Talk:Traffic ticket

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[edit] Bad info in the article

The "in most states" information may be incorrect. Texas provides a counter-example to some ascertations. For example, virtually all moving violations in Texas (speeding, ROW violation, failure to signal, etc.) are class C misdemeanors, not "infractions". Also, Texas's Department of Public Safety, the state police force that runs the Highway Patrol, is who maintains the traffic ticket database, not TxDOT.

I suspect this article was written from the perspective of one person or few localities and may not represent a balanced view on the subject.


Nova SS 01:15, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


Also, in the article the fastest ticket is credited to the Koenigsegg, at 242 mph. This car according to the Koenigsegg Wikipedia article has a top speed of 242.91 mph, so it is highly unlikely that in a production version on a commercial road, a speed only .91 mph off of the absolute maximum was achieved. Any source on this ticket allegation? All I could find was people speculating about that this car supposedly did that, nothing from a legit news source, such as this reference to a 205 mph ticket in Minnesota, which I consider to be the unofficial fastest ticket report:http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2004-09-21-speeder_x.htm (Fine Arts 17:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC))


"Australia - notable for most instances of drunk-driving being a ticket-only offense, with no arrest or court appearance made." Uncited and untrue. In the Australian state, New South Wales, regarding the offence to "Drive under the influence of alcohol or another drug.", there is an automatic 12 month licence disqualification for the first offence and a mandatory court appearance. I believe this would be similar in the other 5 states too.

KrisSplittgerber 01:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

I have also requested a general cleanup of this article. It is poorly organized, has too much information about New York, and, as stated above, contains likely factual errors.

Nova SS 01:20, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sources

The fastest ticket in the world don't cites his sources. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.231.80.68 (talk) 02:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Merge with Ticket (notification)

I just split the ticket article, which was large and unwieldy, into a disambiguation page and several (admittedly terrible) smaller articles. I think this article matches Ticket (notification) closely enough for a merge. Acdixon 19:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree with this. Bearian 19:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
On a second, closer look after a few months, I think the other article/stub should be into this one. I'll take a look at the logs. Bearian 13:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
I have done this. Bearian 12:53, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adding links to the article of companies who fight tickets

I think we should add companies which fight tickets because people show know that they have the right to fight a ticket if wrongly accused.

[edit] article to be merged with Parking violation?

I strongly disagree with this. Bearian 12:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether it's a good idea to merge traffic ticket into parking violation, but merging parking violation into traffic ticket, as the proposal templates suggest now, is plainly absurd. These are clearly separate concepts, and parking vilation is far more general. Personally, I wouldn't have even realized that I need to look up traffic ticket if I'm looking for info on parking violation. --91.148.159.4 11:36, 24 October 2007 (UTC)