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| Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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11-10-2008, 10:42 AM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
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RI Traffic Court
what a friggin joke. I got a $95 ticket for going 35 in a 25 so I went to contest it thinking it was the same deal as MA. you show up, plead your case to the magistrate, and then if they still want you to pay it then you pay, no added charges. nope, not in RI. first of all you appear in front of a judge and have to enter a guilty, not guilty plea. WTF? you automatically pay a 35 dollar court fee, and then they added a $50 charge because I had got a ticket in the last couple years. if I had just paid the thing and not contested it all i would've had to do was pay the 95 bucks, but nowhere on the ticket does it make any mention of this.  |
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11-10-2008, 11:03 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2004
Location: South of Boston
Posts: 2,605
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Ouch. And in a state that is struggling as bad as RI is, this will be the norm. Gone are the days where just showing up to contest it got it thrown out here is Mass. The state and towns are dying for revenue. Look for tickets to be increasing.
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The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. ~John Buchan
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11-10-2008, 11:32 AM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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[QUOTE=Bronko;636810The state and towns are dying for revenue. Look for tickets to be increasing.[/QUOTE]
For sure, i've seen more #'s of traffic stops in the last 2 months then all of the past year.
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11-10-2008, 12:08 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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So...... you got caught speeding, tried to get out of it even though you did it, they wouldn't have it and then charged you extra for wasting the courts time.
Don't take this the wrong way...I usually get pissed when they take money from me, and I've taken it on the chin a couple of times too......but that pretty much is it in a nutshell though.  
(Yeah, I know, I'm being a ball buster but this is just some sarcastic humor) |
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-10-2008, 12:38 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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you got a deal! 4 years ago I got a $315 ticket for doing 48 in a 25!
I should have checked his math!
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11-10-2008, 03:41 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
So...... you got caught speeding, tried to get out of it even though you did it, they wouldn't have it and then charged you extra for wasting the courts time.
Don't take this the wrong way...I usually get pissed when they take money from me, and I've taken it on the chin a couple of times too......but that pretty much is it in a nutshell though.
(Yeah, I know, I'm being a ball buster but this is just some sarcastic humor) |
i think its a joke they add more charges if you've been speeding before, like 2 yrs ago. i mean seriously, i was going 35 in a 25. not like i was hauling ass...
Last edited by bart; 11-10-2008 at 03:44 PM..
Reason: poor wording haha
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11-10-2008, 03:51 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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yeah, that one would definitely piss me off....You already hit me up for that once...why do i get hit up for it again
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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11-10-2008, 05:40 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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http://www.speedtrap.org/ Try this site, seems to be tons of good info here.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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11-10-2008, 07:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
Posts: 3,630
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That sucks! Guess thats why you werent fishing after...
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11-10-2008, 11:56 PM
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Red Eye Jedi
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: East Facing
Posts: 4,374
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yep. too pissed off to even wet a line..
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11-11-2008, 08:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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hey Bart
thanks for the heads up...
you too JPI
had a Sturbridge cop flash his blue's " a second " telling me to slow down the other day....
i was doing 10 mph over the speed limit i'm sure.
guess i was Lucky  |
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11-11-2008, 12:18 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Second and subsequent
Quote:
Originally Posted by bart
what a friggin joke. I got a $95 ticket for going 35 in a 25 so I went to contest it thinking it was the same deal as MA. you show up, plead your case to the magistrate, and then if they still want you to pay it then you pay, no added charges. nope, not in RI. first of all you appear in front of a judge and have to enter a guilty, not guilty plea. WTF? you automatically pay a 35 dollar court fee, and then they added a $50 charge because I had got a ticket in the last couple years. if I had just paid the thing and not contested it all i would've had to do was pay the 95 bucks, but nowhere on the ticket does it make any mention of this. |
That what it is called. |
Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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