait, there was an officers signature on the page...
Yes, it said i had to be there before next week, but i changed it to 8/22

[efficient]

[accident]

Yeah, you're up shit creek now. If the photo is blurry and not obviously you, you can fight it stating that the identity is indeterminate.

[freeride53]

Yeah, you're up shit creek now. If the photo is blurry and not obviously you, you can fight it stating that the identity is indeterminate.

Nah, its me alright.
I look all confused and shit too

Funny part is:
That intersection is well known at my school.
When riding in a car with everyone else, you usually all smile and have at the camera.

My carpool to crew practice must have run that shit probably 240 times by now

[E30 331is]

That signature is from the clerk who filled the ticket they received from an outside company who owns and operated those cameras.
Since you asked for an extension. Your SOL.
Next time completely ignore it. Like you never got it.

[accident]

That signature is from the clerk who filled the ticket they received from an outside company who owns and operated those cameras.
Since you asked for an extension. Your SOL.
Next time completely ignore it. Like you never got it.

Not quite. This works in LA county, but not so much anywhere else. If the letter you receive is a notice to appear, then it is a legitimate ticket and you will receive a bench warrant for not appearing. They can also suspend your driver license.

[freeride53]

ya dude, idk what you're talking about... it's a legit ticket.
I'm just gonna try and get a court date to go before the judge

[accident]

Some police departments (including those in San Diego County) will send you a "Notice of Violation" instead of a "Notice to Appear". These have no legal binding, and are essentially just a piece of paper carefully worded to make you think that you've been issued a ticket. Basically they're hoping you'll just pay them money and move on. These don't go on your driving record.

[freeride53]

Are you sure?
I have a notice to appear on 8/22/2012 :(

[fatsooo]

Don't run red lights?

For real though, appear to court and try to get the traffic school. Say its been a year. They go off when the ticket was issued but if you get a chill judge it might fly. dont go for secondary traffic school though, its kinda pointless