I hate the government.

I understand that speeding is not a very smart risk to take, but does that minor infraction equal $225? Fuck no it doesn't. That's my whole point of this thread. Money rules everything and corrupts everyone. Fuck that.

Is it 225 before or after court costs? If that's before then that blows balls. If not, court costs are always expensive.

$225 period. I'm not going to court to fight this. It is made very clear on the ticket that taking this to court will often result in more fines. Which is fucking retarded if you ask me.

Your speeding ticket was probably ~$120 and the expired plates $105. I don't think they randomly add court fees, at least not in the midwest.

My speeding ticket was $150 and the expired plates were $75. And no there are no court fees.

They're just trying to scare you. Often taking it to court will result in the lazy officer not showing and the case dropped.

Well what if he does show up? Am I supposed to plead not guilty? Then it's just his word vs. mine.

Oh the hilarity of the American government just keeps going...Another way for countries to hate/make fun of us.

I was playing Halo 3 on XBL last night and this British guy was ripping Americans the whole game. He wasn't even playing really, just going off on all of us Americans. He kept calling me a muppet because I was making fun of British people, too. I was pissing him off, it was great. But he was like "There are so many people out in the world that would give up their own lives just to murder a couple of you muppets." I mean, that's somewhat true, but don't stereotype on a national scale like that.

If he does show up, then you're probably screwed. I'm just saying that they're trying to scare you because they make more money that way. More cases over tickets=less tickets paid=less money. In fact, if everyone started taking their tickets to court they'd make a lot less because the officers would have to spend a large part of their time in court instead of on the road writing more tickets or let them all slide.