So I got a speeding ticket for going 75mph in a 60mph zone. The officer gave me a ticket, the ticket didn't have a fine written on it. I posted on here asking for inputs. Didn't get much for inputs. Just lots of flames and the thread got locked before I got a chance to respond. Just to clarify, I wasn't denying that I was speeding. I wasn't bad mouthing the police officer either. Just asked for inputs on possible options.

The court date was today (Dec 2). Yesterday I called the court and spoke to the clerk about my options with the ticket. Just had a casual and polite conversation with her about it. She pulled the ticket up on her computer and saw that the ticket didn't have a fine on it either. She dismissed the ticket.

Reasons being:

- Ticket was not completely filled out

- In the state of Oregon, you have 4 options to deal with a ticket.

1. Personally appear in court at the scheduled time and enter a plea.
2. Enter a plea of guilty or no contest by written appearance. (basically make a plea, send a check in the full amount. The court will look at the case and either keep all the money or refund a portion of it.
3. Enter a plea of not guilty by written appearance. (basically request a trial).
4. Contact the court and see if you qualify for a trial by affidavit.

By not having a fine on the ticket, you'd lose some of your options/rights. In extreme cases like careless driving, wreckless driving or anything else of that nature, the officer will sometime not put a fine on the ticket to force you to show up for court. But in smaller situations, the officer has to put a base fine on the ticket.

Just for future reference, in case it happens to someone else. Look at the regulations in your area and know your options.

 

nice man

we be racinnn

 

You don't say?

 

Go figure on this holier than thou faggot forum. Backlot is about the only place where you can post honestly without worries of being judged and flamed. Shit man, I posted a whole entire thread about getting caught with 5 oz. of cocaine and the only judging I had done on me was that I snitched! LOL

backlot!!!

 

[QUOTE=Fapout,Dec 3 2009, 09:53 AM] Go figure on this holier than thou faggot forum. Backlot is about the only place where you can post honestly without worries of being judged and flamed. Shit man, I posted a whole entire thread about getting caught with 5 oz. of cocaine and the only judging I had done on me was that I snitched! LOL

backlot!!!

 

What about holier than thou hetero's?

 

No difference.

 

Glad you got off dude.

 

Shit, I got off looking at your facebook page Raj.

 

not you, the OP.