Complimentary picture of my car from STATE OF MD

Originally Posted by synolimit

don't pay!!! The camera is rented by the city from a company. Once flashed a cop reads it and issues the ticket. After that its never in the police hands again because they have no proof who was driving the car. They even ask on the ticket "were you driving?" They can't ticket someone with no proof. The plates with the car, not you. First one I got I didn't pay. They said it was $100. 30 days later I got a letter saying it was $150. 30 days later it said i was going to collections and/or other consequences etc. guess what?? The cameras are setup by a company that rents them, collects the money, and gives a portion to the city? The police have nothing to do with the funds. They can't send me to collections if they don't know who is behind the wheel and they don't know my Soc. from a plate. it's been over a year now. Zero issue with collections (no ****) and I've been to the DMV a million times. Research this stuff as I did and you will find out. It's just a city revenue source.

I also had a city parking ticket once. Never paid. 6.9 years later that city finds me and does the same thing. After a few emails with the guy from that city wanting the money I ended up telling him to go pound salt its been 7 years. Come a month later and pretty sure after 7 years with statute of limitations they couldn't and didn't do anything. Also had a million from college parking. Never paid, never one issue. Only thing I'd be worried about is parking officials like in Philly driving around waiting for plates to hit. Well I don't live in Philly, have no tickets like in a down town area like Philly, and I've been pulled over lots of times with nothing from the cop but have a nice day.

Originally Posted by tWeEzY

I'd caution this and add its possibly dependent on the state. In MA, ignore a ticket and the next time you attempt to register your vehicle or renew your license you get a wonderful reminder & application denial till the violation is settled. I know some states the fine is designated for the registered owner of the vehicle regardless who was the driver was at the time of the incident so saying that wasn't you on the traffic cam wont help.

Finally, dont know the truthfulness of this but a car salesman once told me in d.c or a MD county they used to mail you the traffic ticket with a picture of all the occupants in the car. They stopped because some violators were caught with "passengers" that shouldn't have been there so it was causing a lot of "spousal insecurities" i.e who is the woman in the car with you.