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Red Light Camera Ticket in BR- Too late to trash it after watching Video?

Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:41 am
Posted by John_V
SELA
Member since Oct 2018
1746 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:41 am
I got a ticket in the mail for not coming to a complete stop off Coursey before turning right. Watched the video online of the "crime", and I said I'd send the letter back and go to court and ask the judge to throw it out.

Little did I know the letter has to be sent back all the way Washington state by Thursday the 27th (I just got it in the mail this past Thursday).

Should I just ignore it or still send the letter for the court date? Does watching the video online prove I got the ticket/letter and am ignoring the ticket?
Posted by Vrai
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2003
3891 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:45 am to
Ignore it
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
158721 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:46 am to
It’s trash
Posted by Mr.Perfect
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2013
17438 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:46 am to
Just postmark it by then

Be WARNED. the legal system is designed to get your money. If you go to court, even if you win, I bet you pay more in court costs than the amount printed on the ticket.

You are a government tax slave. Never forget your place.
Posted by John_V
SELA
Member since Oct 2018
1746 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:51 am to
quote:

Be WARNED. the legal system is designed to get your money. If you go to court, even if you win, I bet you pay more in court costs than the amount printed on the ticket.


This is what I was wondering, so the only way to not pay anything for a dumb camera ticket is to ignore it??

I just don't want to get the truck booted parked at an LSU game, downtown, or some nonsense
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48334 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:53 am to
They don't do anything to you. My wife has a number of them that are years old. I've watched some of the videos. They'll just send you a letter from out of state law firm every few months. I toss those too.
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108727 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 5:56 am to
DO NOT PAY IT.

They will not/cannot boot your vehicle, send you to collections, or anything else. It's all a bullshite attempt to scare you into giving them money.

Ive gotten at least 5 and never paid. They can't do shite to you.
Posted by Slayer103
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2009
722 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:02 am to
I got one near the beginning of last year. It’s been about 7 months since I even got a letter from the out of state law firm about it. I have heard on here that if you park on the street the city could boot your vehicle, but I’ve never actually seen or heard anything official on that. I asked a couple city cops about it and they seemed to think I was fine. That’s just my experience though, if you get booted in the street down town, not my fault haha.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59580 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:11 am to
I have 4 I never paid.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:12 am to
quote:

just don't want to get the truck booted parked at an LSU game, downtown, or some nonsense


Well it sure ain’t getting booted by BRPD. They don’t do anything besides collect a check.

Throw the ticket in the garbage.
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
2983 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:13 am to
In BTR throw it out. In the future I wouldn't do anything that may indicate you even received the letter.
Posted by John_V
SELA
Member since Oct 2018
1746 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:17 am to
quote:

In BTR throw it out. In the future I wouldn't do anything that may indicate you even received the letter


Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. For future reference I think everyone just needs to trash them immediately, the whole video sign-in sounds like trap
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
36791 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:19 am to
Watching the video would indicate you got the demand letter. Just throw the
Letter away when you get it.
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108727 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:23 am to
quote:

Watching the video would indicate you got the demand letter.


That doesn't matter either. I've watched the videos and even corresponded with them. I wrote on the original letter from red light enforcement from Ohio that I wasn't paying it unless they would let me face my accuser. Then I got the letter from the law firm out of Arizona and wrote them the same thing. Never heard back after that.
Posted by BatonRougeBuckeye
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Aug 2013
1783 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:23 am to
Id fight it. I have successfully fought these and won and even if I didnt win I got it reduced. They want your money no doubt, but they don't want it to be hard so if you show up to fight they are looking for the quickest easiest way to get some money from you and have you be gone.
This post was edited on 10/25/22 at 6:26 am
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48334 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:26 am to
quote:

that I wasn't paying it unless they would let me face my accuser.

Or even prove I was driving. I got one once from one of the kids driving a vehicle in my name. I'm not paying that shite.
This post was edited on 10/25/22 at 6:27 am
Posted by terd ferguson
Darren Wilson Fan Club President
Member since Aug 2007
108727 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:27 am to
quote:

Id fight it.


You don't have to fight it... there's no enforcement
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
5673 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 6:53 am to
It’s not legally a ticket. It’s a bill. No different than if I mailed you a random invoice. Zero connection to your drivers license or vehicle registration.
Posted by Schmelly
Member since Jan 2014
14428 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 7:05 am to
I get 1 a month from the Sherwood one. I fight off the urge to send it back with Monopoly money in it every time. End up just tossing it. Been doing it for years. Nothing will happen, it’s BS
Posted by Shanegolang
Denham Springs, La
Member since Sep 2015
3399 posts
Posted on 10/25/22 at 7:33 am to
This is still a thing? Where have you been? I've gotten at least 8-10 of those things over the years and I've yet to pay one. and guess what......NOTHING was ever done about it. Waste of time and paper. throw that crap in the trash can and go run another red light just for shits and giggles!
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