Talk:Traffic ticket

Bad info in the article
The "in most states" information may be incorrect. Texas provides a counter-example to some ascertations. For example, virtually all moving violations in Texas (speeding, ROW violation, failure to signal, etc.) are class C misdemeanors, not "infractions". Also, Texas's Department of Public Safety, the state police force that runs the Highway Patrol, is who maintains the traffic ticket database, not TxDOT.

I suspect this article was written from the perspective of one person or few localities and may not represent a balanced view on the subject.

Nova SS 01:15, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Also, in the article the fastest ticket is credited to the Koenigsegg, at 242 mph. This car according to the Koenigsegg Wikipedia article has a top speed of 242.91 mph, so it is highly unlikely that in a production version on a commercial road, a speed only .91 mph off of the absolute maximum was achieved. Any source on this ticket allegation? All I could find was people speculating about that this car supposedly did that, nothing from a legit news source, such as this reference to a 205 mph ticket in Minnesota, which I consider to be the unofficial fastest ticket report:http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-09-21-speeder_x.htm (Fine Arts 17:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC))

"Australia - notable for most instances of drunk-driving being a ticket-only offense, with no arrest or court appearance made." Uncited and untrue. In the Australian state, New South Wales, regarding the offence to "Drive under the influence of alcohol or another drug.", there is an automatic 12 month licence disqualification for the first offence and a mandatory court appearance. I believe this would be similar in the other 5 states too.

KrisSplittgerber 01:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

The most expensive speeding ticket ever was fined to a swede in Switzerland speeding his AMG SLS at 290km/h on the swiss highway (120km/h limit). He's looking at a 1.08 Million Swissfranks fine. http://www.worldcarfans.com/110081327904/1-million-speeding-fine-in-switzerland-for-swedish-sls —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.57.211.86 (talk) 09:50, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Regarding "most of Scandinavia" having tickets based on income - It's only finland (and Åland, which belongs to Finland) that has this to my knowledge. And Finland is not even a part of Scandinavia. --94.137.103.187 (talk) 16:57, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Cleanup
I have also requested a general cleanup of this article. It is poorly organized, has too much information about New York, and, as stated above, contains likely factual errors.

Nova SS 01:20, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Likewise, I think the article needs to be cleaned up/ reorganized. The contents table has other countries and information listed under the "Canada" heading. In addition, the section headers are in various sizes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.198.27.39 (talk) 01:18, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

KFM, 2/14/09

Merge with Ticket (notification)
I just split the ticket article, which was large and unwieldy, into a disambiguation page and several (admittedly terrible) smaller articles. I think this article matches Ticket (notification) closely enough for a merge. Acdixon 19:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree with this. Bearian 19:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
 * On a second, closer look after a few months, I think the other article/stub should be into this one. I'll take a look at the logs. Bearian 13:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I have done this. Bearian 12:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Adding links to the article of companies who fight tickets
I think we should add companies which fight tickets because people show know that they have the right to fight a ticket if wrongly accused.

article to be merged with Parking violation?
I strongly disagree with this. Bearian 12:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to merge traffic ticket into parking violation, but merging parking violation into traffic ticket, as the proposal templates suggest now, is plainly absurd. These are clearly separate concepts, and parking vilation is far more general. Personally, I wouldn't have even realized that I need to look up traffic ticket if I'm looking for info on parking violation. --91.148.159.4 11:36, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

A ticket is only a written accusation
IANAL, but in the US, issuance of a ticket does not constitute a finding of guilt. In other words, tickets are not given when a citizen has violated a law, because violation of law can be determined only in court. Rather, tickets are given when an officer has reason to believe a law may have been violated. A ticket is no more than a written accusation.

In effect, a ticket is an officer's affidavit, describing his observations of a citizen's behavior or other circumstances which, if found to be valid in court, constitute a violation of the law. The only ticket a citizen "gets" is actually just a courtesy copy of the citation submitted by the officer to the law enforcement agency and thereby to the courts. The only reason a citizen would sign a ticket is to acknowledge receipt of the copy and to agree to appear in court to address the charges.

I'll take a crack at clarifying this in the introduction, but some language with legal exactitude would be helpful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.177.129 (talk) 16:27, 23 September 2010 (UTC)

Most expensive?
12 August 2010 - Swede faces world-record $1m speeding penalty

A Swedish motorist caught driving at 290km/h (180mph) in Switzerland could be given a world-record speeding fine of SFr1.08m ($1m; £656,000), prosecutors say.

The 37-year-old, who has not been named, was clocked driving his Mercedes sports car at 170km/h over the limit.

Under Swiss law, the level of fine is determined by the wealth of the driver and the speed recorded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SimplyIrresistible (talk • contribs) 02:14, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Ticket superlatives
What is up with all the "allegedly" and "supposedly" language in this section?Zdawg1029 (talk) 02:52, 18 October 2013 (UTC)