[s-cars] NAC- New Jersey Tickets

[Bruce Mendel]

If it were points or insurance rates, I'd say contest it as it's more than
just the $220 fine involved.

But if you're positive it's fine only, unless you really like to grind an
axe, pay the fine and be done with it. First, in NJ, mistakes like the ones
you describe are not grounds for dismissing the ticket in local court (well,
they are, but it'll NEVER happen). Second, you will 150% without a doubt
lose the case in local court, where you are guilty until proven innocent.

So you have three chances to "win". Cop does not show in local court, which
is possible but not likely. You meet with local court prosecutor before the
case and get it changed to non-moving violation, like disobeying traffic
device or whatever name NJ came up with for the charge that costs a lot of
money but has no points (unsafe driving I think, I'd have to go look at my
last three tickets). But since points are not an issue you say, no reason to
do that. Or you win on appeal due to errors by cop. But to appeal, you need
transcript ($), post a bond ($), pay court costs ($),etc. It'll cost you
more than the ticket fine to win on appeal.

So again, if you want to grind the axe, you have a shot at winning, but
there is no financial benefit. Maybe please not guilty, go to try and work
deal with prosecutor and hope cop no shows, then just change to guilty if
not. But then you have to pay court costs too.

B
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Levitt" <lee at wheelman.com>
To: "Ian Duff" <iduff at comcast.net>; "Taka Mizutani" <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
Cc: "//Scar //Scar list" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC- New Jersey Tickets


> Taka,
>
> You should contest it. The ticket is faulty and you can call it
> into evidence. Do not tell the court ahead of time that anything
> is amiss.
>
> You should also get the advice of a good ticket lawyer before you
> do anything.
>
> This happened to me once and rather than spend 6 hours driving
> back to northern NY to contest the faulty ticket I just paid the
> $50 (it was a long time ago).
>
> If you've got the time, it may well be worth it. Again, check with
> a lawyer.
>
> Lee
>
>
> On Tue Jul 10 17:35:32 PDT 2007, Ian Duff <iduff at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > If you have the option of mailing it back to request a hearing to
> >  contest it, that might not be a bad idea.
> >
> > Do they have any of your unique identifier info correct, such as
> > SSN  or driver's license number? If they have everything wrong,
> > they'll  send the hearing notice to the wrong person at the wrong
> > address,  with no way to figure it out, and you're only out one
> > stamp.
> >
> > If they have something correct to identify you, but have the
> > wrong  name and address, they'll send the hearing notice to the
> > wrong person  at the wrong address, then when you default,
> > they'll send that notice  of default to your state (perhaps). If
> > it makes it to your state, and  your state takes action (like
> > revoking your license within a short  number of days unless you
> > fix the problem in the other state), you  should be able to
> > successfully fight it based on the bad info.  Fighting this
> > depends on whether the ticket will show up on your  insurance,
> > how pissed off you are, and how much you value your time.
> >
> > I had the second scenario happen while living in MA, from a
> > ticket in  RI. It took me a few phone calls, and a bunch of
> > effort over a couple  of days, but I won in the end. Good luck
> > whatever your choose to do!
> >
> > -Ian Duff.
> >
> > On 10 Jul, 2007, at 18:45, Taka Mizutani wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone tell me whether or not this is worth fighting:
> >>
> >> I got a traffic ticket, speeding with laser as the timing
> >> device. I  clearly
> >> told the trooper that my current address was on the correction
> >> card, but he
> >> put the old address down. The license plate number is transposed
> >>  and my name
> >> is misspelled.
> >>
> >> I don't think these are necessarily fatal errors, but if anyone
> >> has
> >> experience with this kind of thing, it would help.
> >>
> >> Since this is out of state, it carries no points for me- just a
> >> $220 fine.
> >>
> >> What would you do?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Taka
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