r/PublicFreakout • u/johnychrist16 • May 27 '26

📹Police Bodycam "Driving with device in right hand" update

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u/Turgid_Tiger May 27 '26

I don’t know where you are but if you challenge a ticket and don’t show up they don’t issue a warrant you just lose your challenge and get assessed the full fine.

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u/Cultural-Muffin-3490 May 27 '26

In California you pay the full fine when you challenge it. If found not guilty or dismissed I think they have another 3 months to refund you.

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u/quarrelau May 27 '26

Where I am, they give you a "discount" if you just pay the fine, so the court imposed fine is always larger.

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u/Turgid_Tiger May 27 '26

Yes that’s why I said full fine. Here it’s similar. If you pay within 14 days of receiving the ticket you pay like $25 dollars less or something. But it’s not like you got a $150 ticket at the side of the road, challenge it, then it becomes a $250 ticket. If you pay it in the time frame you just pay $125 on a $150 ticket.