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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 09:28 PM
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i wasnt able to do my defensive driving for my ticket (speeding 14 over) i paid 3/4's of the ticket or what ever they do for it when you select defensive driving but i just wasnt able to afford or had the time for DD so will i get a warrant? and this is a texas ticket
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 09:34 PM
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No.. I think you wont be able to get your DL renewed. Thats all. But I could be wrong.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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i wasnt able to do my defensive driving for my ticket (speeding 14 over) i paid 3/4's of the ticket or what ever they do for it when you select defensive driving but i just wasnt able to afford or had the time for DD so will i get a warrant? and this is a texas ticket
I would talk with them. Im assuming that it already passed the deadline? Maybe they'll help you out.

Sometimes they do things out of the ordinary, for instance one time I forgot to send in my driving record to confirm that I hadn't taken DD in the past yr. So I called them up(on the last day that it was due), and they said... "well, do you promise that you havent taken DD in the past yr". I said ya, and that was it. Im surprised. They could have been dicks about it and tried to make some more money.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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Yeah, talk to the court. It's up to them. They might be cool about it.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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They will most likely give you an extension to do it and turn it back in to them. How can you not afford DD? its like $30 last time I took it. I took it twice in a year when a judge and the DA ordered me to....that was weird.
and you don't pay 3/4 of a ticket you just pay the court costs that everyone there pays.
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Old Jan 3, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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Atleast get in contact with the court asap. Let them know what's going on and that you're going to take care of it. If you just blow them off, they'll probably screw you.
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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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They will let you pay the rest of the ticket, I already went through this. I took like 6 months too long and then one day i wanted to get all squared up on everything. I call the city up that i got the ticket in. The ticket was like 185 for 20 over, I had already paid the 110 so i just had to send them a check for the other 75. They were really cool about it.


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Old Jan 4, 2009 | 11:27 AM
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What they told me was that if you didn't finish the DD on time that you would have to pay the rest of the fine and that it it would be on your record from now on.
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dont ignore it, and follow up with the court. It is always more expensive if you wait till later. I paid out 650 on **** I had ignored from freeport tx when I got my DL renewed. I went in snapped the picture, got the paper temp DL, only to get a denial letter in the mail.
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coudlnt afford it? its $25 to do online at getdefensive.com, and you can do it at your own pace over the course of multiple days if need be.
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