Cash-strapped Illinois counties using collection agency to badger drivers over unpaid traffic tickets – Fox News

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Dan
4 years ago

The problem is that these tickets are 20-30 years old! The biggest complaints are that people are saying they paid those tickets! Most people and banks don’t keep records that far back! In the case of one woman she wasn’t driving at that time due to her age!
This is a case of poor record keeping in these counties and municipalities! Now that state funding has slowed down these communities, that have relied on this funding are trying to make up for the shortages so they can keep spending beyond there means!

debtsor
4 years ago

If you can find a way to pay your cell phone bill every month, you can find a way to pay your traffic ticket. Better yet, avoid getting them in the first place.

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