Comments on: Court to stop suspending licenses for unpaid fines

By: The Ted----Your Leader

The Ted----Your Leader — Fri, 27 May 2016 21:34:30 +0000

In reply to SkippingDog. Oh Skipper--- That just NEVER gets old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO

By: SkippingDog

SkippingDog — Wed, 25 May 2016 22:50:15 +0000

Speaking of paying your obligations, have you paid those attorney’s fees ordered by the court for your frivolous lawsuits yet?

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Wed, 25 May 2016 19:45:32 +0000

The FTP fines are not reasonable at all, usually a flat rate of $300 no matter what the original fine was. BUT people have always had the option of doing community service, at $10 an hour, in lieu of paying the fine… so if you’re making LESS than $15/hour (less than $10 after taxes) it is better to take community service, work it off on weekends. There is no excuse for not working with the judges and courts and getting it paid off over time or by community service work.

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Wed, 25 May 2016 19:42:30 +0000

In reply to Sean. Consider that a $100 fine becomes $500 payment by the time all the fees are added in place and you have to pay in full before you can even contest the infraction. By law today the Courts in CA must give you a trial without posting bond. And in the past the policy has been similar if you could not pay the bond, you told the court and they would set trial w/o bond.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 24 May 2016 19:33:02 +0000

It’s not about exempting the poor. It’s an onerous system that charges $400 in fees for a $100 fine.

By: JimmyDeeOC

JimmyDeeOC — Tue, 24 May 2016 19:25:20 +0000

I’d normally say this is preposterous, but Sean makes a good point. The whole system is a joke……$100 tickets morph into $400 thanks do all the “fees” and “special charges” (All of which were put in place by insane left tards, of course.)

So I could see easing up a bit on the suspensions……But at some point the threat has to stay on the books. Else: anarchy.

By: Ronald

Ronald — Tue, 24 May 2016 18:11:14 +0000

Sounds like discrimination as being “poor” exempts them from adhering to the laws that everyone else must adhere.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 24 May 2016 14:39:57 +0000

When you realize that traffic citations are used to fund the local courts, the change imposed by contra costa county make sense. Consider that a $100 fine becomes $500 payment by the time all the fees are added in place and you have to pay in full before you can even contest the infraction. And then costs double and triple if you can’t pay on time, cars get impounded and people can’t work. The traffic court system is a major shake-down for low income drivers.

By: Queeg

Queeg — Tue, 24 May 2016 03:39:26 +0000

Comrades

Globalists need their service workers so there-

By: PeaceKeeper

PeaceKeeper — Mon, 23 May 2016 21:56:57 +0000

If you look at discipline across the board there are no real consequences for misbehavior. e.g. release of felons, vehicles not impounded for unlicensed drivers, lack of discipline in our schools because one group or another might be offended, lack of discipline in the home (let your child experience life, no matter what the cost or who gets hurt), so why not stop suspending licenses for unpaid fines. I have an idea, let the federal government pay the fine, as they are the ones making America a socialist country. Or a better solution, “if you can’t pay the fine, don’t do the crime”.