Comment on Anon challenges a fine

minibyte@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Moghul@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That doesn’t mean anything in a lot of countries.

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  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is going to court over traffic violations common internationally? I thought that was a US thing

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    • Instigate@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I challenged a licence suspension in Australia when I was 19 years old. I gladly paid the $560 fine but I would’ve lost my licence for three months because I was driving 7km/h over the limit on a ‘double-demerits’ weekend. The magistrate sent me to a fortnightly driver’s course for 12 weeks, all the while I kept my licence, and after the course was over I fronted court again and successfully argued my three month suspension down to four weeks.

      I’m pretty sure that going to court over traffic violations is a thing in any country that allows going to court over traffic violations.

      FYI in most Australian jurisdictions, you can’t demand that the individual police officer who fined you attend court to defend themselves. That part is most likely a US thing.

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      • SupraMario@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        All that over 7kmh? Holy shit, most cops in the usa won’t bother you doing 9mph over on highways and like 5-7mph on normal roads.

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    • best_username_ever@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      French guy here: I went to court once because the cop lied and needed tickets for his quota. I had all the proofs. The judge basically told me “I don’t give a fuck, you pay.” It’s useless.

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      • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Maybe don’t be French next time.

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    • Moghul@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s not as much of a thing but people do object fines, most commonly mail-in fines when the owner wasn’t driving.

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  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is going to court over traffic violations common internationally? I thought that was a US thing

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• Artyom@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And if it’s below $1000, people often represent themselves because everyone knows lawyers are too expensive to justify it.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yup, and most tickets in my area are like $100-150, assuming it’s just speeding and not insanely fast (i.e. <20mph over, most cops will cut it to 10 over on a first violation).

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• MehBlah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not around here. Cops live for traffic court. They sit around all day doing very little.

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• refalo@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  not anymore

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