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slims099 · 11-19-2011, 11:47 AM

I want to get my red-light ticket handled in the cheapest way possible. I owe $100 on it, but can I get it taken care of for less? I hear some lawyers take care of tickets for $45 or something... Are there repercussions to that? Never tried it before and would like to see if anyone can help.

Thanks.

- slims099

Knox · 11-19-2011, 08:04 PM

that usually means $45 plus the $100 fine. The fee is for you not going to court and getting probation.

Juan Pablo de Marco · 11-19-2011, 08:28 PM

not necessarily true. i left smile oriental bathouse on a friday about a year ago, and traffic sucked so i re-routed my trip and managed to get pulled over by a motorcycle cop. they had a thing setup, near harry hines and royal where they would pull people over. i came out of the side street...saw things were open on east-bound royal and pulled out. cop walks out and points at me and i pulled over and got a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign which i never saw. yes...i went back and it was there. but the cops could not have seen my truck, the stop sign, and where i might have stopped, if i even did. i even went and took some pix to prove my case. but i didn't want the hassle of pleading my case in front of the judge.

found a traffic ticket lawyer, and paid them 40 bucks. thing is the cop was never going to show up anyway for a simple traffic stop. they just go on percentages and hope many will just pay the fine. i waited until the last day i could deal with it, and called and pleaded not guilty and got a court date. 6 months away, knowing there was no way a traffic cop would show up for a running a stop sign ticket 6 months after the fact. showed up...waited until they called my name...they asked me if i had representation. i said yes and they said case dismissed.

JPdM

p.s. and KNOX...you don't get probation for a traffic ticket.

GreatLife · 11-19-2011, 08:28 PM

And typically to keep it off ur records...for ins purposes

slims099 · 11-20-2011, 04:21 PM

Shit I'm just gonna pay it!

The_Waco_Kid · 11-20-2011, 09:40 PM

I recently got a ticket for running a red light via video camera. it was already yellow and i gunned big red in a vain attempt to make it through, didn't make it. About a week later i got the expected notice. They have website where you can view the video online, i found it amusing. it cost $75 to just pay it. I wonder what a lawyer could really do with indisputable video evidence? figured not much so i just payed it. This isn't a regular occurrence for me so i figure it won't impact my insurance rate.

Oldernwiser · 11-20-2011, 10:29 PM

Just don't pay. They will threaten,but its not a real ticket. They will turn it over to a collector, but they can't report it. They can't prove the driver, so they can't prosecute.

cptjohnstone · 11-20-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Oldernwiser

Just don't pay. They will threaten,but its not a real ticket. They will turn it over to a collector, but they can't report it. They can't prove the driver, so they can't prosecute.

so true, two different sugarbabys I have had ran the red light, so what are they going to do to me up here in OK? yes I get collection calls but all you have to do to stop that is fax them a cease and desist order that all communications have to be writing, it works