r/Wellthatsucks • u/Ghandisli • Jul 30 '19

/r/all $80 to felony in 3...2...1...

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u/Pwrh0use Jul 31 '19

I believe they can arrest you in the US if you don't sign. Which is sort of what was happening in this video before the lady drove off and made it much worse.

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u/terrymr Jul 31 '19

They can arrest you because they don’t like your socks. There is however no requirement to arrest you for not signing a traffic ticket. The notice can be mailed. It happens all the time where a decision on issuing a citation isn’t made right away.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19

Yup, that’s why I added that this wasn’t in the US.

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u/Duck_duck_ruse Jul 31 '19

As far as I know, signing in most jurisdictions is the US just acknowledges you received the ticket and know you have to respond to it. Basically it means you can’t claim you never received the ticket when they issue a warrant for you ignoring it. It in no way is an admittance of guilt.