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[Brett Dikeman]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:

> MA might be different, but in PA, traffic tickets are technically a criminal matter-

MA *loves* to be different :)

https://www.mass.gov/secure/rmv/express/images/citation.gif

There are two small checkboxes on a MA Chapter 90 uniform citation;
one is criminal, the other is civil.  If criminal is checked, you have
a court date in a few days.

Since a criminal case requires a higher burden of proof, you have to
do something really stupid or dangerous to 'earn' a criminal
application; they're going for best-chance-of-punishment.  Here's an
example of that playing out, though involving a bit more than just
speeding, yadda yadda.  This isn't intended as a direct comparison.

http://www.masscops.com/forums/law-review/64302-operating-endanger-breach-peace.html

Brett