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Q: How can traffic cams be legal taking a pic of your vehicle but not the driver in TN This should be outlawed
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answered on Nov 17, 2022

Complain to your State Representative. The State has already outlawed the ticket cameras constituting a criminal charge as no personal service or arrest. Such tickets cannot add points to your MVR. But you can be sued for a civil debt.

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Q: Can they charge court cost and fees for both driving without a license, & stop sign violation for same citation?

Ok so the court charged my husband $25 fine for no license and court cost and fees were $238 total for that charge then on top of it $2.00 plus court cost and fees again that equaled $216 for a stop sign violation too! which made it a total of $454 is that legal to charge court cost twice for the... View More

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answered on Nov 7, 2022

Those charges sound normal, Statewide. You might call the Court Clerk and inquire politely about each cost, but i doubt it will do any good. It sounds like your Husband did not go to Court. The disobedience of a traffic signal violation will add some points to his MVR also. He needs to get his... View More

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Q: Police at the scene did not issue a ticket or ask for info can I be given a ticket at a later date for DUI
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answered on Nov 2, 2022

Charges can be filed against you at any point within the statute of limitations. However, due to the highly-science-dependent nature of DUI prosecution, if you were not administered field sobriety tests at the scene, nor were you administered blood draws, which were sent to TBI, it is unlikely the... View More

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Q: Was stopped by a officer said I was speeding in summer county. I asked can you show me on rador he said he can't?

What do I do? I was not speeding

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answered on Oct 27, 2022

LEO probably says he paced you. Read the Citation. Go to Court and see if there is anything you can do that will not add points to your MVR.

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Q: Why do I have to pay court costs on a dismissed ticket?

So I got a ticket in Germantown Tn. It was for speeding and expires tags. I went to court and was given option to take take the defensive driver course. Went to next court date provided them certificate for the course completion and with my tags up to date. Yet they still charged me court cost on... View More

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answered on Oct 26, 2022

Apparently Judge ordered it Dismissed With Costs. You are lucky, as no points are added to your MVR. If you want, you could ask the Judge to plea guilty, then also pay a Fine. Trial is not a good option on speed violations.

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Q: Improper passing of a stopped school bus and told it was a Class C by the officer. Do I have to be booked for this?

I was driving in a 5 lane road and the bus was stopped on the oncoming traffic side 4 lanes over. I was looking in my mirror at a guy on my tail. I looked back down to see the bus and hit my brakes. The guy behind me came even closer so I let off and eased forward past the bus with the guy behind... View More

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answered on Oct 20, 2022

It is up to the LEO whether to arrest you or summon you to Court. Here a Citation was issued, but he is requiring you to be booked. You must show up for the process or an Arrest Warrant for a Class A Misdemeanor will probably be issued.

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Q: If pulled over in Tennessee an charged with driving on a revoked DL is the officer required to give you a paper ticket
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answered on Feb 19, 2024

No. He may give you a Citation or Arrest you on an Arrest Warrant. His discretion.

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Q: I’m Nashville tn can u go to jail for not showing for a traffic ticket
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answered on Jan 5, 2024

Yes... Hire an attorney to take you to Court off the Docket and dispose of everything at once.

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Q: Can a cop demand to see your id(my DL is rev)bc I ran out of gas and walking?arrest you for being rev?and search my car?

I was nowhere near the vehicle! Hours later a mile and a half up the road

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answered on Dec 18, 2023

You could file a Motion To Suppress Evidence, but if LEO had any plausible reason to think you were driving, it will be denied.

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Q: Is there a type of grace period in TN where a car can be driven immediately after purchase from a private party?

Without registration, specifically.

Tim Akpinar
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answered on Dec 17, 2023

A Tennessee attorney should advise, but your question remains open for four weeks. But as a general matter, most places impose a requirement of registration and insurance to leave the lot - it might be temporary, but it's a registration nonetheless. Good luck

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Q: If I'm doing the speed limit can I still get the violation 55-8-204 which is the slow poke law?
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answered on Dec 5, 2023

LEO may have observed a different speed. Go to Court and testify to what you actually did.

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Q: I got pulled over by an officer and signed the citation, but officer drove away without giving me a copy of the citation

What should I do, I've called the courts and for 2 weeks they have said there is nothing there yet? I don't know what date the court is and it is a 4 hr drive from where I live.

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answered on Dec 5, 2023

LEO's do make mistakes. You are correct in calling the Courts in the County you were stopped in on a weekly basis. You might hire an attorney for representation.

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Q: Anything that can legally be licensed has to be lawful without that license or it couldn't be licensed. True or false?
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answered on Nov 15, 2023

Probably false as government employees make mistakes all the time. Also what is legally in the possession of one person is often illegal in the hands of another.

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Q: Ticketed for doing 85 in a 70 in the highway

I was ticketed for doing 85 in a 70. I don’t live in TN and the officer gave me a ticket with an option to pay online as well as a court date “if I want to fight it”. The ticket has no amount due but has a box checked stating that I don’t have to appear and can mail in a guilty plea as well... View More

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answered on Nov 3, 2023

Call the Court Clerk for pay instructions. But that is a guilty plea and will add points to your DL. You could hire a TN attorney to try to get it diverted and dismissed or no points, requiring your appearance in Court.

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Q: What do you do if you get a traffic ticket but you are innocent

I was going home. Obeying all traffic laws as always. I stopped at a stop sign looked, no one coming. Proceeded. Then at a green light, I proceeded to turn left because I had the green arrow which was blinking indicating the oncoming traffic had the right of way which I yielded for them. When... View More

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answered on Nov 1, 2023

You need an attorney to represent you. Otherwise plan on fines and MVR points.

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Q: I followed every traffic law while diving. I was stopped a got a ticket for running a stop sign which I did not do.
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answered on Nov 1, 2023

Hire an attorney to get is diverted or dismissed.

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Q: My company received a photo citation for speeding in Mosheim TN. Do we have to pay?
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answered on Nov 1, 2023

It is a civil matter, not criminal. Driver/owner can be sued, but not points on MVR.

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Q: If a speedometer reigisters another car and license plate does it call into question the validity of said ticket?

I was given a ticket for speeding and upon reading it I realized that the ticket had another car and tag alleging that I was speeding and I assume operating that vehicle.

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answered on Oct 18, 2023

Hire a TN attorney to represent you. You will probably need to appear at the hearing. Wrong target of the radar is a good defense.

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Q: So all my life I've had a battle with my license I have paid got my license back to then have smthn pop up after I have

Obtained a clearance letter even when the clerk was busted stealing money if I didn't have a receipt for it they didn't credit it even though I had receipts for stuff that wasn't credited that he stole

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answered on Sep 15, 2023

What is your question? Getting a TNDL reinstated often involves paid receipts for citations from several Courts being presented to the TN Department of Safety.

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Q: I was pulled over in TN for speeding. The cop let me off with a warning. Now I’m getting a ticket in the mail for $250.

The letter says if I don’t pay that they could suspend my license.

Are they allowed to do that and are they allowed to send me a ticket in the mail if I never received one at the scene?

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answered on Sep 15, 2023

Citations can be mailed to the defendant. Hire an attorney to go to Court with you. Possibly some type of diversion may occur. Paying it is a conviction and points against your MVR.

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