THE CITY OF FLORENCE IS UNFAIR TO THE CITIZENS WHO HAPPEN TO GET A TICKET. I'M NOT THE BEST DRIVER IN THE WORLD ,BUT I DO TRY ... I RESPECT THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE ROAD,I'M IN NO HURRY GIVE ALL MY SIGNALS ETC. BUT I HAVE GOTTEN A TICKET OR TWO OVER THE YEARS.TWO TO BE EXACT,NOT FOR SPEEDING. I UNDERSTAND THE COMMENT ABOUT THE SPEED TRAP,NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. THATS HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS. HOW ELSE ARE THEY GONNA PAY THE BILLS,SALRIES ETC,FOR THE FLORENCE POLICE DEPT.WHAT REALLY MAKES ME MAD,IS THAT WHEN I GOT MY TWO TICKETS ,I'M 50 AND HAVE ONLY HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR IN MY LIFE. THE MOST RECENT WAS TWO YEARS AGO... FAILURE TO DIM MY HEADLIGHTS, A $20 DOLLAR TICKET.I GOT ONE THREE YEARS AGO FOR A BLOWN HEADLIGHT AND NO SEATBELT,ANOTHER $20 FINE. BOTH TIMES I WENT THE NEXT DAY TO PAY THE TICKET AND IT WAS NOT $20 LIKE IT SAID ON THE LIST OF FINES IN THE STATION NO!!!!!!IT WAS $120 SEEMS I OWED THEM FOR COURT COST. THAT IS JUST WRONG. I WAS WILLING TO PAY THE FINE BUT ANOTHER $100 BUCKS FOR COURT COST WHEN I WASNT EVEN IN COURT.TALK ABOUT ROBBERY.NOW EVERYTIME I SEE A SHARK IN BLUE I CHRINGE,WONDERING IF I'M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE HARD EARNED MONEY FROM MY FAMILY AND PAY A STUPID FINE AND A COURT COST THAT IS UNFAIR AND JUST DOWNRIGHT WRONG.I WENT TO COURT... I'M GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE COURT COST I'M GONNA SEE THE INSIDE OF THE COURTROOM.THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I LIKE TO DO,BUT I WAS GONNA GET SOMETHING FOR MY MONEY.I WAS IN THERE FOR 3 HOURS WITH OVER 250 PEOPLE THAT DAY.THE JUDGE CALLED A GROUP OF PEOPLE AT A TIME. THE FIRST ONE WAS A YOUNG MOTHER OF 3 WHO SHE HAD WITH HER ,AND SHE WAS CRYING"SHE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN AWARD FOR HER ACTING"WELL THE KIND HEARTED JUDGE TOLD HER IT WOULD BE OK THAT HE COULD WORK IT OUT FOR HER AND EVEN ASK HOW MUCH SHE COULD AFFORD ON A PAYMENT PLAN.SHE WALKED OUT WITHOUT TO MUCH PROBLEM... NEXT IN LINE WAS A FINE YOUNG MAN WHO I KNOW AND IT SEEMS HE HAD AN OPEN CONTAINER IN HIS CAR... I BET IT WASNT PEPSI.HE WALKED AWAY GRINNING FROM EAR TO EAR ,HE TOLD ME HE ONLY HAD TO PAY $35 FOR HIS TOTAL FINE,THE "JUDGE" DROPED THE COURT COST????AFTER THESE PEOPLE WAS A MAN WHO WAS IN FOR 3 CHARGES,POSESSION,CONCEALED WEPON AND NO ONE OTHER TRAFFIC TICKET. WELL HE HAD A GOOD LAWYER AND WALKED ON ALL CHARGES BECAUSE SOMETHING WASNT RIGHT ON HIS PAPERWORK.NEXT IN LINE YOURS TRULY. IT WAS LIKE THEY CHANGED JUDGES ON ME. HE WAS ARROGENT AND RUDE,HE GAVE ME 3 CHOICES. I COULD GO TO DRIVING SCHOOL FOR A WEEK AND HE WOULD DROP THE FINE ,NOT THE COURT COST ,OR I COULD APPEAL THE CHARGES, OR I COULD PAY THE FINE $120 OF MY HARD EARNED MONEY, FOR A STUPID TICKET.I POLITELY TOLD THE JUDGE THE HE WAS WASTING MY TIME TO GIVE ME THE TICKET AND I WOULD LEAVE.I RESPECT THE AUTHORITY,I RESPECT MY ELDERS,BUT A SYSTEM THAT IS STEALING MONEY FROM ME I HAVE NO USE FOR.BECAREFUL OUT THERE PEOPLE,WATCH OUT FOR THE OTHER DRIVER. MURDERS,RAPIST ,HARDCORE CRIMINALS OF ALL KINDS ARE FREE ON THE STREETS BUT IF YOU SPEED OR FAIL TO DIM YOUR HEADLIGHTS YOU'LL BE GIVING YOU HARD EARNED MONEY TO A CORRUPT SYSTEM. THAT IS ALL