[losangeles_55]

A couple months back i got a seatbelt ticket. The fine came out to $94 and i did not pay it cuz i was not working and simply did not have $94 to pay it. Now i get a letter that i have a Fail to Appear in court. And now thay want me to pay $700 or they will suspend my license. Do u really think they will suspend my license over 1 seatbelt ticket? I have no prior offenses what so ever. This is my first ticket. They also said that if I dont pay the 700 then it will go into collections. How should I go about handling this?? Cuz i dont have $700 to pay. Could I do community service or something like that?? Please lety me know.

[Medpatient]

Originally Posted by losangeles_55

A couple months back i got a seatbelt ticket. The fine came out to $94 and i did not pay it cuz i was not working and simply did not have $94 to pay it. Now i get a letter that i have a Fail to Appear in court. And now thay want me to pay $700 or they will suspend my license. Do u really think they will suspend my license over 1 seatbelt ticket? I have no prior offenses what so ever. This is my first ticket. They also said that if I dont pay the 700 then it will go into collections. How should I go about handling this?? Cuz i dont have $700 to pay. Could I do community service or something like that?? Please lety me know.

well of course they can and will suspend your liscense if you do not pay. As to community service I really dont know that is something that you will have to ask the judge, but because you got a failure to appear I do not know how lenient the judge will be on you.

[Au_Hunter]

Wish I had knowledge of this subject, but much has changed since I allowed a ticket to go to an arrest warrant...

I spent a weekend in L.A. county jail over that choice...

After being bussed to the court house, I pled guilty and was sentenced to "time served"...

Last I knew a failure to appear became a bench warrant for arrest, but that was some 30 + years back...

The lesson was valued enough that I never repeated that mistake... Never had another ticket.

[o0stonedagain0o]

It’s all a money makin scheme. When they pull you over they will impound your car for 30 days, give you another ticket for drivin w/o a license.
The penalty for that is a suspended license for a year.
Then its $40 a day at the sheriff’s brothers tow yard to store your car for a month.
$40 x 30day + Misc fees = like $100,000

It’s best not to get on the wrong side of the law, or you become their slave or a criminal.