Got a court summons in the mail! [Archive]

Chills

07-13-2004, 07:50 PM

Okay, as some of you know myself and a few other CLSBer's got speeding tickets a couple weeks ago on a ride. The officer told me that I'd just have to pay my $75 within 15 days and I'd get my license back. I'd go on supervision for 90 days, and I was a good boy I the ticket wouldn't go on my record. BTW, it was a 45 in a 30 ticket.

I mailed in my check the next day, and it was cashed on the 8th. Today I get a summons to appear in court. WTF? I haven't had a ticket in 6 years, and the last one was in Tennessee for doing 42 in a 35 in my car. I did traffic school and it was wiped.

Have any of my other ticketees received a summons? What can I expect. Help please.

2weelpilot

07-13-2004, 08:16 PM

lube up grab your ankles boy ! Theyre going to have fun with you ! :D

Say your good byes before going in...This is going to turn into a Turkish Jail scenerio..

Can I have your bikes?:thumbsup :twofinger

Meulen

07-13-2004, 09:33 PM

Check to see if they cashed your check. I've had them lose things like that before. You have to then call the P.D. and straighten it out.

Jynxx

07-13-2004, 09:38 PM

Something similar to this happened to my wife. After paying she got a notice to appear. She called the clerk of the court and after the clerk did some investigating, she was told it was an error and to ignore the notice. Her licence came in the mail the week after.

Call the clerk!!!

whiteSeatEnvy

07-13-2004, 09:45 PM

Chills, I got the same summons. Not sure what is going on. :thumbsup

Wildcard

07-13-2004, 09:52 PM

Was that in the great county of DuPage!?
I agree with Jynx. I don't think you have a lot to worry about. You should call the clerk or even stop by and just get it cleared...
You're just gonna have to take it easy for the next 3 months though...

MIGHTIER

07-13-2004, 10:07 PM

Ditto boys... Got mine too!

MIGHTIER

07-13-2004, 10:08 PM

Nolan and Kim ---> Please Chime in... :laughing

Vcook

07-13-2004, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by 2weelpilot
lube up grab your ankles boy ! Theyre going to have fun with you !

yeah, if you're lucky they'll give you the reach around!

wingit

07-13-2004, 10:32 PM

They found out your a menace sportbike rider.

Nolan1300

07-14-2004, 01:12 AM

Oh shit... Going to check the mail now...

Labdog

07-14-2004, 01:18 AM

They are just playing with you. Ignore it. It must be a mistake!:evil

Seriously..........CALL THEM TO FIND OUT!:thumbsup

whiteSeatEnvy

07-14-2004, 03:04 AM

Originally posted by Labdog
They are just playing with you. Ignore it. It must be a mistake!:evil

Seriously..........CALL THEM TO FIND OUT!:thumbsup

Wait, my mistake, this summons is for that incident in the Ladies Washroom over there at Toys R Us. :thumbsup

whiteSeatEnvy

07-14-2004, 03:05 AM

Originally posted by whiteSeatEnvy
Wait, my mistake, this summons is for that incident in the Ladies Washroom over there at Toys R Us. :thumbsup

:doh Nope, my bad, my bad. This summons is for the incident with the water-filled balloon, tub of Vasoline, and the Garden Hose over at Discovery Zone. :thumbsup

whiteSeatEnvy

07-14-2004, 03:06 AM

Originally posted by whiteSeatEnvy
:doh Nope, my bad, my bad. This summons is for the incident with the water-filled balloon, tub of Vasoline, and the Garden Hose over at Discovery Zone. :thumbsup

Oops, my bad again. Gosh, I'm such a dummy, lol this summons is for that time is was screwing the peanut butter jar with the blinds up. :thumbsup

JRSMAIL

07-14-2004, 05:52 AM

WSE, you best check your mail again, I have a feelin that you have more coming that way.:thumbsup

RickC1957

07-14-2004, 05:53 AM

Chris,

The $75.00 is the bond for the speeding ticket, you get a court date, which they gave to you. Now you go to court and plead before the judge. If you plead guilty, the judge then decides your sentence, which can be a number of things. 1) He gives you supervision, which means your guilty but the conviction is not on records if you get pulled over again, it does mean your insurance company can find out about it if they want to. 2) He doesn't give you supervision, finds you guilty, forces you take the traffic school class, which is additional cost. 3) Finds you guilty and suspends your license, orders you pay to pay additional fines. If you don't see the cop who wrote the ticket in court, plead not guilty, the ticket will be dismissed, but I guarentee the cop will be ther.

