Well I finally got caught by the popo today going 46 in a 30 zone trying to get to a friggin' job interview The guy was nice enough to record it as 45 so I fall in the 1-15 catergory but still... it's a friggin' ticket.

I'm at school in Santa Cruz right now and live in an apartment off campus. The car is registered under my dad's name and home address but the cop also wrote down the local address for my apartment in Santa Cruz for the court appearance date to be mailed to. I know that if I go to court on that date and go to traffic school, this ticket will not be on my license for 18 months. Will/can my dad somehow find out about this ticket, or can I just get by like a ?

Reading some old threads is this speeding ticket in Cali $270 + court fee + traffic school?

 

Parents always find out bro haha just tell them.

 

Lawyer brochures get sent to your house also. Just confess now before they find out later. What happened, happened. It is what it is.

 

Actually not sure about the laws in Cali, but I know in VA if you are over 18 you can just pay the ticket by yourself IF it is not a reckless ticket. If its reckless then you HAVE to appear in court.

But even if you do have to go to court, since you are over 18 you should be able to just go by yourself. But, like I said Cali might be different. Thats just how it is here.

 

i got a 110$ ticket for window tint a couple of weeks ago, i told my parents and all they did was laugh at me

 

:shakehead Several years ago I was doing 70 in a 55 zone and got caught in a speed trap. This was on a dark, back road so I was going a little fast. I got a ticket and was told I had to either go to court or just pay it and go to traffic school. I went to pay it and went to traffic school and my parents never knew about it and still don't.

 

I'd just tell em. And make it sound like you thought you were in a 40 zone. lol

 

parents don't kno of the following....


Street racing.. got caught. police put it down as speeding at 75 MPH in a 50mph zone... (he was in good mood i guess..)

front plate ticket....(didn't pay for it... YET.... stupid INSPIRE.....)

front tint ticket.. (yea.. didn't pay for that either.. )

annnnddd.... some other more bullshit but who cares.. lol

 

tell them now- they did it when they were young- all parents have done more stuff than you think--and surprise!---they are onto your stories and scams, and let you do what you want- everyone has to learn their lessons- while they laugh behind your back saying,,,you remember when you had the charger and we were at the lake-
and the cop only wrote you up for 70 when we had been doing 105 ---we lucked out that night!!

Since the ticket may well go to them as registered owner, better to call now and say- hey if you get anything in the mail---read it to me then forward it to me asap

Read the Ca traffic court info online- fines vary in each area- last year my wife got 52 in 35- with court fees and bs fines total cost 200+ traffic school $25

Do traffic school if the court allows it-
on the official ticket that will get mailed to dad- it will say if you can attend school or not
Some offenses they wont grant it- reckless driving, whatever the local judge considers excessive speeding--racing

As long as you can pay for it out of your own funding, call dad,
'hey I was running late to a JOB interview and got popped doing xx in xx'
He cant be mad- you were looking for work- that gets a lot of Goodwill from parents~
I know, been on both ends of it

Just dont do it again- watch ypur speed everywhere- cities and states are BROKE and will happily take your money--then support a congressmans lunch per diem with it!!

 

note on traffic school
If you do an online class, it can take a week or more to get the certificate the court requires mailed to you from the school
Only a few courts are set up to get it emailed direct from the school.

The court needs the paperwork- and they grant NO extensions just because you did the class online 2 days before the deadline and didnt get the paper,
so the court said ok- we already got the money- heres a point on your record- and BTW you cant use school again in the next 18 months because we already approved it- you paid for it- we dont care if you were late and it didnt help you~

 

speeding ticket price depends on which county you get the ticket in.

CHP was sitting on the shoulder and clocked me at about 100 in a 65mph zone at the 55/73 interchange (Orange County) two years ago. wrote my speed as 86mph and ticket was about $170 + traffic school.

