Indianapolis: $2500 Fines for Challenging Traffic Tickets

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Motorists who receive minor parking or traffic tickets in Indianapolis, Indiana are being threatened with fines of up to $2500 if they attempt to take the ticket to court. A local attorney with the firm Roberts and Bishop was so outraged by what he saw in Marion County traffic court that he filed a class action suit yesterday seeking to have the practice banned as unconstitutional.

The deck is stacked against the motorist, lawyer Paul K. Ogden wrote. To penalize that person for seeking justice seems wrong. I know it is done for the purpose of discouraging baseless challenges to tickets and clogging the docket, but in the process you are also penalizing people who have a legitimate defense and want a chance to present it to the court.

The city made explicit the threat of additional fines for challenging parking tickets in a November 30 press release announcing a deal between Indianapolis and a private firm, T2 Systems, to hand over operations of a parking ticket court to increase municipal income.


A d v e r t i s e m e n t

Using Six Sigma process improvement strategies, it is estimated that under this program the city may collect an additional $352,000 to $520,000 in parking citation revenue over the next 12 months, the city press release stated. If citations are not paid prior to their scheduled hearing, the city may request a fine of up to $2500 per citation. Upon receiving a judgment for an unpaid citation, individuals responsible could be subject to collections actions or having their vehicle registration suspended.

In traffic court, Judge William Young has been making good on the threats by routinely siding with police officers in disputes and imposing fines of up to $500 on anyone who challenges a moving violation ticket, no matter how minor, and loses. Those who pay without going to court do not face this extra fine.

Unfortunately what you have happen a lot of times is that judges arent particularly worried about whether what theyre doing may be violating the law as the odds of someone ever appealing a $400 traffic ticket is remote, Ogden wrote. I see it all the time. Trial judges flouting the law knowing they are unlikely to ever be challenged on an appeal because the litigants cant afford it.

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[michelle7able]

do not come to indianapolis indiana....the cops have lost there mind,....they are giving out crazy traffic tickets....c..they are bored....

[Beorwulf2008]

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[stillbreathing37]

Wow, am I glad I don't live in that shithole, they screw the economy, then find any way possible to hold US accountable? Wait, that's this entire nation.Never mind.

Dream on Sleople.

[vekka220]

SO I HERD U LIEK TRAFFIC TICKETS?

[libertarianjury]

Search Marc Stevens he can tell you how to beat these tickets, although Indiana doesn't allow jury trials for traffic offenses, so the lower court will simply ignore the Bill of Rights and you will have to appeal and win at the higher court.

[libertarianjury]

This story is from Dubdubdub thenewspaper dotcom! They cover motorists' rights, and the freedom to travel from a pro-liberty perspective.

[yaknutsyeah]

The only thing more annoying than these excessive fines is the way this story is presented.

[JMillion]

Maybe this is where Gov. Mitch Daniels says that Indiana is now in the black. He said on an interview with FOX News that while the other states where doing good in the 2000's and Indiana was broke. Now Indiana is in the black and the rest of the states are flat broke. What about Gary,Indiana Mitch? When was the last time you visited Gary,Indiana. You abandoned this city and look at what has happened when you let private business ie: STEEL MILLS run wild. You're a fucking liar Mitch and an ass.

[CuteShooter]

dont pay the fines.