Q: didn't turn driving school papers in before ticket was due. They wouldn't let turn in and had to pay ticket now.
My son accidentally forgot to turn in papers before ticket (speeding ticket) was due by 3 days. He was going to take them by next time he was in Johnson City. We live 30 min. away. He was leaving them sitting on his passenger seat so he'd remember to run the paper by. When he cleaned his car he accidentally forgot to put the driving class paper back in the passenger seat and forgot to turn it in. He went by 3 days late and they wouldn't accept it. They said it was in the hands of the State and he would now have to pay the ticket. I called and talked to them and they said he could come in and talk to the Judge 2 days later. The Judge also told him to pay the ticket. WHY couldn't he take care of this?
A: He could have taken care of this, but he chose not to. Allowing someone to do driving school to keep a ticket off their record is not a right, it is an agreement between your son and the State. He didn't follow through with his part of the agreement, so they no longer have to honor theirs. He asked the judge, who had the authority to accept the driving school certificate and dismiss the ticket, and the judge held him to his agreement to do driving school and show proof of completion by certain date, he failed to do so and now he has to pay the ticket.
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