 

Fess up

 

hehehe ya need V1 and zr3 man, i got those installed few days ago, sht, save my ass a bunch of times on laser pigs man.ZR3 is the best, and yeah V1 too hahha

 

it will show up on the insurance. when i got stopped for doing 64 in a 35, i went to traffic school, and when it came time to pay my insurance it showed up on the paper that i got stopped. also if they go to secretary of state and get a drivers license record it will show up also as a speeding ticket and that u went to school.

what i do now is i tell them what happened and say that i will take care of it.

 

The whole point of Ca driver/traffic school is that NO point or record of anything ever shows up- your insurance is not affected or notified-

It may show up on the in cop car computer- the cop DOES know your history when he casually ask- So - hows your record????

 

And your 19 and worried about what your parents might say??

 

Dude, thats not true, Im the same way. LOL. For me, i never did anything wrong, so i like to keep it that way.

 

Time to take the teet out of your mouth

 

haha^^

 

Thanks for all the info guys.

I'm completely financially dependent on them right now lol... and they're paying my college tuition, rent, living necessities. Even if "I" pay for the ticket, it was money my parents gave me... so yeah my parents' are going to be pissed, especially my mom cuz she is always on my ass about not getting a ticket; my dad can't say shit though, he's gotten a lot of speeding tickets.

I'm going to call them once I get a job so I can be like, "I have good news and some bad news"

 

Just chalk it up as Shit happens. There are FAR worse things that you could do. Life is too short to worry about tickets. (trust me ive gotten just about every imaginable one

 

Fess up to your mistakes. Take it as a "It's okaaaaay. Now you knooooooow." Majority has gone through it. It'll help you out in the future too. My advice is that it's better to fess up to your mistakes and at least try to provide the best solution than to hide it. At my work, the client is a lot happier with this mentality.

 

call today!!!- truth now beats truth later- which is seen as withholding aka LIE!!!
being an adult is about taking responsibilty for all your actions and consequences

Mom will be less mad because you were going to an interview- not that being even later to arrive paid off for you.....maybe NOW you understand what she meant~~~
Moms forgive- dads find a suitable payback- life goes on

Better a call saying- hey I got a ticket-
than a call saying- you wrecked the car,
ran over a nun pushing a baby carriage-with triplets-
in a school zone-
while you were drunk~

No accident??- whew!!! thats a parents nightmare--- ticket= No big deal-
200 bucks---- looks like someone is mowing the lawn and painting the house as payback for the 200 from dads wallet
Better traffic school than the giant hike in their insurance premium

Leave earlier and use less gas as a bonus! good luck on your job search!

 

I can make a throttle block to limit your access to power if needed~

Devised it when I learned how the wife was driving the TL
She knew far too much about vtec operation-- and how good the brakes work, for my comfort!

 

Well I took your advice and called her earlier today, she wasn't mad, but I think because she doesn't know how much the ticket is lol... all went well, thanks for the advice everyone. Oh btw im asian, so you guys know how the stereotypical asian parents are

 

ummm they run a diner like Arnolds?

trust me- she knows how much dads tickets cost- like father like son!
You finally popped your `red light cherry`,
well you held onto it for most of your teens!! hahahahahaa better than I did~

 

I believe in California, its $11-$15 per mph you are over the speed limit. Usually, if you've been good with your driving, the judge will give a break on your fine. Unfortunately, I've been through this process with getting 3 speeding tickets within the first year of driving which was the provision period in CA. First one was 2 weeks after I got my license, racing on the freeway, luckily I got pulled over by an INDIAN cop who was speaking to me in my language which was friggin' awesome, he let me go with 78 on the ticket. My fine should have been almost $800 but paid $120 and traffic schooled that one. Second one, 80 in a 65, got that as a 79. Paid $170 for that one, took a hit on my license and insurance. Third, doing "44" in a 25, which they caught me by laser and couldn't fight it. Paid $250 for that one, took another hit on my license and insurance. But the best way to avoid a speeding ticket is to AVOID THE URGE TO PUNCH THE ACCELERATOR! So you might get lucky with the judge, but let them know your situation and you'll be granted a lesser fine and plus your traffic school.

