# Speeding tickets **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 5, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661 "2000-07-05T19:43:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/1 "2000-07-05T19:43:14Z")
Sorry if this has been covered - I was on vacation last week and didn’t read the board. Also, Manny, I grappled putting this in MPSIMS or GQ, so if it needs to be moved, I’ll buy you a beer. I got this e-mail and I don’t know if it’s true: > [@](#): > > If You Get A Traffic Ticket, This has been tried and it works… > > I tried to send this to everyone I know. I know that for a fact this works so if you ever get in this situation, you have an out. We discovered that this procedure works in every state. Read it and try > it, you have nothing to lose but the points on your license. > > This is how it works: > > If you get a speeding ticket or went through a red light or whatever the case may be, and you are going to get points on your license, then there is a method to ensure that you DO NOT get any points. When you get your fine, send in the check to pay for it and if the fine is say, $79, then make the check out for $82 or some small amount over the fine. The system will then have to send you back a check for the difference, but here is the trick! > > _ **DO NOT CASH THE REFUND CHECK!!!** _ > > Throw it away!! Points are not assessed to your license until all financial transactions are complete. If you do not cash the check, then the transactions are NOT complete. However, the system has gotten > its money and is happy and will not bother you any more. This information came to our attention from an very reliable computer company that sets up the standard database used by each states’ DMV. > > Good luck and share this with all your friends and other family members, as well!!! Is this a total scam or what? As a chronic speeder, please convince me that it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![zwaldd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a9adbd/32.png) [@zwaldd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zwaldd)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/2 "2000-07-05T20:01:27Z")
it’s a scam. here’s why - first, with very few exceptions, any email that asks you to send it to all your friends and family or (i love this one) ‘anyone you care about’ is a scam. second, i saw this a few months ago and it was refuted by a court clerk - points are assessed as soon as you send in your fine (i.e., plead guilty). ---
**Author:** ![ATTGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@ATTGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ATTGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/3 "2000-07-05T20:49:21Z")
_[It’s all here, baby.](http://www.snopes.com)_ ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/4 "2000-07-05T21:11:09Z")
You guys are so good to me, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/5 "2000-07-05T23:15:00Z")
Hey, SaxFace, when do we get to hear about your cross-country trip? ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2000, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/6 "2000-07-05T23:17:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SaxFace \* > \*\*Also, Manny, I grappled putting this in MPSIMS or GQ, so if it needs to be moved, I’ll buy you a beer. > > \*\* This is the right place, but maybe I’ll move it anyway. “Hey, other mods! Who wants a beer? **Sax** is paying.” ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/7 "2000-07-06T04:56:03Z")
I tried it. It did not work. ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/8 "2000-07-06T11:56:44Z")
some good info here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21128](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=21128) ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speeding-tickets/24661/9 "2000-07-06T13:12:16Z")
Malaka, I _knew_ it had to be answered somewhere! Chaim, the road trip is sort of, uh, postponed. My brother-in-law’s brother decided not to move! So instead of driving, I flew to Los Angeles and drove up to San Francisco and back to LA last week. I met up with a lot of old friends and had a fantastic time. A friend and I camped in Big Sur one night and I stayed at another friend’s mansion complete with Mercedes Convertible, huge inground pool and hot tub. Hopefully Erik will decide to move at some point and I’ll get to drive across the country later this year. Thanks for asking! Manny, I’ll buy you a beer just for posting to this thread. Although Tuba owes me a beer, so if you see her before me, have her buy one for you on me.