Just got a traffic ticket, What to do...
07-25-2006, 07:40 PM
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Just got a traffic ticket, What to do...
I am in California and was just pulled over for driving on the carpool lane.
These tickets are about $300, so I just want to know what my options are once I get the fine in the mail.
Thanks for any advice.
These tickets are about $300, so I just want to know what my options are once I get the fine in the mail.
Thanks for any advice.
07-25-2006, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by YoungnTLDrivr
How do u get caught doin this? Cop came from behind or wat?
07-25-2006, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by CSI
In Canada, we will try to dispute...
If u cannot win, u may still get some discount... lol~
If u cannot win, u may still get some discount... lol~
07-25-2006, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by scottsan
I was driving on the carpool lane, I saw the police ahead, so I switched to the correct lane. The police slowed down and once I got ahead of him, he came behind me and turned on his lights.
Do you have tint? Since I do I think I would have just kept goin on it, maybe our headrest being so big, would have fooled him.
07-25-2006, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by YoungnTLDrivr
Aww man that sucks....good luck to you. I've always wondered how you would get caught doing this, since I myself am a guilty party cuz I do it every so often.
Do you have tint? Since I do I think I would have just kept goin on it, maybe our headrest being so big, would have fooled him.
Do you have tint? Since I do I think I would have just kept goin on it, maybe our headrest being so big, would have fooled him.
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07-25-2006, 08:09 PM
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Pay it.
07-25-2006, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by scottsan
I was driving on the carpool lane, I saw the police ahead, so I switched to the correct lane. The police slowed down and once I got ahead of him, he came behind me and turned on his lights.
07-25-2006, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Blazin_TL
Whiskers FTW 
Someone....anyone....
07-25-2006, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by YoungnTLDrivr
Ok its time I ask this $1 million question....What tha hell is FTW. I see that everywhere and have no idea what people r tryin to say?
Someone....anyone....
Someone....anyone....
07-26-2006, 12:05 AM
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Jesus Christ! Another damn victim. Pay the $$$ and stay out of the carpool lane unless you have the correct number of people in the car. But with this post I assume you cannot count that high. 
07-26-2006, 09:40 AM
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Pay it, I hate guys that ride solo in the carpool lane. You deserve the ticket and the fine. BTW, they are $371
07-26-2006, 10:01 AM
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You earned the ticket so just pay it. Don't even try to come up with an excuse for this because it's pretty obvious that the cop saw you cruising in the carpool lane. If you go to court and lie about it, it's only going to make it worse. Pay the ticket and be done with it.
07-26-2006, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by YoungnTLDrivr
Does the carpool lane have a set time for it to be considered carpool? Or is it at all times, even at 2am is it CARPOOL ONLY?
07-26-2006, 02:37 PM
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1. you got ticketed for driving in the carpool lane by yourself. i don't believe there's any leeway on this law.
2. tint on the front windows is illegal in california.
2. tint on the front windows is illegal in california.
07-26-2006, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by INSPIRE 32V
i cannot belive that some people have enough time in a day to go and find news like this.
probably took as much time for you to open up this thread, click his link, then post
07-26-2006, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by CLpower
probably took as much time for you to open up this thread, click his link, then post
no way it was gona take the same time. i mean i clicked on it and read the first line i was like WTF is this shit and closed it. someone took there sweet time to look it up and read it throully. anyways i guess when your boared its ok do do that.
07-26-2006, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by scottsan
I am in California and was just pulled over for driving on the carpool lane.
These tickets are about $300, so I just want to know what my options are once I get the fine in the mail.
Thanks for any advice.
These tickets are about $300, so I just want to know what my options are once I get the fine in the mail.
Thanks for any advice.
07-26-2006, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by INSPIRE 32V
and btw guys i dont know why everybody is telling him to pay the ticket. i mean its normal for someone to dispute the ticket even if they were guilty. plus its not like a meter ticket for $60. its $300.
Because if he fights it, not only will he pay the $371 fine, but he will also then have to pay the court fees. It's a carpool lane ticket, not much to dispute here
07-26-2006, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by INSPIRE 32V
no way it was gona take the same time. i mean i clicked on it and read the first line i was like WTF is this shit and closed it. someone took there sweet time to look it up and read it throully. anyways i guess when your boared its ok do do that.
let me introduce you to this sweet thing called a Search Engine
try them out, things are amazing. Here are a few.
www.google.com
www.yahoo.com
although, it was probably easier for him as the link he posted was in a post not to long ago
07-26-2006, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by INSPIRE 32V
and btw guys i dont know why everybody is telling him to pay the ticket. i mean its normal for someone to dispute the ticket even if they were guilty. plus its not like a meter ticket for $60. its $300.
07-26-2006, 06:19 PM
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Back when I was, ahem, younger, "FTW" meant Fuck The World."
07-26-2006, 06:34 PM
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I noticed that you can drive Solo in carpool lanes only if you drive a Hybrid Vehicle like Prius etc. ? It could be just out in Cali but not everywhere that has carpool lanes?
07-26-2006, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by VegaTSX
I noticed that you can drive Solo in carpool lanes only if you drive a Hybrid Vehicle like Prius etc. ? It could be just out in Cali but not everywhere that has carpool lanes?
true, but you have to register for a special pass, and I think they finally hit the quota a month or two back (10,000)
07-27-2006, 10:23 AM
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The other day I was sitting in traffic. There were tons of people cruising by me with no passengers ( btw I hate people who do this because I sit 3+/- hours of traffic round trip a day ).
So we get to an area where the carpool lane ends and theres a huge shoulder lane on the left of the carpool lane, I see over 10 cars lined up getting tickets. There were several CHP cars and they were simply flagging down people who were driving by themselves in the carpool lane.
$371 fine should be raised to an even $500
So we get to an area where the carpool lane ends and theres a huge shoulder lane on the left of the carpool lane, I see over 10 cars lined up getting tickets. There were several CHP cars and they were simply flagging down people who were driving by themselves in the carpool lane.
$371 fine should be raised to an even $500
07-28-2006, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by INSPIRE 32V
and btw guys i dont know why everybody is telling him to pay the ticket. i mean its normal for someone to dispute the ticket even if they were guilty. plus its not like a meter ticket for $60. its $300.
He played. He pays.
He knew he wasn't supposed to be driving in the car pool lane solo. He knew it was against the law to do so. He still did it.
It's a freaking game. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose.
However, there's never much sympathy for a whiney player who got caught and doesn't want to pay.
Pay the damn ticket already.
07-28-2006, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by INSPIRE 32V
no way it was gona take the same time. i mean i clicked on it and read the first line i was like WTF is this shit and closed it. someone took there sweet time to look it up and read it throully. anyways i guess when your boared its ok do do that.
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