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12-03-2007, 10:12 PM
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| | | Photo red Light
What is the name of your state? Washington
Ticket in the mail for running a red light...not certified mail...what are my options? |
12-03-2007, 10:53 PM
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| | | pay it.
wait to see if you get served in person.
wait for it to be dismissed.
wait to have your tags suspended and your registration not renewed and your fine turned over to a collection agency.
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[url]http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/306073_redlight05.html[/url] |
12-04-2007, 12:40 AM
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| | | Do they need a clear picture of my face? |
12-04-2007, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by wrightflyer  Do they need a clear picture of my face? | The issuers of the ticket don't care about who was driving the car, all they need is proof (which the picture provides) that a vehicle did commit an infraction. As the registered owner, you are liable for that ticket.
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12-04-2007, 11:20 AM
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| | | Now I see what all the fuss is about photo enforcement...if someone were to steal my car and use it in a drive-by shooting I would still be held liable?
I dont remember running it but I guess I'll just have to bite the bullet and pay it. |
12-04-2007, 01:30 PM
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| | | well hopefully if someone stole your car you would file a police report reporting it stolen.
do you remember loaning your car out? if so, pay the ticket, and tell your friend to pay you back. |
12-04-2007, 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by racer72 The issuers of the ticket don't care about who was driving the car, all they need is proof (which the picture provides) that a vehicle did commit an infraction. As the registered owner, you are liable for that ticket. | actually, I don't believe that is true. They must in fact be able to identify you. Cars don't commit infractions, people do. |
12-04-2007, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by VeronicaLodge well hopefully if someone stole your car you would file a police report reporting it stolen.
do you remember loaning your car out? if so, pay the ticket, and tell your friend to pay you back. | I wouldn't suggest this to anyone. After all it would be HIS driving record that was assessed with the points attached to that infraction. |
12-04-2007, 07:27 PM
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| | | O.K. this is pretty much what I'm finding on the internet...some saying they need a clear picture of your face and some saying they do not.
How about the theory that a ticket in the mail is not a "real" ticket and that you have not been officailly notified until you have been served with an official summons?
Then all you have to do is avoid the processor. |
12-04-2007, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by wrightflyer O.K. this is pretty much what I'm finding on the internet...some saying they need a clear picture of your face and some saying they do not.
How about the theory that a ticket in the mail is not a "real" ticket and that you have not been officailly notified until you have been served with an official summons?
Then all you have to do is avoid the processor. | Nope - that won't work.
Concentrate on the facts. Did you run the red light? Are you identifiable in the picture?
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12-04-2007, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by wrightflyer O.K. this is pretty much what I'm finding on the internet...some saying they need a clear picture of your face and some saying they do not.
How about the theory that a ticket in the mail is not a "real" ticket and that you have not been officailly notified until you have been served with an official summons?
Then all you have to do is avoid the processor. | In my state that works, the avoidance of an in person service. After a period of time, the citations are merely dismissed.
It appears however, that WA turns the nonpayors over to a collection agency and suspends their registration. which is not a good thing. Doesn't it give you a date and a place that it happened? were you there then? I personally wouldn't pay it, just to see what happened, but then again, I am a rebel, oh and I live in a state where that works.
and No, I have never gotten one. not myself. . . . but I do know lots of others who have. |
12-05-2007, 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by fairisfair oh and I live in a state where that works. | Are you one of us AZ homeboys? 
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