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    Default Ticketed for Running a Red Light

    My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California

    I think I was in the city of Ontario here, and it checked off "Rancho cucamonga superior court" at the bottom of my citation.

    It says "CVC 21453(a) Red Light" on my citation. I guess it clicked in my mind a little too late that it was a red light-- it was very late at night, I was tired, I was also very sick last week so kind of recovering from that-- and I hit my brakes. I stopped a bit into the intersection. The other two cars had saw and stopped, and it seemed like it would be lengthy and more complicated for me to back up, so after a second, I felt it would be safer and faster for me to just continue on. Right when I did, sirens blared, just my luck.

    The officer said, It was completely red!

    And all I could say was I know... I tried to stop.

    I'm 20 and this was my first offense and it scared the * out of me. I really can't have my parents find out about this. They are so stressed out with finances and their business that I would feel terrible for making them worry. Can I change the address that they send the courtesy notice to? Will they send anything else in the mail? I just need to prevent my parents from seeing it. It seems that as long as I can pay the ticket off and then go to traffic school, they shouldn't be able to find out.

    I am a student, and I don't have any money, but I am okay with giving up my weekends to work to pay it off. I need a little time to save up money though. I feel pretty guilty. I don't know how I would contest the ticket. Can I ask for a payment plan or community service? Can I do so without having to appear in court? I don't actually live in that area so it is actually a bit of a drive for me to go to court over there.

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    Default Re: CVC 21453(A) Ran a Red Light

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    I think I was in the city of Ontario here, and it checked off "Rancho cucamonga superior court" at the bottom of my citation.
    If it has been predetermined that citations for violations occurring in the city of Ontario are to get filed in the San Bernardino County Superior Court, Rancho Cucamonga, then that is where this one gets filed.

    Quote Quoting janielu
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    Can I change the address that they send the courtesy notice to?
    I'm not sure how you'd be able to do that. The address on your citation, presumably is your current address which is what appears on your citation, there is no way to contact the officer to have him change it and once it gets filed in court and as soon as the information is entered into the system, the courtesy notice is generated and mailed from a remote location away from the court staff we usually see... Assuming you appear and/or pay on time, there won't be anything else that is mailed besides the courtesy notice.

    Quote Quoting janielu
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    I don't know how I would contest the ticket.
    Contesting it may be a challenge considering you pretty much admitted it at the time of the stop.

    Quote Quoting janielu
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    Can I ask for a payment plan or community service? Can I do so without having to appear in court?
    You can ask for a payment plan and/or community service however both requests will have to be made in court. You may rewarded (in a sense) for appearing and pleading guilty at the arraignment by way of a fine reduction but either of those requests will cost you an additional fee (approx. $30). And so will traffic school.

    Sorry I couldn't be of any more help but it is what it is... Good luck!

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