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[pacmania_2001]

No idea, I was keeping up with traffic that day.

[Doramius]

I still suggest dressing sharply and showing up for court. Judges anywhere tend to be lenient when people are presentable and act respectable at a court room. I had to dispute something in Canada once and they let me off for that reason. I was charged $14 for driving through a toll lane. Apparently there is no physical person to collect the toll, just a camera. The camera is supposed to be high resolution, but they couldn't tell the difference between a 5 & S on the license plate. I drove a Silver Mercury Sable, and the real guy they pinged was in a Silver Ford Taurus of the same year. License plates identical except I had 2 5s and he had 2 Ss. I would say that is an EXTREMELY rare occurance, but I got tons of letters saying it was my car and that they were going to file all sorts of things against me if I didn't pay the fine. I used to visit Canada all the time when I was in upstate NY, but the day the toll was recorded, I was on vacation in Washington DC. I had to provide a Hotel receipt which had my license plate number on it.

[Capmaster]

I used to visit Canada all the time when I was in upstate NY, but the day the toll was recorded, I was on vacation in Washington DC. I had to provide a Hotel receipt which had my license plate number on it.

Sounds like you got off because you were innocent, and not just because you were a "Dapper Dan" that day

[BJ_M]

on the 407 ? i'm really supprised they even bothered you as they dont bill out of prov. cars ussually ....

[VideoTechMan]

Unless you're looking at a reckless driving speeding charge or the current charge will result in your license being suspended (too many points) then I recommend that you just pay the fine. In general, judges are very reluncant to rule against their police officers. If on the other hand you really need to fight this (e.g., for reason(s) stated above) I'd suggest getting a lawyer or at least talking to one. Anyway ... this is just my opinion ... Good Luck

If you're a commercial truck driver, paying the fine is not an option....most truckers usually have a legal plan and lawyer experienced in the trucking industry to fight tickets should you be issued one. Because of the fact that a person holding a CDL have so much more at stake than regular drivers, we have to protect our license at all costs, and that means fighting every ticket they get. Of course alot of cops and DOT love to trap truck drivers though .

VTM

[JohnnyCNote]

I see a lot of truck drivers that need to be ticketed. Plenty are safe and responsible drivers, but there's a sizable portion who are not.....

[Doramius]

My older brother has a CDL license. He thinks there are a ton of people who have them that shouldn't. Here in Vegas, the I-15 going by the strip is 5-6 lanes wide at times. once in a while during heavy traffic, you see Trac-trail in the far left lane. If there are more than 2 lanes of through traffic, a truck has no business being further than the 3rd lane at the most. I watched a truck pass a car on the left, and pull hard right to take an exit, and drive over the front of the car and lose it's trailer up the ramp. The guy in the car managed to be okay. The truck driver misjudged how far ahead he was. The truck was behind the car initially too. Why did he need to pass to catch the exit? It was also lucky the trailer was empty.