Automated ticket in West Hollywood, How can I get out of it?

1cleanm6 · 12-17-2012, 12:58 PM

Hello guys,

I need a little help with a ticket I got in the mail. I ran a light and the automated machine got me. Now, I have heard theres plenty of ways to get this removed/out of it. On the back of it theres a affidait of non-liability. The picture doesnt even look like me. Now I know I know, this is wrong but hell... Paying $495 is hectic, and not only that my insurance premium is already through the roof. Peeps please help

ussoldierforhire · 12-17-2012, 01:10 PM

just show up for court and plead your case. worst case... you pay the ticket

Cboy1 · 12-17-2012, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 1cleanm3

Hello guys,

I need a little help with a ticket I got in the mail. I ran a light and the automated machine got me. Now, I have heard theres plenty of ways to get this removed/out of it. On the back of it theres a affidait of non-liability. The picture doesnt even look like me. Now I know I know, this is wrong but hell... Paying $495 is hectic, and not only that my insurance premium is already through the roof. Peeps please help

This is precisely why I still drive around with the paper dealer plates, hahaha.

But in all honesty I have a lot of friends in law enforcement and these are pretty damn hard to contest. They have a picture of you or someone driving your vehicle with a picture of your plates... Most citations are easy to contest and beat but these automated photo taking citations provide actual evidence so... Good luck with your case and trying to win cause it'll be like kicking a dead horse...

KrackerXL · 12-17-2012, 07:38 PM

I don't think you have to pay those man! Sometimes they are from private companies and when you pay it youre basically admitting guilt.

Check into it.

W Cole · 12-17-2012, 09:20 PM

Did they positively identify you? It may not even be a real ticket. Google, "snitch ticket"

You may be able to get out of it unless someone from the camera company comes out and testifies to the calibration, accuracy, etc of the device: http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles...a-tickets.html

Its_lobelt · 12-18-2012, 09:10 AM

Arent these cameras illegal in LA County now?

BPMSport · 12-18-2012, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ROB_S2K

Arent these cameras illegal in LA County now?

+1, I thought those were not admissible now.. (other than in certain areas, such as Beverly Hills).

I used http://www.4mrticket.com/ once and they got me out of a ticket. It wasn't cheap but did the trick.

persian54 · 12-19-2012, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ROB_S2K

Arent these cameras illegal in LA County now?

I think it's only DTLA?

There are a couple cameras up here in SFV (especially by the metro) and they're active and ticketing people...

Its_lobelt · 12-19-2012, 10:16 AM

Fight it. These types of tickets assume you're guilty and the burden is on them to prove it. A pic of your car is not enough. Very easy to get out from this type of ticket.

bsiciliano · 12-19-2012, 11:15 AM

The Cameras are illegal in the City of Los Angeles. West Hollywood, BEverly Hills and Santa Monica are their own incorporated cities. The cameras were not banned in those cities.

If you were speeding straight through the intersection, it is tough to fight. If you were making a turn, it is easier because you can argue that you were in the intersection to make the turn.

THE-FN-MAN · 12-19-2012, 10:36 PM

In for the outcome!

Supercar Ace · 12-20-2012, 03:50 AM

Just happened to me tonight, got flashed crossing the intersection while it was yellow then changed to red. I wonder how fast it takes them to get it into the mail.

andeee05 · 02-26-2013, 02:36 PM

Sorry to bring this back from the dead but I just got flashed today. I've been reading around online and most articles say that they don't enforce them. Anyone have updates on this?

cooler2442 · 02-26-2013, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by andeee05

Sorry to bring this back from the dead but I just got flashed today. I've been reading around online and most articles say that they don't enforce them. Anyone have updates on this?

West Hollywood and other cities are still enforced since they aren't under the LA County umbrella for red light tickets.

"If you are issued a red-light camera ticket in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Culver City, Inglewood, Hawthorne or any other municipality within L.A. County, it will be processed by the L.A. Superior Court. And if you ignore that ticket cold-turkey -- no contact whatsoever -- the court will send you, or whoever is the registered owner of the vehicle, scary mail. If you continue not responding, you'll start getting even scarier collections letters from GC Services. But if you ignore those, your ticket will be tucked away in the court's internal files."

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KrackerXL Lieutenant 26 Rep 422 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: COrona, iTrader: (1)	I don't think you have to pay those man! Sometimes they are from private companies and when you pay it youre basically admitting guilt. Check into it.
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W Cole Major 145 Rep 1,130 Posts Drives: 2009 M3 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Newport Coast, CA iTrader: (5)	Did they positively identify you? It may not even be a real ticket. Google, "snitch ticket" You may be able to get out of it unless someone from the camera company comes out and testifies to the calibration, accuracy, etc of the device: http://www.vvdailypress.com/articles...a-tickets.html
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Its_lobelt Lieutenant Colonel 238 Rep 1,972 Posts Drives: 2015 M4 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (6)	Arent these cameras illegal in LA County now?
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Its_lobelt Lieutenant Colonel 238 Rep 1,972 Posts Drives: 2015 M4 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (6)	Fight it. These types of tickets assume you're guilty and the burden is on them to prove it. A pic of your car is not enough. Very easy to get out from this type of ticket.
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bsiciliano Captain 51 Rep 698 Posts Drives: 2011 M3 Convertible Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Los Angeles iTrader: (4)	The Cameras are illegal in the City of Los Angeles. West Hollywood, BEverly Hills and Santa Monica are their own incorporated cities. The cameras were not banned in those cities. If you were speeding straight through the intersection, it is tough to fight. If you were making a turn, it is easier because you can argue that you were in the intersection to make the turn. __________________ 2011 E93 - Space Gray - 6MT/Silver Novillo/ OE Tuning/Gruppe M Intake/ACS Springs/Vorsteiner CF Type I Rear Diffuser/Textured Matte Black Custom Powdercoated OEM 359s/Painted Reflectors/Matte Grille, Hood Vents and Side Markers/Arqray Race Exhaust/MS Pulley
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andeee05 Private First Class 10 Rep 167 Posts Drives: e92 m3 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: los angeles iTrader: (7)	Sorry to bring this back from the dead but I just got flashed today. I've been reading around online and most articles say that they don't enforce them. Anyone have updates on this?
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