Dont ask me what happened, but I got $18 back from SF for a ticket I paid
a few months ago.
I wrote a check for exactly what the kind lady on the phone said..and
mailed it that day.
Bout 2 months later..$18 came back in the mail.
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Giles Douglas wrote:
> Yes, er, urban myth. All you can do with this method is get extra time to
> pay for the ticket (and extra time before the points appear on your
> record).
>
> California doesn't send you a refund check - they send the check back and
> you have to send it in again with the right amount. You do get extra time
> to pay - but you still have to pay.
>
> I know by experience (I accidentally wrote the wrong check amount once - I
> paid the fine and the administrative fee or something. I was trying to get
> into traffic school at the time).
>
> Your best current bet is actually just to go to traffic school every time
> you get the ticket. According to some interpretations of the current law,
> you'll still get the points on your public (ie insurance) record, but they
> don't count against you for loosing your license.
>
> But anyway, 2 more months and then its 18 since I last got a speeding
> ticket..... (we'll forget the "noisy exhaust" and "no front plate" ones,
> they don't count ;-)
>
> Giles
>
> On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Barry Spencer wrote:
>
> > >From: Ambzmaster@aol.com
> > >Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 20:27:42 EST
> > >Subject: Traffic tickets
> > >To: mastercamper98@yahoo.com
> > >X-Mailer: 6.0 sub 10506
> > >
> > >Subject: traffic ticket
> > > >
> > > > Just thought I would share this
> > > > with you:
> > > >
> > > > As you now, I work in the ticket
> > > > enforcement division and in
> > > > the course of my investigation into
> > > > "fines, their
> > > > payment methods, and how points are
> > > > assessed against
> > > > drivers licenses" we discovered
> > > > something very interesting.
> > > >
> > > > If You Get A Traffic Ticket, (This
> > > > has been tried
> > > > and it works..... I tried to send
> > > > this to everyone I
> > > > know. I know that for a fact this
> > > > works so if you ever
> > > > get in this situation, you have an
> > > > out
> > > > We discovered that this procedure
> > > > works in every
> > > > state. Read it and try it, you have
> > > > nothing to lose
> > > > but the points on your license.
> > > >
> > > > This is how it works:
> > > >
> > > > If you get a speeding ticket or
> > > > went through a
> > > > red light or whatever the case may
> > > > be, and you are
> > > > going to get points on your
> > > > license, then there is a
> > > > method to ensure that you DO NOT
> > > > get any points.
> > > > When you get your fine, send in the
> > > > check to pay
> > > > for it and if the fine is say, $79,
> > > > then make the
> > > > check out for $82 or some small
> > > > amount over the
> > > > fine. The system will then have to
> > > > send you back
> > > > a check for the difference,
> > > > but here is the trick!
> > > > ***DO NOT CASH THE REFUND CHECK!!!***
> > > >
> > > > Throw it away!! Points are not
> > > > assessed to your
> > > > license until all financial
> > > > transactions are complete.
> > > > If you do not cash the check, then
> > > > the transactions are
> > > > NOT complete. However, the system
> > > > has gotten its money
> > > > and is happy and will not bother
> > > > you any more.
> > > > This information came to our
> > > > attention from a very
> > > > reliable computer company that sets
> > > > up the standard
> > > > database used by each states' DMV.
> > > > Good luck and share this with all
> > > > your friends
> > > > and other family members, as
> > > > well!!!
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