Rick

whiteSeatEnvy

07-14-2004, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by RickC1957
Chris,

The $75.00 is the bond for the speeding ticket, you get a court date, which they gave to you. Now you go to court and plead before the judge. If you plead guilty, the judge then decides your sentence, which can be a number of things. 1) He gives you supervision, which means your guilty but the conviction is not on records if you get pulled over again, it does mean your insurance company can find out about it if they want to. 2) He doesn't give you supervision, finds you guilty, forces you take the traffic school class, which is additional cost. 3) Finds you guilty and suspends your license, orders you pay to pay additional fines. If you don't see the cop who wrote the ticket in court, plead not guilty, the ticket will be dismissed, but I guarentee the cop will be ther.

Rick

What we were told by the cops and what the ticket info said is -- if we mailed in the ticket with the fine within 14 days of the issuance date, we would qualify for Court Supervision through the Mail option. We all mailed in our fines and followed the directions on the ticket info, checking the Court Supervision Through the Mail option. Supposedly, if you do this they do not mail out a court date. That is why we are confused. Has anyone called on this? I'll try at lunch time. :thumbsup

Pirate

07-14-2004, 10:16 AM

Call the clerk's office... they will tell you what's going on. Most likely what happened was the system that generates the court dates is a different system than the one that keeps track of payment. They probably received your payment, but the other system spit out a court date for you. If that's the case, no big deal. Just call the County Clerk's office, (in DuPage I think it's Joel Keagan or something like that) - don't ask. They will be able to help you out.

bwa

07-14-2004, 10:20 AM

Chris, as I told ya. They cashed your check on the same day as the summon was sent out. I'll bet if you call them, they will tell ya to dismiss the court summon.

Rick - dude, that might be how things work in Canada :laughing but if you get a ticket with MUST SHOW IN COURT, ya don't send in any money before hand.

kody7k

07-14-2004, 10:22 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chills
[B]Okay, as some of you know myself and a few other CLSBer's got speeding tickets a couple weeks ago on a ride.

Im curious....Did all of you get pulled over at once? how is that possible? The radar gun and the cop can only go after 1 at a time??!:D

MrBusa

07-14-2004, 10:24 AM

Learn from my mistakes. Never listen to a cop regarding a ticket, never. Take the ticket, and read all the fine print. Investigate your plea options.

If you are still confused, go to the Clerk of the Courts website. Cook, Will, and Lake County's have an excellent FAQ regarding Traffic Tickets.

I speak from experience. I had two police officers, a Vernon Hills officer, and a Brookfield police officer lie to me regarding my options. Not distort, not beat around the bush. Lie to me.

I realize that not all cops are like this, but you have to be aware of your rights and the ways to mediate the violations. These people are law enforcement officers, not officers or clerks of the court.

whiteSeatEnvy

07-14-2004, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by kody7k
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chills
[B]Okay, as some of you know myself and a few other CLSBer's got speeding tickets a couple weeks ago on a ride.

Im curious....Did all of you get pulled over at once? how is that possible? The radar gun and the cop can only go after 1 at a time??!:D

Yeah, he pulled us all over at once. We all got one 45 in a 30 speeding ticket. We thought about fighting the tickets, but figured we had a lot to lose if things didn't go well. Reckless Driving, speeding 30+ over, improper lanes usage, etc. We broke the law, we suffer the consequences. :thumbsup

Kim

07-14-2004, 11:06 AM

Hey WSE, you forgot to mention that there were like 4 squads that showed up from multiple directions within seconds of us all pulling over. 3 others drove by while we were patiently waiting for our lecture to finish and them to commence the ticket writing. Basically, if we would have tried anything we would have been totally screwed.

