Might have to wait on my new toy ...

[ggiese]

Appeal it !!!

You may just beat it. You have a 50/50 shot here on winning.

Plead not guilty and ask for a trial. They will make you a lower offer. Basically your not late until 7mins after the time your to clock into work.

when you get fines in the states, do you have to pay up front? I hae heard of people fetting hit with a $50 fine, and having to pul out the wallet and pey there an then, or 'go down town'

Here in Oz, we get a bit of paper, have 22 days to pay, then you get another 22 days to pay. My wife must be seeing how long this can go on for. Its ben a few months, and no reminder. Oh well, its not my licence. Guess I might get to do all the driving of the Buck

That being said, it doesn't hurt to go to court and contest it. Sometimes they let you plea to a local ordnance which at least saves you points. Plus, if you decide to contest and the officer doesn't show (sick, retired, etc) then you walk out home free.

In Texas, we can take Defensive Driving to erase a ticket from our record. You can do it once every 12 months. So even when I get a ticket every 3-4 years, I just take DD.

Great advice - except it doesn't do Chris a bit of good. Every jurisdiction is different. And some judges (depending on locality) are even miffed if you "contest it" and were guilty. You could be setting poor Chris up to weekends at hard labor (speaking of which, the wifey just woke up and I gotta go...)

I'm sure Chris has enough of a network in MS to get a handle on what he needs to do...

I pays even more to find out where the local PD likes to hang out and go make friends.

That's the best advice yet!!!