Here’s an interesting post published in the Portland Bike Forums last night by “Cecil M”.
It details how, after being charged for a total of $750 in violations while riding through Ladds Addition, “an accepting attitude and jumping through judicial hoops” ended up saving him/her a ton of cash:
“I just got back from a short experience in traffic court for the stop sign I didn’t stop at in Ladds Addition. Beyond being cited for “failure to stop at a traffic control device” I also received citations for “failure to recognize a one way street sign” and “going the wrong way on a one way”.
All told the charges added up to $750.00.
The officer who pulled me over gave me the chance to take the “I Share the Road” class. I took the class which cost me 30 dollars and went to court today where the officer offered to drop the stop sign charge $246.00, to failure to use a proper turn signal $93.00. and drop the other two charges. Because of my clean record the judge dropped the charge to $73.00.
Having an acccepting attitude to my traffic violation and jumping through the judicial hoops in a punctual manor saved me $650.00.”
The class Cecil refers to is the Share the Road Safety Class that has been covered at length on this site.
Read responses to this thread and browse other topics over in the Forums.