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Lafayette red light camera ticket--can they send you to collections?
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:42 am
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:42 am
It's $25 but I didn't run it. I made a right turn after stopping. Out of principle I don't want to pay it. What's the consensus--can you discard these things still?
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Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:42 am to NorthEnd
Maybe
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:43 am to NorthEnd
Guilty until proven innocent.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:43 am to NorthEnd
Trash bin.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:44 am to NorthEnd
Send them a picture of these 
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:45 am to NorthEnd
I got one a year ago for the same thing. I called and told them I wasn't paying it and why I wasn't paying it and the left me alone. Never sent to collections or anything.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:47 am to NorthEnd
Can they?
Probably, would you take the concession as a for-profit business without some type of mechanism to get payment?
I wouldn't have.
And there's an economy of scale issue at work here, if half of their $25 fees didn't pay, that's probably an appreciable amount of money they leave on the table. I'd want to have legal leverage to collect that if I were the agency.
If we are talking about a municipality doing this 100% in-house then that might be different.
Cities have to make a budget not a profit.
Good luck.
Probably, would you take the concession as a for-profit business without some type of mechanism to get payment?
I wouldn't have.
And there's an economy of scale issue at work here, if half of their $25 fees didn't pay, that's probably an appreciable amount of money they leave on the table. I'd want to have legal leverage to collect that if I were the agency.
If we are talking about a municipality doing this 100% in-house then that might be different.
Cities have to make a budget not a profit.
Good luck.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:48 am to NorthEnd
Got one about a month ago from the vehicle with cameras. Threw it in the trash.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 7:58 am to NorthEnd
They possibly could but don't. It's not legal. 3rd party contract. They can't enforce the payment because you didn't agree to it. You will get a couple of letters and they give up cause they start losing money trying to collect. It's all a money grab
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:03 am to NorthEnd
Pay it in unrolled pennies. Preferably spill some coke on them and let it dry where they get really, really stick. Roll the stick pennies in hair.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:05 am to NorthEnd
You are going to get a ton of different answers to this. I started a thread on this a few months ago but I still haven't figured out what actually happens if you don't pay them.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:10 am to whoisnickdoobs
Our 18 yo son got a ticket for either running a red light or speeding through it. We didn't fight it and made him pay it more as a lesson for why he shouldn't do what he did.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:20 am to NorthEnd
I have had about 5 of these since i moved to Lafayette in 2012. I haven't paid any and later received a letter from some collection agency or law firm in Ohio. I threw those out as well and nothing has happened. Has not hit credit, have not gone to jail, firm quit reaching out to me.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:26 am to whoisnickdoobs
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started a thread on this a few months ago but I still haven't figured out what actually happens if you don't pay them.
Everyone has told you nothing happens. You don't believe us?
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:34 am to NorthEnd
quote:just pay it dude
It's $25
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:38 am to NorthEnd
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can they send you to collections? by NorthEnd
Nope. Collections will try but credit bureaus will delete/disregard because there is no signed contracts in place of you agreeing to pay.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:46 am to whoisnickdoobs
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but I still haven't figured out what actually happens if you don't pay them.
They have some law firm send you a letter regular mail. That firm tacks on $ as a late fee.
Then it goes away because there is no contract and there is no policeman giving the ticket.
I had one 2 yrs ago hit my credit. I disputed online and it was removed within a few weeks. Again, there is no contract of you agreeing to pay.
I've probably had 10+ of them and thrown them all away.
It's scare tactics. They are not part of local, state, or federal agencies. So their ticket can't go thru those courts, period.
Picture a Sam's wholesale truck pulling you over and writing you a ticket for speeding on a Sam's invoice.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:53 am to NorthEnd
It's thrash. Don't pay those assholes.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:54 am to crazycubes
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It's $25
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crazycubes
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just pay it dude
And this is why red light camera companies exist today.
Posted on 5/9/16 at 8:56 am to NorthEnd
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NorthEnd
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Lafayette red light camera ticket--can they send you to collections?
Possibly, but as others have said, a dispute online will easily remove any negative remarks on your credit report.
And since this is a civil violation, you should also know that unpaid citations are NOT reported to the Louisiana DMV or your insurance company.
Carry on to make the best decision possible for you.
This post was edited on 5/9/16 at 8:57 am
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