2023-10-16 11:09:28
A US driver from Georgia who was arrested following driving more than 55km/h over the limit was stunned to receive a US$1.4 million fine, to be paid or contested in court.
“I said, ‘Maybe that’s a typo,’ and [la femme au téléphone] “No sir, you either pay the amount indicated on the ticket or you come to court on December 21 at 1:30 p.m.,” driver Connor Cato told WSAV-TV, according to the “New York Post” reported Monday.
Earlier in September, the Georgia statesman was stunned to find that he was speeding nearly 90 mph in a roughly 55 mph zone in the city of Savannah. , would have earned him a fine of more than US$1.4 million.
Convinced of a typing error, the man took the handset to contact the court, which then confirmed to him that he had to either pay the exorbitant amount, or appear in the courtroom to contest it before a judge. reported the American media.
Fortunately for him, it was indeed an error in the system in place, which would have automatically filled the reserved amount section of the ticket, since super-speeding “constitutes a mandatory appearance in court” where the The amount is then determined, explained Joshua Peacock, spokesperson for the Savannah city government.
“We do not emit [ce montant] as a threat to frighten anyone in court, even if that person heard someone from our organization differently,” he said in a press release.
Normally, fines for such an offense cannot exceed US$1,000 plus state fees, according to the American newspaper.
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