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Reply to "City of Florence Speed Trap"

Maddmax333,

First, using all capital letters is considered "yelling". Quiet down please :-) Some of us are trying to sleep.

Second, either you've been overcharged or you're mistaken. Seatbelt tickets and open container tickets by legislative act do not have any court costs attached to them. They each carry a $25.00 fine with no court cost.

Third, a "blown" headlight is an equipment violation. If you had taken time to read the back of the ticket, you could have seen that you had 72 hours to correct the problem, present it to the appropriate Police department and it could have been checked off, with no cost or court appearance required.

Finally, Alabama doesn't have a week long defensive driving school. 4 hour or 8 hour...that's it.

I comprehend that you are frustrated over what you see as excessive court costs. Court costs are not set by local courts....that is set by the legislature. Minimum fines (like $20.00 for speeding is the minimum fine...maximum is $500.00 plus court costs)are also set by the legislature. So a lot of your complaint is not under the control of the people you're complaining about.

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