LAist: Traffic Tickets: Paying the Man

Allan Parachini

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:56:50 -0800

Dealing with Traffic Court matters, filing small claims actions, searching civil filing and document databases and other Los Angeles Superior Court online services are entirely 24/7. The hitch sometimes for tickets is that there is a delay between the date the ticket is actually issued and when it gets entered into the system. Think about it: The ticket has to get from the cop to the police station and the police station to the court, which then has to enter the information, one ticket at a time, since most traffic tickets are still handwritten. Oh, and by the way, there are 1.7 million traffic cases filed in our court each year. IF you don't find that ticket you got last week online yet, try again in a week or two. It still beats going to the courthouse or waiting on hold on our phones. Online Traffic Court remains the most hassle-free, convenient and accessible way to deal with most traffic matters. Please try it again if you've found it difficult to use. Our online instructions are pretty good. We really do listen to consumer comments about how we can make this service better. Don't hold back. Allan Parachini Public Information Officer Los Angeles Superior Court aparachini@lasuperiorcourt.org

Allan Parachini

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:55:59 -0800

Dealing with Traffic Court matters, filing small claims actions, searching civil filing and document databases and other Los Angeles Superior Court online services are entirely 24/7. The hitch sometimes for tickets is that there is a delay between the date the ticket is actually issued and when it gets entered into the system. Think about it: The ticket has to get from the cop to the police station and the police station to the court, which then has to enter the information, one ticket at a time, since most traffic tickets are still handwritten. Oh, and by the way, there are 1.7 million traffic cases filed in our court each year. Online Traffic Court remains the most hassle-free, convenient and accessible way to deal with most traffic matters. Please try it again if you've found it difficult to use. Our online instructions are pretty good. We really do listen to consumer comments about how we can make this service better. Don't hold back. Allan Parachini Public Information Officer Los Angeles Superior Court aparachini@lasuperiorcourt.org

Allan Parachini

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:55:38 -0800

Dealing with Traffic Court matters, filing small claims actions, searching civil filing and document databases and other Los Angeles Superior Court online services are entirely 24/7. The hitch sometimes for tickets is that there is a delay between the date the ticket is actually issued and when it gets entered into the system. Think about it: The ticket has to get from the cop to the police station and the police station to the court, which then has to enter the information, one ticket at a time, since most traffic tickets are still handwritten. Oh, and by the way, there are 1.7 million traffic cases filed in our court each year. Online Traffic Court remains the most hassle-free, convenient and accessible way to deal with most traffic matters. Please try it again if you're found it difficult to use. Our online instructions are pretty good. We really do listen to consumer comments about how we can make this service better. Don't hold back. Allan Parachini Public Information Officer Los Angeles Superior Court aparachini@lasuperiorcourt.org

Taryn

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 16:06:38 -0800

Would that it were that simple! I would've loved to have paid my speeding ticket online. I'll give 'em this: you are warned that it can take up to 21 days for your ticket information to become available online. It helps if your information on the actual ticket (citation number vs. license number) jibe with the information they may or may not have on the site. Mine, apparently, did not (wish that were grounds for dismissal.) After nearly a week of trying, I gave up and paid by phone. Incidentally, I was on hold for 4o minutes.

Christine

Tue, 17 Jan 2006 08:46:45 -0800

Yup. They got hours...but hey, maybe we should just be thankful that a gov't bureaucracy got this far?

jk

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:12:24 -0800

What? Let me get this straight: this is a website with hours of operation? Have these people even heard of the Internet before? Should I be careful not to email them after midnight?