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Old 08-24-2024, 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mazbarth View Post
I had an experience that I'm curious if anyone else has had and wonder what you did about it?

I was pulled over by a traffic cop in Fruitland Park on 441, just after pulling off of 466a. The speed limit was 35mph and I was going 38, according to the cop.
It was also near a school zone, but there were no children, cars, buses or other signs of life near the school at the time I went through there (I remember it was after 3pm). There was a sign that said slow to 20mph when flashing, which it was NOT doing when I went by.
The ticket to pay it off would have been just over $400, plus "points.".

Because I was going to be out-of-the-country at the time of the hearing, I hired a rep from "Ticket Clinic" to protest for me, which they did for $99.

Imagine my surprise when shortly after the court date, I got the letter saying the attorney was able to get a "withheld adjudication" but now I owe almost $300 for "court costs!" Yep, the same courts that get our tax dollars every year!

This is in contrast to my partner's ticket this summer while we were in MD for a few months. He was driving when a speed cam caught him doing 15 mph over the limit. His ticket price.... $40, all via the mail.
There was just no fairness to this & I was stunned by it all!

Something is very weird about this inequity. It seems to me that Lake County, FL is running a real "racket!" Be forewarned when you are near that area.....
Some info is missing here because in the state a FL for a ticket to be that high you would have had to be in an active school zone or going more then 30 mph over. The highest ticket is $369 for going over 30 mph. Again something is off and I would reread your ticket guarantee you were in the school zone during active school hours and that’s why you got a ticket for going three over, which in case you’d be going 18 over. Sound like your ticket was double because going 10 over is $200 in a school zone $400. Check out the school zone active times and the time of your ticket bet you were in a school zone
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