 

If you don't tell them now you are going to get screwed because they are going to be even angrier with you that you didn't tell them after it happened. Just be honest.

 

If you were 16, this might be a problem...But you're 19 years old, and at college. I honestly doubt your parents will care that much about a speeding ticket, there are more important things to worry about. Just wait until you get your first MIP, then you can worry about your parents.

 

yeeesh im afraid of that lol... not all my friends have cars up here so im pretty sure there's going to be some alci in my trunk one time or another. i wonder if i can slip some bottles in the inner lining of the trunk :P

 

Bad idea Tequila.

 

You seem like a good kid, which your parents support you a 110% of the time. Then been through this, and you are going through this. Confess and they shouldn't say nothing. If you want to really get even, just tell them you'll pay for the ticket by working and whatnot that is if you dont work already.. Good luck, let us know how it went.

 

man up to it. youll get more respecting through Acknowledgement of your mistake than trying to cover it up

 

I would just confess, its not something worth hiding.

If you leave the ticket as it and pay for it will show up on ur insurance due to points, as someone said above but if you try to fight the ticket and get it knocked down to a equipment failure then it will not show up. Im not sure how Cali or the village/county in which the areae you recieved the ticket may handle it. some of them are just looking for money whcih allows you to drop it to less of a charge which equals less points, etc.

 

I don't know how about in CA but here in CT If I get a ticket I would sign not guity and appear in court for a donation that cheaper than the orginal ticket also the ticket wouldn't go into your record.

 

Glad to hear you fessed up because there are ways to find this stuff out. If you pay your own insurance, it is less likely.

There is a company called ChoicePoint (though they were just bought, so I don't know their soon to be new name) that gathers this information and sends it to the insurance companies.

My insurance company found out about my speeding ticket and raised my rates when the next invoice period came due. Since then (7 years ago), I've been ticket free and have switched insurance companies, but the new insurance company even knew about it, but said no problems since it was so long ago.

 

Just tell your parents. That's not that fast and besides, they would rather hear this from you rather than get a letter in the mail/call from ins. company/find out from a friend.

 

Lol yeah I would just man up and tell them. Everybody gets a speeding ticket once out of their lives. Lol 46 in a 30? Try tellin' your parents you did 103 in a 55. Yes I was there once. Just show up to court and most likely they will give you a probation before judgement like they do here in maryland. You show up, pay the fine, no points (or better, the cop doesnt show up at all and the whole thing is dropped). My fine was $500 and I was in college lol (no points or driving school!). You can run the risk of not telling them but you better pray that you do not get any points because it will make your pop's insurance rate go up and he will likely want to know why lol. good luck bro.

 

The first ticket i got was when i was 16, no job. What i learned was you cant beat those damn red light cameras . I came home went up to dad and all i said was "dad i think i got a red light ticket but i dont know for sure". About 3 weeks later he walks into my room and says hey your photos are here. Im sitting there going what photos? He said the ones that cost you a 100 dollars each and they sent you 4. That was the day i knew dont lie about tickets otherwise instead of being told dont do it again i would have gotten my ass kicked. Then i got one for tailgating which he was by me and laughed at me while the cop wrote me up. Pissed the cop off more. All he said then was you got a job now son, so pay it.

 

The bold is likely your greatest potential problem. If your insurance is also under your fathers policy and you are a second drive, you are currently violating your insurance policy - since you dont live at the address the policy is covering.

Should you be a second driver and/or not hold a policy with your current address, and your insurance is not currently aware you're going to school and living at XX address you run the risk of not being covered in the event of an accident.

I know it sounds crazy, but if you say hit a lawyer or total your car, your policy provider is going to try and find reason not to pay. Making false claims on your policy automatically cancels your policy. As stated in every policy.