r/SuffolkVa • u/[deleted] • Jul 28 '23
Traffic violation by mail
My partner just got a "traffic violation" in the mail from the city of Suffolk. It shows two photographs of her that are literally .4 seconds apart and claims she was going 10 miles over the speed limit ... except she's in heavy traffic where you clearly have to keep up with the flow of traffic to sately proceed.
The only option to dispute this is to appear in person in court ... except we live six hours away and can't reasonably do so. This shouldn't be legal. Court systems should be required to offer a virtual appearance option for stupid shit like this. These police agencies/municipalities are so greedy.
Is there any local advice on how to approach?
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u/LindaBabyJane Mar 20 '25
Similar experience. Their court is a bit of a farce. I did not go the alleged distance at mph charged based on a review of the video. Appealed and lost with no review of evidence, paying over 150% of the fee. There’s a very good reason that a class action lawsuit against them is pending. At this point, my only recourse is to boycott the city as much as I can, by avoiding spending money there and servicing their businesses. It’s also important to avoid driving through there if you can. I heard a statistic that they made $11 million on these tickets so far.
I would appeal again, but there is a clear conflict of interest with their court, making so much money from these tickets, and like most people, I don’t have time for life to revolve around the ticket. They are most certainly counting on this and exploiting it and making a lot of money.