hey everyone

just got a ticket today - goin' 55 on a 45 at a 'construction site' on 294...got the ticket but didn't have to give my license for bond - haven't gotten a ticket from state police before just wondering how this goes...i have had a ticket from chicago - took my license - paid my fee/ took traffic school - then got it back..is the state any different? thx

 

I thought it was just a BIG fine driving over the speed limit in a construction zone ?I got pulled over doing 10 over the speed limit on 90 an they took my lic an i paid a fine.

 

that's what i would've thought too - but no the trooper just gave me a court date - read the instructions on the ticket but it just said that i had to show up and plead guilty - pay a fine (but not sure if there's a probation or supervision involved) or plead not guilty and go in front of the judge/jury ...

 

if your liscense is from IL then they hold it as bond. If you are from out of state they cannot and should not take it. you still have to pay the fine apear in court or whatever. I had a freind that lives in IN get his taken by a rookie IL cop and it was mailed back to him with a letter of apology from the cop a few days later

 

is there any way that you can get supervision? or will it just have to stay in my record?

 

maybe plead guilty and ask the judge if u can go to the driving school...? after the driving school there will be no record.. but theres a fee...

 

I think speeding through a construction site is a must appear violation. I got picked out of a bunch of cars on 88 going 73 through a 45 construction site. They didn't take my license but I had to go to court and plead guilty. Paid the almost 400 fine and got supervision.

 

 

went to court yesterday paid 405 (w/ court 'n file fees) w/ supervision 'til august...judge stated no tolerance for construction site offenses...be careful out there...

 

holy crap $405. I'm all for worker safety but when they put up signs and no one is out there night or day .. c'mon.

 

+1

 

That's not bad, a friend of mine few years back paid $1000 plus court fees. I guess the judge didn't like him for some reason.