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In article <dangD8oJ8r.FJ7@netcom.com>, Dan Goodin <dang@netcom.com> wrote:
>aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes:
>>Ever hear the phrase, "don't do the crime if you can't do the time?"
>
>This will probably bug the whinier folks here who admonished me for my
>momentary oversight while driving that day: I managed to talk a $128
>traffic school fee down to $79. 

Which is meaningless compared to the additional insurance premiums you'll
pay.  (You *do* have insurance, don't you?)

>I'd encourage anyone in a similar position also to take the ticket to 
>court.  Maybe if enough of us start fighting these things authorities 
>will get tougher on things like white-collar crime.  Then again, maybe not.

Agreed.  There is rarely "justice" in urban CA traffic cases.

>At any rate, thanks for all your suggestions, even the tight-assed ones 
>that said I should suck up to whatever the authorities say I have to pay.

In my article, I also referred you to the single best reference book
on the topic.  But don't thank me.   Have a nice day.

>Dan Goodin

Followups to ca.driving, where this should have gone in the first place.

--
Alan Denney      aland@informix.com

"I'll employ my resources to make your puny lives miserable!  I'll crush your
 pitiful dreams and ambitions like bugs in the dust!"
    -- Calvin