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[djdawson2 at aol.com]

 And many state's maximum penalty *can* include jail time... therefore, not civil.


 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
To: Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com>
Cc: djdawson2 at aol.com; s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 2:36 pm
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Tagged









Brett-
MA might be different, but in PA, traffic tickets are technically a criminal matter- they are heard
initially before a magistrate, but if you appeal the finding, you go to Common Pleas and deal with a
district attorney, who would not be present in a civil case, unless it involved the Commonwealth in a

non-criminal matter, in which case it would be handled in Commonwealth Court.

I know that Lee is talking about MA, but we don't all live in the same Commonwealth.

Taka




On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 12:00 PM, Brett Dikeman <brett.dikeman at gmail.com> wrote:


On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:45 PM, ?<djdawson2 at aol.com> wrote:



> ?Ah... our traffic "justice" system.? Guilty until proven innocent.



More like, "ahhh, our civil law system." ?http://www.rbs2.com/cc.htm



What I've never really understood is why speeding equates to a "loss"

by the plaintiff.



Brett