BTW, no court summons yet for me or Nolan. We'll be checking the mail frequently for the next few days!:rolleyes

Slycer

07-14-2004, 11:11 AM

heh, I was wondering how you all managed to get pulled over at once. If you all got a lawyer, you could get out of it easy 'nuff... but from the sounds of it, this might be one that you're better off just paying.

Slowass

07-14-2004, 11:15 AM

Originally posted by whiteSeatEnvy
Oops, my bad again. Gosh, I'm such a dummy, lol this summons is for that time is was screwing the peanut butter jar with the blinds up. :thumbsup
Chunky or creamy?

RSVMillenian

07-14-2004, 11:19 AM

I received this info from a friend of mine, who used this site numerous times after getting speeding tickets, including misdeminor reckless driving, he never had an attorney and managed to get out of tickets or get the charges replaced with much smaller offense every single time. Check this out:
http://www.motorists.org/issues/tickets/ticket_fighting_info_strategies.html

Chills

07-14-2004, 11:21 AM

Yeah, I think BWA is right. I checked my ticket and it says if I pay before 15 days then I won't have to show up in court. I checked my bank and the check was paid out in the 8th, so they must have put it through at least 3 days prior. Its probably just a paperwork error. I'm gonna call them once these corporate tours leave my office.

2weelpilot

07-14-2004, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by Chills
Yeah, I think BWA is right. I checked my ticket and it says if I pay before 15 days then I won't have to show up in court. I checked my bank and the check was paid out in the 8th, so they must have put it through at least 3 days prior. Its probably just a paperwork error. I'm gonna call them once these corporate tours leave my office.

:ot :D will the corporate folk be enlightened on why youre on a sportbike website ? ?:laughing

Chills

07-14-2004, 11:25 AM

Originally posted by 2weelpilot
:ot :D will the corporate folk be enlightened on why youre on a sportbike website ? ?:laughing

They moved to another section of the office. :D

And I can pull up the air traffic/weather stuff in a split second if need be.:p

whiteSeatEnvy

07-14-2004, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by Slowass
Chunky or creamy?

Creamy! :D And when I am done, it's even more creamy. :thumbsup

MoparBoyy

07-14-2004, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by whiteSeatEnvy
Creamy! :D And when I am done, it's even more creamy. :thumbsup

that would explain why he has so many dogs too :rolleyes

JoJo

07-14-2004, 01:19 PM

Originally posted by Chills
And I can pull up the air traffic/weather stuff in a split second if need be.:p

it's all about the alt+tab :thumbsup :evil

bwa

07-14-2004, 01:25 PM

Originally posted by JoJo
it's all about the alt+tab :thumbsup :evil
not everyone uses windblowz :twofinger
similar combo though :laughing

JoJo

07-14-2004, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by bwa
not everyone uses windblowz :twofinger
similar combo though :laughing

*sigh* yeah, i've accepted being a slave to Mr. Gates :flip

Chills

07-14-2004, 01:40 PM

Just got off the phone with the County Clerk. There is a long lag time between processing the payment and sending out court dates. So their computer automatically sent out a summons even though my payment was processed.

My summons had been cancelled and supervision granted.

Other ticketees, you're probably in the same boat. If you got a summons I suggest you still call and make sure you don't have to appear.
:thumbsup

bwa

07-14-2004, 01:42 PM

Originally posted by Chills
Just got off the phone with the County Clerk. There is a long lag time between processing the payment and sending out court dates. So their computer automatically sent out a summons even though my payment was processed.

My summons had been cancelled and supervision granted.

Other ticketees, you're probably in the same boat. If you got a summons I suggest you still call and make sure you don't have to appear.
:thumbsup
Next time you'll listen to me :twofinger :cheers