Got a speeding ticket in the mail. Pay it or fight it?

[The Old Jaybird]

I got one years ago for running a red light at Scenic and 78. I said why did you send the ticket to me?? I wasn't driving and you have NO PROOF that I was. They had a photo of the rear of my car with tag number. I said I had it at the shop getting a brake job and the mechanic must have had it on a test drive. I NEVER paid them a cent.

Until GA goes to front vehicle plates where they get the plate AND your mugshot. These revenue scam traffic cameras are bogus.

 

[Davers]

The speed limit is enforced all hours.
Time to pay up. Lesson learned.

IMO if the zone is a 35 mph zone then he was over & likely guilty & if school was open it seems 25 mph would have been the limit .

Still go to court if you like , life ain't fair these 'Days Esp'.

 

[Eggmanmja01]

How about stating where it is located for the rest of us deplorables? Greatly appreciated

 

[gh1950]

I thought most communities pulled those stupid cameras after court challenges and basic public outrage. They are revenue generators, plain and simple.

That's why the smartened up and started putting them in school zones, "it's for the children".

I live next to the school where the first one in Clarke County was installed. I mean right across the street. In 25 years there hasn't been a single accident in that school zone - there are crossing guards there in the mornings and afternoons. But they have those cameras rolling, rolling.

Usually you can't speed during school hours anyway because the mommies have one lane of traffic blocked waiting to pick up their dear ones - but no one sees that as a problem.

 

[FreedomUSMC]

They got pictures or video of you driving, 12:10 is not active school zone hours

In GA, school zone hours start from one hour before school until one hour after school. So 12:10pm (not 12am) is within that timeframe.

 

[FreedomUSMC]

The speed limit is enforced all hours.
Time to pay up. Lesson learned.

Negative, it's enforced during school zone hours which are from one hour before school until one hour after school. 12:10pm falls in that time. If you get a ticket outside of those hours, you can fight it.

 

[41mag]

Fight that schittz

 

[FreedomUSMC]

I agree, screw those private companies. I'd demand the private company show me their legal right to enforce laws and issue citations as if they are the police. ESPECIALLY if they are out of state. GA is notorious for implementing programs with out-of-state companies (mostly in Tennessee) that do crap like this.

Did ya'll know the "peach pass" is illegal? Taxpayer dollars paid to have those lanes put in and maintains the road conditions. But the state signed a deal with a TN private company to install/ monitor the cameras. So basically, we all pay for a road we can't use unless we pay ANOTHER fee. I've been driving in the peach pass lane for years. When I get tickets in the mail, I send them this information back and they never bother me.

 

[emptyMAGS]

Gwinnett's tickets in school zones have been raking money in. One of the biggest ticket areas is the school zone in Beaver Ruin and the school off of Pleasant Hill before Northside Duluth. Doesn't matter who you are during the daytime. Had a fire apparatus operator get a ticket while in a fire engine last year. Wasn't a good look when the ticket came back to fleet services.

 

[streetroc]

How about stating where it is located for the rest of us deplorables? Greatly appreciated

Hwy 78 in front of the high school I think.