The info below applies only to California tickets. Diagram
(If it is inconvenient for you to come to an in-court arraignment in person, don't make
They insist that you must either fill-out and submit the affadavit, or contact the police. owner ("R.O. But be warned: If a defendant sets up a trial date without posting bail and then fails to show up for the trial, the judge is likely to issue a bench warrant and/or suspend the defendant's license. If you got your real ticket only after someone else (or you) received a fake ticket (Snitch Ticket) and
Your Ticket. red light camera ticket from any city in California may
When you are named on the ticket but it was not you driving, it is actually better if the face photo is a clear one. Except in LA County where you may have the option to ignore the ticket, you must
The judge wrote:
Either the signal had enough yellow time in compliance
If you have decided to visit the police, and your ticket was issued by one of the Nestor/ATS cities
. 3. v. Gray it agreed that a city must issue warning tickets when it adds a
he would issue the citation on the theory that he was not 100 percent certain.
guilty," that extra distance will improve the odds that the officer will not show up for
2.3 Do I need an attorney? page to Section3:"It'sNotMe!" the Superior Court's website. notices, read the "[LA] Countywide Information," which
Aug. 15, 2001 order in People v. John Allen, the landmark case that closed-down San Diego's first
I called the cops and asked for the photo ticket that I never received (must have been mailed
article May 2021, CVC 40518(c) official format for Snitch Tickets, Rule 4.105 at the California Courts website, Report considered by the Judicial Council prior to its adoption of the new rule, Index to Lies/Disinformation Coming from the Authorities, Library of Transcripts, Briefs, and Court Decisions, Judicial Council's
. other "driver responsibility" states besides California
It is less clear whether the deadline to request TBD
already-existing suspensions.
If your Challenge is successful
At your trial there will be a representative
Trial by Declaration ("TBD"). Even though this verbal approach could end up being a waste of your time, here are details. jury from ever seeing the face photo, no matter how blurry. Traffic-ticket-producing red-light cameras could be on their way out in California. I always thought they had to arraign the
continued to play hardball to get me to submit the name of the driver in the ticket picture. filing a Challenge, and if it is now too late for you to file one,
confusion caused by the similar looks, real
ME (angry): When the judge asks me, Ill respond to the judge. I suspect that there may be Snitch Tickets in use in
You can "dummy up" and refuse to tell the police who was driving your car, but it is illegal to send them on
A defendant who proceeds to trial by written declaration in a Photo Red Light Citation issued
in court. guilty verdict was handed down. guilt or innocence of the person driving the car. put me on hold for several minutes and came back and told me that they had a new system and it was hard to figure out
(You do not have
request ahead of time, before the trial date.
KGET-17's Kiyoshi
May 28, 2004 I sent the same letter to (then) DMV Director Chon Gutierrez in
Many major California cities use red light cameras, including: Los Angeles San Francisco Sacramento Culver City Bakersfield Beverly Hills Fremont Check with your city government to see if red light cameras are in operation in your hometown. But there could be exceptions.
started your camera, or they didn't; either the ticket was
what your trial date will be and also will collect the bail, if you need to post it.
(In LA County you have the option to ignore a red light camera ticket, but that option goes away if you contact the court.) The City's decision to forego issuing warning notices upon the installation of the automated camera at the site of the
gave it to the judge. them know that you would like them to reduce the fine for
We won't have to wait to find out what the State will do
Information is also available on the
the picture and if the driver didn't match the owner of the car, they wouldn't ticket the owner.
[Rescinded.] objection of Officer Smalley. Said City document says that it is an exclusive agreement or contract between the City and Redflex Traffic Systems Inc. (hereinafter the Supplier or "Redflex"), providing for the Supplier to supply the City with automated enforcement equipment and services. Trials
(If the ticket is from a location inside LA County (a city, or the MTA, or the LA County Sheriff), you may have the option to ignore the collection!
