Sooooo..I got my first ticket today after 6 years of driving. That too for a stop sign on top of a hill from a cop car two cars behind me. Anyone know the fine for this in NY? I'm a full time student and a court date might conflict with my schedule.

 

Here in WA, the fine for whatever infraction that was committed is on the ticket itself. Look @ your ticket and see if it's there too.

what? Did you run the stop sign or somethin'? Your post ain't clear what you got popped for.

 

A court date for not coming to a full stop at a stop sign? That just gives me another reason why not to move to the state of NY.

 

They don't show the fine in NY. The ticket's only a summons to which to plead guilty or not. And to clarify, the cop said I didn't fully stop at the sign.

 

There must be a website for you to go to look up that.

 

I could only find the points part. Nothing on fine.

 

From what I saw on the NY DMV site, the ticket fine can vary from location to location.

 

roughly 150 is what I keep coming up with in my quick searches...

 

Here it's about $120. Running a red light is somewhere around $215, and since it's a moving violation it's 3 points on your license. You can get those removed by going to traffic school or taking the traffic school class online. There is no need to go to court. You don't get a summons for something like that here.

 

I am glad we don't have points or anything like that here in WA.

 

You don't get points for non-moving violations, such as parking tickets, window tint tickets, etc.

 

This blows. Only because I took the stick max to school today this happened. =(

 

I got a speeding ticket in NY about 5 years ago. No summons, just a big ole fee. It sucks you just got a summons. At least you can negotiate a little at the court house...gl

 

That sux, they are strict on complete stops where I live too. I have 1 point left on my license so I make sure I come to complete stops.

 

Ok, answer me this: was the cop right behind you or near you when he pulled you over? Did you see him before you ran the sign or do you know where he was?

 

^ Fighting it is obviously an option. But OP did point out he does not have time to be going back and forth to court. If he fights it he is looking at about 2 trips to the courthouse. Not a big deal if its close. And each trip can be anywhere from 1-4 hours.

 

When I got my first (and only) summons, I just plead guilty and paid it. The fine was $50 and the surcharge was $80 IIRC.

 

Yep it's made to be an inconvenience for a reason. They rather have your money. You have multiple options here to pay for a ticket... go in and pay in person, pay online, or mail it in.

 

If it is truly your first ticket you can plead nolo contendre, assuming your state has that option, which means no points and you just pay the ticket and go. Probably pay it through the mail too. Dont go to court to wait 4 hours to argue over $150. You will literally lose the entire day and have to come back again to actually argue it. Trust me, I have had quite a few tickets

 

3 points, I believe like around 170. In NYC at least.
Outside of the city they'll probably cut you a deal on points and raise the fine.

 

Just gotta be more aware while driving. It's easy to forget to use a signal, or not come to a complete stop, etc., especially if driving in a low traffic area around your neighborhood or just being out and about on your day off.

The cops around here used to cut you slack, but not recently. They will pull you over for almost anything they can think of now. One of my g/f's co-workers got pulled over at night when she got off of work right after she left a drive-up ATM machine. She was still in the parking lot where the machine was and the cop said that one of the two tag lights on her Suburban was burned out. She got a ticket for it too, but IDK if she paid it or fought it. You only have to have one working tag light here, since there are cars that are only equipped with one tag light.

 

Oh, and I just mailed in a money order. I did not have to appear in court.

 

I have never heard of a nolo contendre without an actual arrest. Remember this is just a ticket. Although, I have never heard of a summons without an arrest lol.

 

The good ole "california stop" as they call it, I got this ticket in 10 one late night in the Z in Dallas. Then Dallas gave you the option to plead no contest, see an arbritrator and he reviewed your driving record, with a good record he lowered my ticket from 200 to 160 no points. Options were deferred adjudication for 90 days 160 bucks, 2nd option was 175 and driving school...I chose D.A. Now if you plead no contest or not guilty you have to go to actual court........

 

Yeah it's possible. My first time pulled over I got a speeding ticket. I had a lifted Jeep Grand Cherokee with bigger tires and didn't recalibrate my speedo. He said I was doing 37 in a 30, but my speedo said I was probably doing about 32. I went to a speedo shop and they printed out a speedo error sheet for me to take to court showing how much it was off. Paid them a few bucks for it. I then set up a court date and I plead no contest and showed him my speedo sheet. I paid the court fee and I was on my way with the ticket dismissed and no points on my license.

As far as a summons goes, it depends on the traffic violation. You can get one here without being arrested.

 

In Georgia you can use it for your first ticket and only once every 5 years if im not mistaken

 

In nyc bulb out tickets are "fix it" tickets. You get 24 to fix the issue, bring it to the precinct and you're good to go.

 

in some states, such as TN, you can show up to court and plead guilty when the judge asks you how you plead and he will give you the option of driving school instead of paying the ticket.

 

I got done for $50 for failure to stop at a Stop sign. He was wrong but I didnt have the time to fight it as taking time off of work for loss income > $50.

If you *have* to go to court I would subpoena the video and his credentials and his most recent eye tests. Might as well run the guy through the ringer. Get everything and make it a hassle even if you didn't stop them show up and plead guilty if you are Or not guilty or whatever.

My friend did something similar to the above and it got thrown out because the cop didn't want to deal with it all.

 

Scumbag cops are finishing their quota. They're going nuts pulling people over in my town. I've decided to fight it since this is my first ticket and the cop was two cars behind me in traffic on a single lane road not giving him a good vantage point. The only reason I can think of for pulling me over is not seeing the brake lights. But, the car's stick and and the stop sign is atop a hill so I always coast to it without braking and mess with the clutch.

 

Quotas are illegal...just sayin

 

so is jaywalking...jus' sayin'

 

Haha. How about this...if anyone ever found out a quota was being used...the chief, at a minimum, would lose his job....not his pension though lol.

 

yes. They don't call them quotas anymore...what they do is assign a minimum amount of "public contacts" per day as a standard.

A "public contact" is pulling someone over for something.

 

Idk how true that is, but that does not mean a ticket or any kind of penalty or even pulling someone over, really. It also promotes good community policing. So I sorta hope you are right.

 

It's true man. My town gave the policing contract to the county police and the county police including the county is under heavy debt due to moron in the county executive's seat.

 

http://www.wusa9.com/news/article/19...t-Memo-Details

Arlinlgton County, VA

 

Well how can I argue that. Touché!

 

Damn...Never thought they made it official like that.