Why should you always fight your traffic ticket?
You have the right to a vigorous defense against any criminal charge. and that is a traffic ticket: it is an accusation of a criminal violation. it is your right to a full and vigorous defense against any criminal charge. you should exercise that right vigorously and without compromise and should not feel guilty about doing so.
The law allows you to contest any traffic violation by mail. You may appear by mail through a written plea of not guilty pursuant to California Vehicle Code 40519(b). At your guilty plea you can request a trial by written declaration pursuant to CVC 40902. This way you can contest your citation without appearing at all and, for the reasons already discussed, you will have a better chance of winning than at trial. In addition, if you lose your trial by declaration, you have 20 days to request a trial de novo (new trial) under CVC 40902(d). then you can appear in court for the first time for a second chance to win.
Why doesn’t the court inform each defendant of their legal right to appear in court by mail (written plea of not guilty), contest by mail (trial by written plea), and have a new trial (trial de novo ) if they are not happy with the outcome of the first trial? money. most courtesy notices make little or no mention of these rights. Many California traffic court courtesy notices begin, “To avoid the inconvenience and long lines associated with a court appearance…pay the bail amount listed above.” the justice system uses its own bureaucratic inefficiency to dissuade you from seeking justice. nice.
if they even mention the possibility of contesting a citation, they also mention that this usually requires two court appearances, one to plead not guilty and the second for the actual trial. if you appear in person to plead not guilty, most courts will have you plead last, which will inconvenience you the most. he will then ask you to return to court for a trial. the two days of pay missed for these two separate appearances adds up to more than the traffic ticket for most people. That’s why less than 1% of cited motorists bother to contest their citation. Ignorant of their legal rights, confused and intimidated by the courts and police, 99% of ticketed Californians simply pay up.
California’s traffic justice system extorts over a billion dollars a year from Californians by keeping us ignorant of our rights. they confuse and intimidate us with a confusing “courtesy” notice mentioning license suspension and jail time as possibilities (these are only possibilities for those who ignore the citation altogether). Courts also benefit from the inherent respect most people have for the police that prevents them from questioning the officers’ often arbitrary decision to issue a citation.
California traffic courts use courthouse formality to further intimidate those brave enough to come forward, scaring them into pleading guilty or accepting an assignment to attend traffic school. the court forces most of the defendants, too busy or too intimidated to appear, to give up without a fight: we collapse like an ikea cabinet and meekly send protection money hoping these thugs will leave us alone. By upholding this proctology fraud, California traffic courts make a small fortune for state, county, and local governments. al capone would be proud.
the court has done everything possible to dissuade you from contesting your ticket. my site is designed to expose the not so scary wizard of oz that hides behind the trappings and formality of the law. he can contest his ticket by mail without a single court appearance. you can win your case with a single letter. can exercise his right as a citizen to be heard. state-sponsored auto tax through wrongful citation can be exceeded.
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