Just give them time, before you know it, they will have little handheld
tablets similar to what ups has with a card swiper on it linked to
satellite in the car .
You know, since they're going to run it like a business anyway, they
could at least give stamps :-) That would at least take some of the pain
out of it.
-------------Robert
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I had joked right afterwards that the next thing they would come up with
would be a credit card machine you could use to pay right there in the
cop car.
Robert & Tara Ludwick wrote:
The driving record is what really sucks these days about getting a bogus
ticket.
I drove a semi for years and in most of the country, so long as you paid
the ticket , it didn';t go on your record, but if you fought it, win or
loose, it would show up. That little system kept the kangaroo courts of
the country in fat buisness for years, usually the town got a small bit
and the cop and the JP split the rest. I know at one point i think I
bought a steak dinner for every cop in east texas ( never once was I
actually speeding when pulled over, but in that line of work, you just
accepted it as a cost of doing buisness , it's pretty funny,the cops
carry a glove box full of blank Comchecks and other money transfer
checks so you can pay them right in the car. Had one in Arkansas even
had the nerve to show me how he rigged the rader to read whatever he
wanted..while I was filling out the check)
But now days with the computers everything shows up on a record and can
effect not only insurance rates but things as crazy as employability.
You might want to consider a trip to Jeff city , not to fight it ( that
just get's them mad when you try to mess with their money ) but in many
areas if you do go to court and beg , they won't put it on your record
if you pay on the spot. ( that's funny, if they get their money right
away, you are a good driver, but it they have to wait for their money,
you are a bad driver and a public safety hazard and should be penilized
by your insurance co with years of increased rates, and your driving
record should have a mark on it putting you that much closer to having
your license taken away, because people who don't pay right away should
not be allowed on the road )
---------Robert
