Going to jail...well maybe.

[minds_I]

Hello all,

Its not as it sounds...I am appearing on a traffic ticket that I feel I am not guilty of. So, rather then pay the 120$ fine, I will let them deal with me in the jail.

It is my plan to make them pay...I am hoping that since the overcrowding is bad, I think they will have me in a room for the day and then kick me.I will bring a book.

Got to go now as I need to thoroughly get stoned for the drama that is about to unfold.

Get back to you later,,

minds_I

PS, as a plan B, I have a rock hammer shoved up my ass.

 

[okwildfire]

good luck man...but in the ass! ouch! have fun fuckin with the fucker's..make em pay..be the biggest pain in the ass you can...

 

[The Son of Man]

You better read the law first. My state its fine and jail. Meaning you still have to pay the fine if you go to jail. They will garnish your wages and you will have to make several court appearances over a cheapo ticket. Get the ticket amended to faulty equipment as long as you haven't done that in the past 18months. Doesn't mess with insurance. The cops word is what they will go with no matter what you say.

 

[Styles P]

been there done that jail is not what they make it out to be keep to yourself and you'll be alright.

 

[hamstring]

I am with Son of Man.

I have tried to take a seat belt ticket to jury trial vs. bench trial (judge) and they make it impossible for a workingman to make this happen. Each time I showed up they had 3-4 of us waiting on jury trial and unless you are first in line and depending on severity of crime they picked one a day and sent the rest of us home to come back another day for the same thing 3-4 people waiting and take one jury trial a day.

Each time the judge said are you sure you want this to go to a jury trial a seat belt fine is low on the priority list and it could take many visits to get one. In the end I took a bench trail and won!!! the judge took my side.

 

[SomeGuy]

Its not as it sounds...I am appearing on a traffic ticket that I feel I am not guilty of. So, rather then pay the 120$ fine, I will let them deal with me in the jail.

I had a friend beat a ticket by showing up at court and if the issuing officer was there, he asked for a postponement. He showed up 3 times and was granted and on the 4th showing, the officer wasn't there so they had no witness and it was dismissed. Only way this works is that you have to know what the officer looks like so you can be prepared.

He used a lawyer and it cost him $300 but he really couldn't afford the offense because of insurance so it was money well spent for him.

Whatever you do good luck and hope it works out for you.

 

[JJScorpio]

I Have one you can spring on them. If you're not employed, ask the Judge for an indigency hearing. This may get you out of the fine and jail.....

 

[Smooth B]

Jail is no place to be. Expect the food to be awful especially coffee. The jail is also cold. Pay the fine.

 

[Dr. G]

ya know the supreme court ruled in 73 that you cant have a devise in a car that stops the engine from being started if the seat belt inst secured due to our right so choose if we want a seatbelt or not

police state

i actually asked a detective this ? and he said but its our state law and im like well the supreme cout ruled otherwise and he just didnt say anything

 

[thekingofNY]

There is no way in hell ur gonna go to jail... maybe if your an ass in the courtroom, but I just dont see it happening. Set up a court date and don't show up... thats a different story. Although i doubt anything would happen with civil (ticket) court...

 

[minds_I]

Hello all,

Well, no drama today. Its been a long time sin ce I had to appear for anything and I was not expecting what happened.....nothing. I did not even see a judge but rather a girl ( arather pretty girla at that) through a bulletproof glass.

Apparently in this city, you have to arrange a courtdate if you are not going to pay the fine even if you do plead guilty.

So, I have to go back in January. I was in and out of the courthouse in less time it took to drive there.

Anyway, all is well, except that rock hammer is stuck. damn.

minds_I

 

[whiterabbit9]

hey , i just got a ticket too

fuck those motherfuckers

if you decide not guilty

it will cost you more (at least 100$)

but i am not letting them rape my ass,

not without fighting back

 

[master shake]

bubba will be eye'n ya, better make it a jackahmmer...

 

[okwildfire]

hey , i just got a ticket too

fuck those motherfuckers

if you decide not guilty

it will cost you more (at least 100$)

but i am not letting them rape my ass,

not without fighting back

raped in the ass??? for a seat belt ticket? ummm remind me not to go where ever it is where ya live! naw j/k just struck me kinda funny! got a lol outta it....and hey...look's like it might go your way MI...yeah i have never seen a judge for a ticket before...not even 28.5 gram's and under..or driving.

 

[facelift]

The only traffic ticket I can think of where jail time would be involved is a DUI. Most people who are DUI, deny it. You must live in a soft state. Here, even though I've never had one, I know how it works. The cops arrest you. If you can't get someone to bail you out of the police station, you spend the night at the station. In the morning they take you to the courthouse. You wait for hours in a holding pen. A PD and SA does a walk through making offers.

For example, 34 days, and with good time, you serve 17 days.

Same deal for driving with no license. 16 days. You be out in 8.

 

[kmk420kali]

You are correct in thinking you will not get much time, if you choose not to pay the fine-- They will try to get you to take community service...but tell them no, you do not have the $$ to pay for it (It is not free)--
You will get 1 or 2 days, and it will boil down to a "Book & Release"...prolly 8 to 12 hours--
They hate it when you do that--

 

[Stoner4Life]

It's great to be a man of conviction (hehehe) and principles but wouldn't an actual self-imposed incarceration of yourself be better served toward a more worthy or admirable cause other than a traffic violation?

But do what you think is right as you know best, the true story & every angle.

 

[soulfly22583]

PS, as a plan B, I have a rock hammer shoved up my ass.

Thank you brother, I just spit coffee all over my monitor from laughing out loud at that one. Great Shawshank throwout =)

 

[joebean91]

They can always charge $ for your jail stay , plus more fines for court time .
I had to do 10 days several years ago . Cost me $500 for jail time plus about $100 for each day in court . Borrowed the money from tony soprano cause his interest rates were much more reasonable .

 

[kmk420kali]

They can always charge $ for your jail stay , plus more fines for court time .
I had to do 10 days several years ago . Cost me $500 for jail time plus about $100 for each day in court . Borrowed the money from tony soprano cause his interest rates were much more reasonable .

Not sure where you are from, but have never heard of that in Cali-- If you take the straight jail time, you get credited an avg of $100 per day towards fines-- The only things you have to pay for, are Community Service, House Arrest, Week-Ends, and Work Release--