Do highway patrol carry credit card machines in their cruisers?
Do Highway patrol carry credit card machines in their cruisers? I was pulled over for speeding about 9 years ago in Ohio, and since i was using an international drivers license at the time, the officer told me to pay the tickets on the spot or else, i was going to have to go to jail. And then, when i told him that i had no cash, he said i can pay with my credit card and pulled a credit card reader out of his cruiser.
My friends think that i was scammed but i’m very sure that i wasn’t. Can anybody help me prove this?
UPDATE: to answer an earlier question and to make this question clearer…I was using an INTERNATIONAL DRIVERS PERMIT, and i was pulled over in OHIO, i was a student in Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh to be exact, and I’m asking this question now because it just came out in a conversation in my office and my friends at work don’t think this is possible….I tried contacting Ohio Highway Patrol but nobody replied my questions.
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4 comments
arun r on May 26, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Yes you are scammed. The officer cannot collect the fines. You have to pay only to the court.
Also, speeding is an infraction violation and you cant be arrested for this.
Do you have the credit card statement which contains this transaction?
I do not think we can do anything since this happenned 9 years ago.
hmmm on May 26, 2010 at 2:12 pm
some states do this. it’s better to get payment then and be done with it. as well the states that do do this add no points or insurance hikes to your driving if you pay it on the spot. I do not know the states that still do this. I do know that PA. does not do this. ..
.. it’s not a scam it is to insure that they recive payment. mainly in states that border other countries. ie. mexico.
sha1gon on May 26, 2010 at 2:12 pm
I don’t think so..you should never have to pay a ticket on the spot.
If you were going to go to jail they would have taken you to jail.
mobilemark on May 26, 2010 at 2:12 pm
first thing is there is NO such thing as a International Drivers license
if see ads for this you are being scammed there is something called
a international drivers permit but all this is a piece of paper which
is translation your regular drivers license into several different languages that all the IDP is
2ND why are you asking something that happen 9 years ago now?
I also noticed you never said what state you where
a lot of states have Highway patrol officers
just name some California, Nevada, North Carolina, etc