Tickets

[moss20]

Not sure if this is for real or not.


From an insurance agent: His advice . . .

WHAT TO DO IF YOU GET A TRAFFIC TICKET :

This advice was sent by a retired State Farm agent! This system has been tried and it works in every state.

If you get a speeding ticket or went through a red light, or whatever the case may be, you're going to get points on your license and a surcharge on your auto insurance. This is a method to insure that you DO NOT get the points.

When you get your fine, send in a check to pay for it. If the fine is

$80.00 make the check out for $82.00, some small amount over the fine.

The system will then have to send you back a check for the difference.

However, here is the trick:

DO NOT CASH THE REFUND CHECK!

Throw it away!

THAT'S RIGHT...THROW IT AWAY...

Points are not assessed to your license until all Financial Transactions are complete.

If you do not cash the check, then the transactions are NOT complete. The system has received its money and is satisfied and will no longer bother you.

This information comes from an unmentionable computer company that sets up the standard databases used by every state.

Send this to everyone you know. You never know when they may need it.


Noffy,
You might want to try this with your speeding ticket from last week.

[P99]

VERY old urban legend.
Virginia is very nice to offer an automatic traffic court plea, just do that.

[wylde007]

Most checks issued by municipal agents/agencies are void after certain period of time. I have seen 90 days and 180 days in my dealings over the years.

The courts are no different. Don't cash the check? They don't care.

Definite OLD urban legend.

[tursiops]

You can check out possible hoaxes at snopes.com. This one is described at http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/ticket.asp, and is evidently from 1998.

A BIG clue that it is a hoax is the phrase, "send this to everyone you know."

Remember what your Mother told you about, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

[wylde007]

Snopes is a confirmed in-the-tank outlet for the Washington media cartels.

Go with hoax-slayer.com, UrbanLegends.about.com or scambusters.org