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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by Paul Milenkovic</i> <br /><br />OK, suppose you get a photo in the mail along with a summons. The story I hear is that unless the powers that be get your signature or get you to post bond, they don't have much to stand on if you just plain ignore the whole thing. Maybe they could impound your car, but they don't have a basis to take you into custody. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Actually they do, the Ticket you get in the mail is actually a Court summonings, "You are hear-by Ordered to appear in court on X Day in reguards to your vehicle, license Number YYY involved in a moving violation. failure to appear and defend this charge will be interpretted that you do not dispute these charges and will result in a warrent being issued for your arrest and/or a leavy being applied to youir vehicle title." <br /> <br />This is basically what the letter you recieve states, the vehicles owner is ordered to show up in court and defend the charge against him, failure to show means he accepts the ticket as truthful and depending on how many violations the person has, may result in a variety of actions based on the state laws in place. Some states will arrest you for it, others will charge you the ammount of the ticket plus court costs, still others will apply a lean against your vehicles title, and soem use a combination of solutions. Now you could send the ammount of the traffic fine before the court date and not have any hassle, or waste a day in court arguing against a pretty good witness that you didn't run a red light. Most states hold the vehicle owner responsible for camera tickets, but soem do take the driver into consideration as well, thus the reason for the front and rear camera shots.
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