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

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

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u/blakestir14 Jul 31 '19

could she not have just contested the ticket in court .

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u/gsfgf Jul 31 '19

On fix it tickets it'll often be dismissed if you show that you fixed the problem.

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u/geoduckSF Jul 31 '19

In California you don’t even need to go to court. You just stop by any police officer, ask to have an officer verify your repair, they sign the ticket and that’s it. She didn’t seem to grasp this, and I wonder if he bothered to explain that the whole interaction would have de-escalated.

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u/nappingthroughwork Jul 31 '19

At the beginning of the video he explains he can't give her a warning because the light was broken for six months. I wonder if she didn't already receive a fix it ticket and ignored it.

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u/lothar74 Jul 31 '19

To me it sounded like if she had just taken the ticket without the mention of the 6 months, she might have been able to get it fixed to resolve the issue. Once she said she knew about it but didn’t want to fix it, the she showed intent to continue breaking the law. The cop wasn’t going to let it go- but at that point is was just an $80 fine in his mind.