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      09-12-2014, 01:26 PM   #1
lukasbmw
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Drives: 2010 328i / 2005 C55
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Location: San Diego CA / Phoenix AZ

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California traffic school and trail by mail.

Two quick questions:

I'm an Arizona resident who is in the process of moving to San Diego CA.

I just got a traffic ticket in California and fought it with "trial by mail." I lost. But they are giving me the option of traffic school.

1. The thing is, I've found some super cheap traffic schools online. I mean CHEAP! $12-$16 cheap. Are these legit? In AZ I'm used to paying $80-$120 for traffic school. at $12-$16 for traffic school, it seems like a no brainier.

2. When fighting a traffic ticket by mail in California, can the "referee" see your past charges and cases even if they are dropped? I ask because for once in my life I am legitimately not guilty. However this is my third traffic ticket in California in the last 2 years. I fought the others by mail and WON. If they can see that I had two charges that were dropped, perhaps now they figure they won't side with me a third time. ???

Of course the other option is that the state is so broke that they just want to keep my money, get me to go to school, hope I forget about it, and they think everyone wins (no record for me, $490 for them).
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