I was stopped for speeding in Bonners Ferry Idaho. My question is I asked to see my speed on the officers radar and he said "the only way you will come back to my car is in handcuffs so no I do not need to show you the actual speed" I then asked him again and he said that he does not have to show it to me.
Upon writing the ticket he did not have me sign it, in the sig. spot he wrote "served".
Can I refuse to pay the ticket having not signed it (acknowledging it) and does he have to show me the speed if requested?
macksmom,
I know for a fact that , in Ohio, if your ticket is lets say, $65.00, and you send the check in for $65.01, it will never show up. I got stopped in Ohio doing 73 in a 55mph zone. I told the state trooper when he told me how fast he clocked me at that I had gotten slowed down before he clocked me if he only got me at 73, I told him because I had been running about 78 or 79. So I got my ticket, called the house and told my wife the address to send it to and to make it for $5.00 over the amount due and write on the check , Enjoy your Christmas Party Donuts on Me, in the memo of the check. Well in the state of Ohio if you send a check for even just one cent over the fine amount, they will pay someone to print you a check and mail it to you. When you get this check for .01 or whatever amount over you pay, BURN THE DANGED OLE CHECK!!! Do not cash the check. The computer system will show it as being an overpayment and the system will not balance until you cash your check (AGAIN DO NOT CASH THE CHECK), then the system will balance and it will show up on your MVR. So send them their fine check for a little over, cause them some extra work , and enjoy your clean MVR. This worked back in November of 2000. And it still has never shown up on any reports. Good Luck.
The over pay may work in Ohio, but don't try it in GA, at least in and around Atlanta, they will keep your money and most likely never send you a refund unless you ask for it. And the department where you pay the fine merley sends the court a notice the fine was paid, if no notice is sent from the payment department, the court will show it unpaid and a warrant would be issued.
Mowerman,
Yeah, I am totally bummed! I was so mad too b/c I got pulled over for going 55 in a 45....I got pulled over in one of those towns that are like a mile long, but still the speed drops 10mph while your going through the town...when the cop pulled me over I literally was about 50-75 ft away from the speed limit sign saying 55....man 50 more feet and I would have been clear....and the officer had been pulling people over all day long! I told him I had never gotten a ticket, but all he said was "sorry to ruin your day".
So my ticket is $90.....are you saying that I can send in a check for $90.01...and it will take care of the ticket but mess up the system so I won't get any points on my record?
macksmom, all i can say here is it worked for me and i hold a cdl (commercial driving license) . that has been some time ago. but if you try it and they send you the check for .01 burn it and the offense should , i said should never show up on your record. If you are going to pay the ticket anyways, what is another penny? And to think , it is going to cost the state of Ohio alot more money than that .01cents to print you out a check , try and balance their system, and mail it to you . The state of Ohio may have gotten wise to this in the past, but again , it worked for me and if I ever get another ticket in Ohio, and I don't have any reason to go there anymore, I will try the overpayment trick again.
Good LUCK, I sincerely hope it will work for you as it did for me. And the reason I had my wife put on there in the memo about the donuts was because it was on November the 30th that I got my ticket, and I figured they just needed a little more funds for more donuts. But I will admit, just like I did to the trooper that that time I was SPEEDING, and he just clocked me after I seen him and had already jammed on the brake pretty good.
Again, Good Luck, Please keep me posted.
Oh yeah, Macksmom,
do not go into court and attempt to overpay the fine, you must do so by mail. So if you have not mailed it do so in time for it to reach the court. And I would call the day before and make sure it arrived, better yet, let someone else call and then if they want to discuss the over payment, you are not the one on the phone. then don't return their call, because all you want to know is that they have received the check.
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