Traffic court- less rights than for regular court?

evilgalblues

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Thursday April 08, 2010 · 10:52 AM PDT

2010/04/08 · 10:52

My husband had to go to traffic court today for the first time because he got pulled over for expired tags. We did not have the money to pay the tags- it was either pay them or eat for the month so we chose food.(I am disabled and expected to live on $799 a month from SSI and we also take care of my disabled FIL so we often have to make choices like that.) The gamble apparently did not pay off. The ticket was for $200 (SC) or go to court and they would cut it down to $85. He decided to go to court and I made sure we filed our taxes early so we could pay it with our tax refund. We did bad, that is not the issue, my issue is with how his case was handled...

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Tuesday October 20, 2009 · 12:03 PM PDT

2009/10/20 · 12:03

I know this is going to be quite a bit short for a diary but I feared it would get lost if I just posted it as a comment and I did not see another diary on the subject. I am really having a fibro-flare today and it is hard to type, sorry. If someone writes a more substantive diary on the subject just let me know and I will obligingly take this one down.

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