HELP!! Got a ticket in FORT WORTH!!
10-16-2011, 11:21 PM
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HELP!! Got a ticket in FORT WORTH!! Hey everyone, I got a ticket for parking within 15 feet of a fire hydrant 
, is there anyway i can get it dismissed?? He also left a comment saying my rear bumper was aligned with the hydrant!! Is there anyway i cant get it dismissed?
, is there anyway i can get it dismissed?? He also left a comment saying my rear bumper was aligned with the hydrant!! Is there anyway i cant get it dismissed? 
10-16-2011, 11:33 PM
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Highly unlikely... and if you were blocking a hydrant i would suggest just manning up and take responsibility for your actions. be glad there wasn't a need to use that hydrant while you were blocking it.
10-16-2011, 11:37 PM
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you could try a lawyer, but im not sure if a ticket like this even goes on your record as its not technically a moving violation. might be worth it just to pay it
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10-17-2011, 02:51 PM
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I drive a fire truck for a living. If I need that hydrant, I need more room than most think. Even if your close, your vehicle can be damaged. Very lucky they didn't tow it. There are tow trucks that drive around and look for things like this. You pay for the tow and storage and hope they didn't damge it or take something. $125 is not bad for a lesson learned and have your car in one piece.
10-19-2011, 11:32 AM
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Your doing the best thing yourself, I would just set it for court and plead NOT GUILTY. Most of the time if you plead Not Guilty and set it for Jury Trial Ft. Worth will throw it out and dismiss it. If not the worst thing is you will have to pay it. I set EVERY single ticket I get for jury trial and have not paid any money out of my pocket yet. Good Luck.
10-19-2011, 02:25 PM
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your going to court? lol
now your gonna get slapped with court costs and the ticket. You should have just paid the ticket. 125 bucks really? my time is worth more then 125 when you sit in a courtroom waiting your turn for 6 hours.
Have fun.
now your gonna get slapped with court costs and the ticket. You should have just paid the ticket. 125 bucks really? my time is worth more then 125 when you sit in a courtroom waiting your turn for 6 hours.
Have fun.
10-20-2011, 11:48 PM
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Don't pay James Mallory, he's pretty much a waste. He's $45 and not $75 though. Turns out saying you want a trial by jury is pretty much the best way to get a ticket thrown out, learned this recently from a co worker 
Yeah easy for you two to say. You're grown men with nice paying jobs and you both own Corvettes and/or Cadillac CTS-V's among other cars. Of course your time is worth 125. But when you're 18 or 19 like the OP and I am, $125 is a lot more money, so yes, it is easily worth the 6 hours of waiting in court considering it would take us over 12 hours with a $10 an hour job just to pay it off. My job sure as **** doesn't pay me $10 an hour 
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Don't pay James Mallory, he's pretty much a waste. He's $45 and not $75 though. Turns out saying you want a trial by jury is pretty much the best way to get a ticket thrown out, learned this recently from a co worker
Yeah easy for you two to say. You're grown men with nice paying jobs and you both own Corvettes and/or Cadillac CTS-V's among other cars. Of course your time is worth 125. But when you're 18 or 19 like the OP and I am, $125 is a lot more money, so yes, it is easily worth the 6 hours of waiting in court considering it would take us over 12 hours with a $10 an hour job just to pay it off. My job sure as **** doesn't pay me $10 an hour
Yeah easy for you two to say. You're grown men with nice paying jobs and you both own Corvettes and/or Cadillac CTS-V's among other cars. Of course your time is worth 125. But when you're 18 or 19 like the OP and I am, $125 is a lot more money, so yes, it is easily worth the 6 hours of waiting in court considering it would take us over 12 hours with a $10 an hour job just to pay it off. My job sure as **** doesn't pay me $10 an hour
10-21-2011, 12:14 AM
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Fort Worth court sucks. Sitting in that hall way for 8 hours one day was the worst experience ever. I'd call an see if it's a moving violation if it's not I'd pay it.
10-21-2011, 01:20 AM
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Don't pay James Mallory, he's pretty much a waste. He's $45 and not $75 though. Turns out saying you want a trial by jury is pretty much the best way to get a ticket thrown out, learned this recently from a co worker
Yeah easy for you two to say. You're grown men with nice paying jobs and you both own Corvettes and/or Cadillac CTS-V's among other cars. Of course your time is worth 125. But when you're 18 or 19 like the OP and I am, $125 is a lot more money, so yes, it is easily worth the 6 hours of waiting in court considering it would take us over 12 hours with a $10 an hour job just to pay it off. My job sure as **** doesn't pay me $10 an hour
Yeah easy for you two to say. You're grown men with nice paying jobs and you both own Corvettes and/or Cadillac CTS-V's among other cars. Of course your time is worth 125. But when you're 18 or 19 like the OP and I am, $125 is a lot more money, so yes, it is easily worth the 6 hours of waiting in court considering it would take us over 12 hours with a $10 an hour job just to pay it off. My job sure as **** doesn't pay me $10 an hour