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leeho · November 2007

Well, I got a ticket for passing between cars in a station with the train idle at the beginning of its route. Anyway, I lost the citation and want to pay it. When I got the ticket, they ran me for warrants, etc. I came up clear, but want to know how I can pay it if I no longer have it. I need to have a check in by the 30th. Any help on how to resolve this lame situation? If I ever have my shit run through again, I don't want to get arrested on a bench warrant for an MTA ticket.

opossumqueen · November 2007

Try going to the city website and look for pay a ticket links. I think I paid a ticket (that I never actually had--only got letters saying I was in trouble for not paying the ticket months later) through the website. If I remember correctly, I entered my name and maybe my plates or DL# to pull up the ticket.

BTW, that sucks. My friend was carrying an empty bottle home to recycle and got a ticket for having a beverage on a train.

leeho · November 2007

Thanks, I'll look into it.

The complete bummer about the whole situation is that a woman who was literally right behind me, doing the exact same thing got off with a warning. We were pulled off at exactly the same time, through the same door, and I got a ticket, but she got nothing. I asked the cop why I got a ticket and she didn't. I was told that writing tickets is based on their discretion, whatever that means????? So, I mumbled that was bullshit and got threatened with receiving another ticket for foul language. Was asked if I wanted another and I said I just wanted to go to work. The woman who didn't get the ticket was in her mid-40's or so and really homely. It was Halloween and I was wearing a Jack-O-Lantern shirt to teach in and got shafted. I wasn't gonna go into the whole situation here, but I was peeved about the fact that we committed the exact same offense, at the exact same time, in the exact same place and i get nailed and she walks away based on "discretion."

lilbangladesh · November 2007

Tickets have always been based on discretion, but I agree, it's really unfair.

My mother, when she would get stopped for speeding, would reach over and yank the front of my dress down to show more of my cleavage (not all the way down, thank God) to get out of speeding tickets.

I think she traumatized me for life. :evil:

whyfi · November 2007

lilbangladesh wrote: My mother, when she would get stopped for speeding, would reach over and yank the front of my dress down to show more of my cleavage (not all the way down, thank God) to get out of speeding tickets.

I think she traumatized me for life. :evil:

Out of curiosity, WTF does this have to do with anything? I gotta believe that you ARE trying to piss off LeeHo even more.

MOD · November 2007

There's a term called diarrhea of the mouth or was it leprosy of the brain..? :?

leeho · November 2007

The cops were women, so I don't think that would've have worked for most mothers. Maybe I could've shown my semi-limp thang to her and I would've gotten out of it?

king without a crown · November 2007

I believe you pay your summons at the Transit Adjudication Bureau located on Fulton St in downtown Brooklyn. Im not exactly sure of the address. FYI your name gets entered in a data base and you are now considered a Transit recidivist. If you have another incident in Transit, you may be subject to Arrest. As for the descretion thing, usually when stopping 2 people for the same thing at the same time, either both parties should be let go, or both should be summonsed. Being humble is probably the best policy in these situations, and letting the Officer know that you're one of the Good Guys usually is more effective than mumbling under your breath.

leeho · November 2007

I only mumbled after I got the ticket and she walked free.

leeho · November 2007

Mamacita wrote: There's a term called diarrhea of the mouth or was it leprosy of the brain..? :?

Actually it is diarrhea of the nervous system, as it takes a thought to think it, mull over it and then type it. The entire system is at work with many different functions occurring almost simultaneously. Amazing! :shock:

rtraindweller · November 2007

that's so irritating when two people commit the same "offense" at the same time and one gets off with nothing. my former roommate and i were both pulled from the R train once cause he had one foot up on his seat (he wasnt taking up any other seats). He was issued a citation for obstructing a seat (or something to that effect). But he questioned the officer as to why he was pulled off the train and not the guy who was sprawled out sleeping across an entire bench with a pool of vomit next to him. The cop just threatened to give him another citation. boggles my brains sometimes.

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