wife was the driver -- though the ticket was issued to me (as per my registration of course). Details about Discovery and subpoenas
for lack of proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that you were the driver,
earlier - check the deadlines given on the Challenges page),
judge came very close to doing that. followed those instructions, they removed the bail
"Gender Mismatches"
added by highwayrobbery.net), which give instructions for handling the ticket, provided vague
As of late May 2021 the two bills were moving through the Legislature, so right now is the time
I didn't
Anchor
The police now do not issue citations where there is an obvious gender discrepancy between
testify and identify the driver. There's now a Site Index. your subpoena(s) and/or your request for Discovery. requires that a city operating such a camera post warning signs
I would also like to know if you think that the name Snitch Ticket should be replaced
"That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. have to have a picture of your face. 1096 (declaring that, in a
DECLARATION OF FACTS:
required that a public hearing be held. and CDL# of the driver and they can request a trial.' you are walking forward, to quickly ask
enter a plea of "guilty" or "not guilty." request that your trial be recorded. Make a note: do NOT let the cops schmooze you. Then another
123 Home Lane
Anyhow, after reading through your site, I decided to go
- at a trial the granting of such things is at the judge's discretion.) send you a copy of my appeal briefs. Fight Your Ticket,
Only after insisting to speak to a supervisor or the supervisor of the supervisor, was I given instructions
After the officer has shown
and the website Help! 5. threatening notices from his county court,
That's why a fake/Snitch Ticket may say, "Do not contact the court. I realized
statement was signed by me on September
While you're there, get your Late Time!And, write down the names of the officers you talked with. A June 2020 Court of Appeal decision, which was followed in late 2020 by the DMV's reinstatement of nearly half a million suspended driver's licenses, suggests that responding to a red light camera ticket from any city in California may be optional / voluntary - unless you've already contacted the court. The picture was not clear. you think that your "ticket" might be a Snitch Ticket (not a real ticket), continue reading here
or you can use one of the samples below. TBD forms (TR-205, TR-200), they have a special form that they created just for their own
But if your judge does, remind him that you have pled "not guilty" and have not
access (via the Internet) to the camera company's digital copies of
to the letter, I held firm, it got a little heated and the officer had the audacity to claim I was making false
123456789IX, Declaration of Mervin P. Motorist
"Police Going Too Far" (Fake/Snitch/Phishing Tickets, Sent Out by California and Arizona Police), 3. worse. A discussion of wording is in Steps # 2 and # 4 of
My alleged violation
caught on camera and getting a ticket for running a red light. provides that they must give you a TDN date that is within 45 days of the date you filed your request
( Including: Tickets You Can Ignore, Traffic School, Reduced Fines, Plea Bargaining If Not Eligible for Traffic School, Trial, Trial by Declaration, TrialdeNovo, Appeal, Payment Plans, Collections & Amnesty on Delinquent Tickets). against myself. In order to do a TBD, you must put up the full bail - there is no "OR" or payment plans. driving - does not exist. to trial by declaration with regard to a Vehicle Code infraction
Declaration), ---------------------------------
Arraignment
Mervin P. Motorist, Declaration for an Inglewood Prairie / 111th Ticket - Missing Warning Signs, September 20, 2004
At the trial you can still
notices a "Nomination," "Corporate Notice" or "Notice of Nonliability." judge if he thinks the blurry or similar-looking person pictured on the ticket really is you. the City has not supplied the Discovery materials you asked for, take the action recommended in
They had actually submitted it to the court under my name even though the driver was
is obviously not the registered owner (gender mismatch, great
a moment and said, "I don't have to tell you that." Some judges, when presented
Once you post the bail they will give you some extra time to write up and submit your defense argument.
Here's an example of a bad judge. page 838 (Cite as:
to make a public announcement 30 days before beginning operation. He forwarded my request to the police for review. - Third (Optional) Step: Trial by
Ask the officer for the dates he gave warning tickets to drivers at your camera, and any
least 5 days before your "respond to" date or any arraignment date you've set, whichever is later. (If the judge refuses to dismiss the case, and you can't afford putting up the full fine amount as bail,
Only the driver pictured in the ticket could request a trial. [[[OR]]]
Gov. about it, to get the "feel" of what traffic court is like. Help I got a ticket! Also, if you requested
I had
To find out if the intersection you were
Source. doubt that the owner was driving. But please note -
As required, I enclose a check for $341 bail. the court"(in small print on the back of the page), it may not be a real
driver's license photo would raise a strong doubt that it
vehicles, or of a non-standard design (see Defect#4 on Home page),
. This is supposed to be a
signal actually has. look at Set # 6 of Sacramento Documents. transaction, but if your judge is one of those who asks
The officer's plan will be to wait for your case to be called, and then once
the following actions by that "respond to" date (or any extension of it) - unless the ticket is from a city or agency located in LA County. Websters New World Dictionary of the American Language, College Edition, defines a contract as an agreement. [Citations.]" If you are making a return visit after an absence
Johnnie Cochran, 1937 - 2005
E Spring Street exit to I-405 ramp North. for contesting a traffic citation; the burdens of production and
To see what
I go sit down and read it. recounting of what happened at trial. This procedure has been halted over the
If the prosecutor
the last 18 months.
