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From: doug@letni.UUCP (Doug Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: crime confusion
Message-ID: <16038@letni.UUCP>
Date: 5 Nov 90 17:51:28 GMT
References: <4576@rsiatl.UUCP> <15810@letni.UUCP> <1990Nov2.202722.13748@ico.isc.com>
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In article <1990Nov2.202722.13748@ico.isc.com> rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
>doug@letni.UUCP (Doug Davis) writes, among other things:
>> Of course you all know that technically if you pay a moving violation traffic
>> ticket you were "arrested" and "convicted."  Keep that in mind the
>> next time you fill out a job application.....
>
>The :-) is missing.
No it isn't. The :-( might be..

>This is wrong, of course.
No it isn't.

>There are various sorts of laws which you are expected to obey.
>Not every violation of a law is a crime.
Uh, by its vary nature the violation of a law is a criminal act.

>There are a few traffic laws which, if violated, will get you arrested.
With the exception of some city ordiences, any ticket that is handed
to you via an officer of the law is technically an arrest when you sign
the bottom line.  Read the fine print on the next speeding ticket 
you get.  I quote the lines "Signature of arrested person:" from one
of mine.  At least in LA, TX, OK, and CA, they have all said the same
or similer things.  

>Most won't.  You'll have to pay a fine, but you won't go to
>jail.  You'll have a traffic-violation record, but that's not a criminal
>record.  Best to keep the two straight.
A "traffic-violation record" is a misnomer, what you have is a record
of offenses, both major and minor.   A speeding ticket is considered 
a minor infraction of the law.  

All though still not a lawyer, As a cronic collector of speeding 
tickets I have lots of experience in this area. :-(

doug
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