Traffic Law Question

[RobH4413]

I should have fucking gone to court because I got a ticket for the exact same thing.

I knew I wasn't going to get out of the ticket initially because I said "Excuse... whats the problem sir".... and she responded with "It's Maim".

Dagger.

[RobH4413]

Another sort of unrelated question.

I recently stopped driving and forgot to turn my tags in. I have an outrageous (3000$) fine for not turning them in. Is there anything I can do about this?

It seems ridiculous to charge me 3000$ for something that insignificant. I'm in college and really can't afford that BS.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by RobH4413

Another sort of unrelated question.

I recently stopped driving and forgot to turn my tags in. I have an outrageous (3000$) fine for not turning them in. Is there anything I can do about this?

It seems ridiculous to charge me 3000$ for something that insignificant. I'm in college and really can't afford that BS.

Your probably getting fined for having valid tags and not having insurance. In Va. its a $500 fine and you can go through a process to appeal the fine but not sure in MD. I have had customers who sold the car and showed proof to DMV and they let them slide. If MD allows an appeal your going to have to show that the car was either sold or not in use. The second one is tough to prove.

As for the stopping coming out of the parking lot. Its an implied law that you must stop or yeild to trafic. If you fail to do so and cause an accident you can be charged with failure to stop or something like that. Even if you do stop your its almost 100% of the time your fault.

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Your probably getting fined for having valid tags and not having insurance. In Va. its a $500 fine and you can go through a process to appeal the fine but not sure in MD. I have had customers who sold the car and showed proof to DMV and they let them slide. If MD allows an appeal your going to have to show that the car was either sold or not in use. The second one is tough to prove.

As for the stopping coming out of the parking lot. Its an implied law that you must stop or yeild to trafic. If you fail to do so and cause an accident you can be charged with failure to stop or something like that. Even if you do stop your its almost 100% of the time your fault.

does it matter if your not driving? i think up here you can get away with this, as long as your not behind the wheel

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by dmek25

does it matter if your not driving? i think up here you can get away with this, as long as your not behind the wheel

I'm going by Va. laws but I'm sure its about the same in most states and the answer to your question is no. They only look to see if you had valid tags and if you had ins. If you cannot show you have coverage then they fine you. Now you can appeal and in some cases if you can show 100% that the car was off the road they may let you off. The two cases I can think of is a customer had his car at a repair shop when his ins ran out but he got coverage back before driving the car. He used the papper work from the shop and from his insurance co. to show that when the car was parked it had no ins. but that he did have ins when he picked it up. He won his appeal. I had another customer who had his car in HIS garage working on it and let his ins run out. He had receipts to show he was working on the car but did not have a that third party to back him. In his case he lost.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by RobH4413

Another sort of unrelated question.

I recently stopped driving and forgot to turn my tags in. I have an outrageous (3000$) fine for not turning them in. Is there anything I can do about this?

It seems ridiculous to charge me 3000$ for something that insignificant. I'm in college and really can't afford that BS.

holy shit

go to court, apologize profusely

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

holy shit

go to court, apologize profusely

I'm betting that is a DMV fine for not having ins. while stll having valid tags and its not a court issue.