A reader pointed out:
all of the following requirements:
For more info about that new heading, see Sowing Confusion in the SB 1303 section on the Action/Legis page. On a follow up call two weeks after my second request for a court trial, I spoke to a supervisor
I don't recommend that, however. Fight Your Ticket.). a number of people raised their hands. Code
standard form ( , http://www.highwayrobbery.net/redlightcamsdocsInglewoodMain.html, A
If so, be sure to let me know about your ticket. 2.
replied to it, be sure to read Defect # 8 before you do anything further. Because the violation alleged herein was not at the location of the first camera installed in the City, it is evident that the City will not be able to provide evidence that warning notices were issued pursuant to Subsection 21455.5(b) with regard to the intersection at which the violation occurred. And I would still ask the clerk to return a stamped
"I was
When compared to the driver in
You get the
I happened not to be the driver
So, you may want to avoid testifying, or making statements that the judge
tell you that if it was not you driving the car, you
Then a police officer comes up to me and says my name. As of late May 2021 the two similar bills which would have allowed the installation of speed
In June of 2011 we found out that the LA County Superior Court has not been reporting ignored tickets to the DMV! Section4:HandlingYourTicket. See: Challenges. receive a license suspension, he is likely to receive
speeding by a hidden camera. He asked me who was driving and when I said it was not me he
court hearing. a certified copy of the contract with you, so you won't have to depend upon
Preparing for Trial - and More about Traffic School, If you want to go to trial, you
would be extended to the date of a later in-court arraignment. The picture was clearly
If you're not sure what an extension to a "respond to" date is, and what the
through the mail, simply enclose an extra copy of the TBD
driver's license photo." Photographs: On Internet, see below for URL. I replied that I did not, except for the fact that the officer did not present
Please first read the What's Hot box on the Home page, and on the Camera Towns page, the
Ask for proof of that announcement - such as a newspaper "tear sheet." Ask for proof the warning
that you wait a couple weeks after the hearing,
giving up: Before the judge comes in, many bailiffs offer traffic school to everyone there who has not had it in
Photographic Enforcement of
will need to plead "not guilty" and pay the bail unless you are taking advantage of the new "no bail" privilege (see box above). All real tickets will say NOTICE TO APPEAR (highlighted in the example above) and all real tickets will have this section telling you to contact ("Respond to") the court
Chapter 14 of Into the Buzzsaw, Edited by Kristina Borjesson. them "Not guilty - wrong defendant!"
"You cannot get in trouble for not responding. in the It's Not Me
Ask the officer who is certifying that the camera was calibrated and operating properly. During the appeal process, whenever you are supposed to serve documents on the opposition, serve both the city attorney and the district attorney - even if
will find the defendant "guilty" anyway. driver, they will look up all drivers at my residence and try to do a matching. ME (angry): No, youre not. (a) The limit line, the intersection, or a place designated in Section 21455, where a driver is required to stop, may be equipped with an automated enforcement system if the governmental agency utilizing the system meets all of the following requirements:
defendant at arraignment told
a female driver. your cases. Once you get to the courthouse for your trial, hang on tight! First, he must prove that a vehicle went through a red light. About half
the judge who will be trying the cases. A lot of things can go wrong! Your Ticket Page: - 1 - Ignore Your California Red Light Camera Ticket? "Emeryville Police Chief Kenneth James, Nov. 2011.
a good question - one to which a truthful answer might be damaging to the prosecution - the officer will avoid answering
voicemails you have left, or end up talking to a clerk who keeps saying,
Arizona has them too, but there are major differences between theirs, and California's. (If you make your extension request over the phone, make a note of the name of the
Statements you make in your TBD could possibly be used against you in a later Trial de Novo. With a TBD, as with a live trial, traffic school is at the judge's discretion. Many of those photos were
Trial
A June 2015 amendment to the Rules of Court allows defendants to schedule a "not guilty" court trial without posting bail. same to me in the event the court finds me "not guilty." that we could just talk out in the hall. They were trying to coerce her to give up the name of the driver. But he also knows that the average defendant doesn't know
not be able to use the words you wrote in your TBD to force you to
Evidence Rule.
A June 2020 Court of Appeal
- Third (Optional) Step (of four): Do a Trial by Declaration? Confusing Terminology
Police said it's a matter of civic duty and safety. You won't have to stand nervously in front of the judge - possibly forgetting to state some of your best arguments. Fight Your Ticket has a whole chapter devoted to the subject
I strongly recommend that in advance of your trial date you make a
The line was ridiculous by the way. (2) You wish to exercise your right to have the question of identity considered multiple times - at
will tell you that you must. It's a
Dennis Romero March 13, 2015.
"Section D") and only one mention, in the smallest type size, of the availability of a
asked the officer where the driver was, and he pointed to the blackened windshield which showed no driver. "This is not a problem for
), The basic purpose of arraignment is for you to
As I was not the person driving the car, I could not
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