HighlanderNorth
Flashlight Enthusiast
When I got my drivers license in Pa when I was 16, I bought a sorta-Hot Rod about 8 months after getting my license, and I started getting tickets for speeding, display of speed(burn outs, etc), as well as driving a motorcycle without a motorcycle license. On a side note, I've now owned 2 motorcycles, and put about 25,000 miles on motorcycles, yet never gotten the motorcycle license in either state I lived in at the time, even though I always had a regular drivers license! I dont have a good reason(excuse) so dont ask...(LOL) Anyway, getting pulled over for these types of minor traffic offenses didnt happen too often, I havent been pulled over for any of those things in over 10 years, and I never got enough points to lose my license or anything, but when I did get pulled over for this type of thing in Pa, they would just give you a citation and/or a fine, which you would simply send in the mail, or go to some gov't office to pay if you wanted.
But then I move to De, and when you get pulled over for even the littlest, most insignificant offense, you are forced to go to court! You literally have to stand in front of a judge and either pay for a lawyer(for a speeding ticket or jaywalking) or represent yourself, and the judge will "preside" over your case and decide your guilt or innocence! Doesnt that seem like a complete waste of taxpayer money to have to pay the salaries of a WHOLE bunch of justice of the peace or common pleas court judges to oversee EVERY dumb traffic offense? Why not just do what states like Pa do, and have the police officer give you a citation, then give you the CHOICE to pay the fine, OR go to court if you disagree with the citation?
What about your state?
But then I move to De, and when you get pulled over for even the littlest, most insignificant offense, you are forced to go to court! You literally have to stand in front of a judge and either pay for a lawyer(for a speeding ticket or jaywalking) or represent yourself, and the judge will "preside" over your case and decide your guilt or innocence! Doesnt that seem like a complete waste of taxpayer money to have to pay the salaries of a WHOLE bunch of justice of the peace or common pleas court judges to oversee EVERY dumb traffic offense? Why not just do what states like Pa do, and have the police officer give you a citation, then give you the CHOICE to pay the fine, OR go to court if you disagree with the citation?
What about your state?
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