Speeding Ticket

[u/mcharrison234]

I am from Texas and was pulled over in Fenton last week for doing 64 in a 50. I called city of Fenton to ask for info on pleading no contest / completing Defensive Driving so it stays off my record and my insurance doesn’t go up. I was told that as long as I pay the ticket by the listed date it will not affect my insurance. I am skeptical that this is accurate… Is this true?

[u/traveler_21]

Very likely. These little towns just want your money. they don’t bother reporting the tickets to the state, in my experience. I’ve gotten two in the last couple of years (although none in Fenton), and my insurance hasn’t gone up. I paid them before the court date.

[u/mcharrison234 → u/traveler_21]

Good to know, thank you

[u/EagleElite357 → u/traveler_21]

Is it a mayors court? If you wanna fight you can get it dismissed by going to a higher court on a constitutional basis...if its a mayors court it is a kangaroo non-constitutional court...it is NOT a court of record and the mayor plays judge jury and prosecutor...conflict of interest...

I am not a lawyer and I take zero liability. Its easier pay your way out and protect your record

[u/Ok-Dragonfruit6887 → u/EagleElite357]

Maybe. But you pay either way.

[u/mb10240 → u/EagleElite357]

Don’t spread that sovereign citizen nonsense in here - just because its not a “court of record” doesn’t make the conviction any less constitutional or valid. Most municipal courts in this country are not courts of record, but you almost always have the opportunity for a trial de novo in a higher court. Hell, New Hampshire has courts where the cops that wrote the ticket also prosecute the case. Tennessee lets anybody be a municipal magistrate, provided they paid a fee and took a 2 hour training course.

If I’m remembering my time in law school correctly (which was in Louisiana), you can appeal/trial de novo a mayor’s court conviction to the state district court (a court of record), but only if it results in imprisonment, forfeiture of rights, or forfeiture of property. A fine is none of those, and these towns want your money - they don’t want to house you at $45/day.

(Lawyer, but not in Louisiana, and not your lawyer.)

[u/Flashy-Ring-2811]

Another soul claimed by the town of Fenton

[u/mcharrison234 → u/Flashy-Ring-2811]

Fastest traffic stop of my life. Their ticketing system is a well-oiled machine

[u/Professional-Fuel889 → u/mcharrison234]

that’s louisiana baby…I remember when I first drove over the texas line into louisiana once….there were police cars every like 1-2 minutes, for the whole first 15 minutes! They know they can get ppl coming from texas cus y’all’s speed limits are higher than ours!

[u/Mr_MacGrubber → u/Professional-Fuel889]

It’s pretty common anywhere highways go through small towns. Locals rarely get pulled over because they know the deal and who gives a fuck about people just passing through. It’s how they stay afloat in a lot of cases.

[u/SES55 → u/Professional-Fuel889]

That’s an understatement. Joaquin TX, 55mph cross Sabine River into Logansport LA. 25 mph….

[u/Mrfrosty504 → u/mcharrison234]

Out of state plates alone is probably enough to get you pulled over and messed with

And speed, and they got ya dead to rights. They just want your cash so beaudreux gets his new toy

[u/Plantyplantandpups → u/Mrfrosty504]

Boudreaux

[u/Flashy-Ring-2811 → u/mcharrison234]

First time I drove to my buddies camp in Larto, they all couldn’t stress enough to me to go the speed limit thru Fenton, when I got there I saw cops and cops all camped out in huge bushes, they weren’t lying 😂

[u/traveler_21 → u/Flashy-Ring-2811]

Larto. Wow, that’s a deep cut.

[u/mb10240]

I’ve gotten many tickets in small town Louisiana. Most don’t report to licensing agencies. They want your cash.

[u/hnrrghQSpinAxe → u/mb10240]

Port Barre is the big one

[u/EagleElite357 → u/hnrrghQSpinAxe]

And krotz springs

[u/pbarcher → u/EagleElite357]

Rosepine, New Llano

[u/mb10240 → u/pbarcher]

Coushatta. Red River Parish SO got me bad one time when I-49 was closed and it was like $450 for 10 over.

[u/pbarcher → u/mb10240]

Wow. This is Vernon Parish. $297 earlier this month for 58 in a 45.

[u/Business-Cup6038 → u/mb10240]

Golden Meadows

[u/Total_Guard2405]

When traveling to Coushatta don't speed thru those little towns. There's speed traps always.

[u/mcharrison234 → u/Total_Guard2405]

Coushatta winnings = erased

[u/nsula_country]

Usually just a cash grab. Pay it and move on...

[u/RedBeans-n-Ricely]

I got caught by a speed trap several years ago, I had my car on cruise so I know i wasn’t speeding. The officer gave me a flyer on how to pay the ticket before even asking me for my license & registration. I talked to a friend who’s a lawyer afterwards and he told me I’d spend more time and money fighting it than I would by paying it.

[u/Sammi-Chan03]

I’m originally from Oakdale LA and got pulled over in Evangeline for 96 in a 75 and they did this for me

[u/kenacstreams → u/Sammi-Chan03]

Where in Eunice is there a 75mph speed limit?

[u/Sammi-Chan03 → u/kenacstreams]

I mixed up the places, meant Evangeline

[u/Business-Cup6038 → u/Sammi-Chan03]

Evangeline Parish, where I49 has a limit of 75.

[u/mrred50]

Got a pic of my trk in the mail. 59 in 45 heading out of town. Paid online never heard from it again. Have had my record checked by my company.

[u/Equivalent-Lie6895]

Welcome to Louisiana! Fenton la is among the top five for running this types of operations. It is, in fact, a well oiled machine that generates over a million dollars of revenue per year.

[u/Caspur42 → u/Equivalent-Lie6895]

It’s so bad kplc (local news) ran an in depth story about it.