I received in the mail a photo of my vehicle on a highway in Cedar Rapids, IA and a ticket for 68 in a 55mph zone.
I'm not doubting that I was speeding - just curious if anyone knows how well they follow up on collecting for these tickets for out of staters? The fine was only $75 - but still annoying.
I was in the proces of going from the D3 meet in Waverly to the D1 meet in Terre Haute.
I suppose you also smoke pot and think it's not a big deal?
NCAA Goer wrote:
I received in the mail a photo of my vehicle on a highway in Cedar Rapids, IA and a ticket for 68 in a 55mph zone.
I'm not doubting that I was speeding - just curious if anyone knows how well they follow up on collecting for these tickets for out of staters? The fine was only $75 - but still annoying.
In my state, tickets from the automated speed cameras can't go on your driving record, but if you don't respond to the ticket, they can send it to collections.
I'd imagine the follow up is pretty good, they only put those in to generate revenue. They've been proven to have no positive effect on safety.
trtr wrote:
I suppose you also smoke pot and think it's not a big deal?
How about jay-walking or running red lights while running when no one is around? It is no big deal but is illegal.
Does anyone care - especially if no one is there to witness it. If the OP saw no speed limit signs indicating 55mph should he be cited?
Polevaultpower is right for Georgia law at least and I imagine most states are similar, no points on your record or change to insurance cost but they can and usually will put out a warrant for you as if you'd fails to appear in court or pay the fine for a citation issued by a cop.
So if the OP moves and the citation does not find the OP, gets lost in the mail, etc. how can the violator be fined?
Mister Lifter wrote:
So if the OP moves and the citation does not find the OP, gets lost in the mail, etc. how can the violator be fined?
They have your license plate number, so they go after the owner of the car. If you move you have to update it with your local DMV.
If they send it to a collections agency that's any good, they'll find you. If they use the collections agency my library used, they won't even try to find you, they'll just put black marks on your credit record while you spend a year having no idea you had a fine since the library had your wrong address because they typed it in wrong...
Fight the ticket or pay it, just don't ignore it. They don't need to prove that they found you or notified you to start messing with your credit. You can get it sorted out eventually but it's a pain.
polevaultpower wrote:
I'd imagine the follow up is pretty good, they only put those in to generate revenue. They've been proven to have no positive effect on safety.
You have a link to a study that backs that statement up?
polevaultpower wrote:
They have your license plate number, so they go after the owner of the car. If you move you have to update it with your local DMV.
If they send it to a collections agency that's any good, they'll find you. If they use the collections agency my library used, they won't even try to find you, they'll just put black marks on your credit record while you spend a year having no idea you had a fine since the library had your wrong address because they typed it in wrong...
Fight the ticket or pay it, just don't ignore it. They don't need to prove that they found you or notified you to start messing with your credit. You can get it sorted out eventually but it's a pain.
You have black marks on your credit report from library fines? I am calling BS on this.
Think there is potential for you to have trouble renewing your car registration if your state has some reciprocal relationship with where you got ticketed.
READ THE TICKET - what does it say? Does it say punishable by a "civil" fine only? If so - pay the fine and be done with it.
If it doesn't say such nonsense you may want to hire an atty in the area to keep it off your record. It should be easily defeated. CONFRONTATION CLAUSE of Constitution. You have a right in court to confront your accusers. Camera's can't testify!
Collections company will start adding exhorbitant fees and fines. By the time they take your car it won't be enough. The house will be next.
If everyone felt the way you felt, we'd be in one heck of a pickle.
iamnotconvinced wrote:
You have black marks on your credit report from library fines? I am calling BS on this.
When I re-joined the Seattle Public Library, they somehow mistyped my mailing address. I checked out a book and did not return it for a long time, thinking I would just pay the fines when I got a chance. I got one email notice saying I had a late book, and that was it.
Well after a few weeks, they marked it as lost and tried to mail me something, which I obviously never got. It was returned to the library and marked on my account that it was an incorrect address. No attempt was made to call or email me despite them knowing they had a bad mailing address.
Instead they sent it to a collections agency, who also made no attempt to call or email me. Just googling my name would have at least turned up a PO Box. Obviously not a very good collections agency!
Anyway, I only found out about it when I went to check my credit report a few months later. I was soooo pissed. I went to the local library, paid my fines, they reported to the collection agency that my fines were paid. I reported to the credit agencies that they had not attempted to contact me or something like that. At some point it disappeared from my credit report, because it's not on there now.
So yes, at one point, I had black marks on my credit because of library fines :/
I think this sounds like a very easy way to pull in a substantial second income. Just set up a video camera and send still shots of vehicles on any local highway. The majority of the people speed and wouldn't question a ticket in the mail. Even if only half mail me the fine I will soon own this web site!