Can the popo mail you a speeding ticket??

[cphilip]

in cases where you get zapped by a speed camera and get a ticket in the mail, or where there are two cops used (one in the plane that radios down to the ground unit) you have the leagal right to cross examine your accusers. In the case where it is a camera, you have the right to question....the camera. If the prosecuter doesn't have the camera present for you to question....should be able to get the case tossed. Same thing for the plan trick, you have the right to question the pilot, but more often then not they are not at court....only the ground unit officer.

No... you have a right to challenge it as accurate evidence. Unrefuted its overwelming. About all you can do is try and challege its accuracy due to calibration records. Whomever writes the ticket is the only person that has to be present and you can challenge it through him. Its traffic court not a Perry Mason episode. Its a citation not a Murder.

[oldsoldier]

How do you know he was a cop? Alternating your highbeams and emergency lights, can look like a cop. Or, it couldve been FD (near me, the FD all have emergency lights either in their grill on or their dashes). I seriously wouldnt worry about it. You get a ticket, no biggie. Pay it, fight it, get on with it.

[scarpa43]

Unless the picture mailed to you can clearly ID you as the driver of the car, fight the ticket.
A vehicle cannot break a law a person has to, and unless they can prove that you were the person driving it, they do not have a leg to stand on.

I have heard that the reason for photo tickets mailed to the house is that it is an easy source of income. The police know that a certain percentage of people will just write the check to make it go away and all they had to do was set up a camera and mail a letter.

[oldsoldier]

Unless the car was stolen, they dont need a pic of your face. You are the insurer...you are responsible. Try to fight it on the "it wasnt me" theory will prolly enflame the judge, and incur fines.

[cphilip]

How do you know he was a cop? Alternating your highbeams and emergency lights, can look like a cop. Or, it couldve been FD (near me, the FD all have emergency lights either in their grill on or their dashes). I seriously wouldnt worry about it. You get a ticket, no biggie. Pay it, fight it, get on with it.

Your not required to respond to that either. Too many imposters have used that to commit assaults and carjackings. If he was to follow you doing that then drive to a police station before stopping.

[DementedChild]

Apparently... "I swear officer, I was just passing!!" *gulp*

you better hope you werent passing a school bus, let alone a fine you just put kids lives in danger my friend did that and the cops nailed with a 150 speeding 300 endangering lives, he lost his license for 3 months

[PyRo]

Hmm, I thought you were allowed to pass a school bus so long as the red lights wern't one.
So if my friend is driving my car and gets pulled over for speeding, I get the ticket?

[BobTheCow]

Pyro, I'm sure you can pass a school bus the same way you can pass any vehicle, assuming you remain within the speed limit (yay!) and they don't have the stop sign out and/or the red lights blinking.

[edweird]

They cant mail it if they dont have my current address...

well I guess they can mail it to my old one then citation me for not updating my address on my drivers license within 10 days :P

[taylor492]

A friend of mine got a ticket in the mail for running a red light. It had a picture of him and the amount of the fine. So he xeroxed a picture of the money and sent it back in

...He got in even more trouble for that stunt

[BobTheCow]

A friend of mine got a ticket in the mail for running a red light. It had a picture of him and the amount of the fine. So he xeroxed a picture of the money and sent it back in

...He got in even more trouble for that stunt

LOL that's hilarious, I've heard jokes like that before. That's all automated though, with a fixed camera and everything, so kind of different.

[scarpa43]

A friend of mine got a ticket in the mail for running a red light. It had a picture of him and the amount of the fine. So he xeroxed a picture of the money and sent it back in

I have heard of that too, someone sending in a picture of money and in return the police sent him a picture of handcuffs

[GreasyPigeon]

same here

I have heard of that too, someone sending in a picture of money and in return the police sent him a picture of handcuffs

i saw that on some other site...pretty funnny..but cops will ride your butt to make you speed then BAM.."sorry officer..i don't know i was speending..." then you say "hey your a public servent get me a glass of water i am in a hurry"...I like cops but i hate Marshels..thoses guys are power hunger

[mobius]

I'm not sure how it is elsewhere, but in Arizona, they have both red light cameras (at trouble intersections) and speed cameras. If you're caught by one of these automated systems, it records the deed (red light, speed, whatever), and takes a picture, then sends it to your address. If you contest the ticket, claiming it wasn't you, you need to provide a signed affidavit stating who was driving your car. That person will then get cited. If you cannot reasonably prove it wasn't you, then you will be cited. If you ignore the ticket ("I never received it in the mail") they will eventually serve it to you in person.