Law student in the house?

If you got them in Sweden I could help, heh.

im not a law student but I am curious what fines these are? Open discussion?

Are they traffic tickets, or something else? Minor in possession something like that?

Most often, fighting a ticket costs more than paying it, and most often you lose anyway. If they are 'non-criminal' then your word against a police officer's word means you lose. As a civil matter, the burden of proof is lower. I'll give you a for instance. I was given a citation while parked in my assigned spot (not a parking ticket, it's a long story), the ticket was in error, and I talked to the officer about it and he agreed, but . . . I had to go to a hearing to dispute it, lost 1/2 a day's pay, only to find that if I wanted to dispute the ticket I would have to come to another hearing, or I could 'mitigate' it there and then (likely get the fine reduced but not eliminated) without arguing guilt. With the half day's pay loss and even with the reduction, it cost me slightly more to 'fight it'.

Pay the fines and move on.

Most often fighting a ticket for a minor traffic violation is worth it actually assuming you don't get an attorney. Just show up to your court date and more often then not they will atleast reduce the points.

I got 3 tickets one is for an out headlight which i can get that dropped cause i can just fix it. the other ticket i got was for no seat belt but on the ticket it says "Def operated said veh with use of required restaint system" which means to mean i was wearing it correct?(even though i wasnt) and on all of the tickets it said my car was a sdn which is a 4 dr car and i have a 2dr coupe are these worth fighting or just pay the fines?

Seems like a lot of screw up on thier part...

I heard a rumor that if anything is wrong on your ticket it can be thrown out
you might wanna check into that
where are u at? that's important too

On June 26 2009 12:25 Cooper83 wrote: Most often fighting a ticket for a minor traffic violation is worth it actually assuming you don't get an attorney. Just show up to your court date and more often then not they will atleast reduce the points.

this assumes you don't have a job, or at least one that doesn't pay well. If you are an hourly worker in the $20+ range you will lose enough pay to make it not worth the hassle.

On June 26 2009 15:32 ToTehEastSide wrote: I heard a rumor that if anything is wrong on your ticket it can be thrown out you might wanna check into that where are u at? that's important too

Im in the good ol common wealth of PA cops are just dicks around here cause they arent like real cops just like meter maids and it pisses them off that they dont handle any real action