I Got A Ticket

[Bailey Guns]

The problem with traffic tickets is that the profit goes directly into the department's coffers. I get that it can change behavior, but with how it is currently ran, policing for profit has become a regular thing (I'm looking at you Campo). When half of your town's budget is fed by 1 asshole, it's hard to ignore.

Here's how fines are distributed in Colorado:

https://law.justia.com/codes/colorad...tion-42-1-217/

It's not like cities or counties get to keep all the money they collect.

[eddiememphis]

I was not complaining about it. I am not trying to get out of it.

I do not lack integrity as I have been accused, by a stranger that knows absolutely nothing about how I live my life.

I fully admit that I was speeding and John Law caught me.

I was simply pondering if it is worth driving 80 miles to go to court to keep my previously spotless driving record clean, for no other reason than I like it that way.

The answer is no, of course not.

[Martinjmpr]

Didn't the police chief in Morrison get fired because the city said his cops weren't writing enough tickets? I thought I read that on one of the local news web sites a couple of years ago.

[kidicarus13]

Didn't the police chief in Morrison get fired because the city said his cops weren't writing enough tickets? I thought I read that on one of the local news web sites a couple of years ago.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/l...4-1b100bd9c325

[TFOGGER]

$120 is a fairly low velocity tax. Faced with the same thing (in Lakeside, population 9, 4 cops) I just paid it and moved on.

[eddiememphis]

I tried to pay it yesterday but it is not in the system yet. I called to find out what was going on and the girl said it can take a month to upload.

I also learned if I go to court, they may offer reduced points from the original ticket but the fine is the same.

So I can drive 80 miles each way and pay the full $180 and hope for a point reduction. Or pay online, eventually, and get the $120 and two point deal John Law told me about.

The obvious course of action is to pay online, hang my head in shame any time the subject of driving record pops up and of course, go to extreme measures to ensure I never again find myself in the municipal armpit that is Fountain, Colorado.

[Gman]

I've had one ticket in the past 30 years. Was on a road trip from CO to WA and back. I mentioned to the WA state trooper that I hadn't had a ticket in over 20 years. He said, "Well, you had a good run." No points system for the out of state ticket.

I considered it a stupid tax for me not paying enough attention and paid it. CO never knew about it and it was never an issue with insurance.

[brutal]