I found this old warning ticket when I was going through files looking for some old documents I need. At the time I got this, because the state trooper saw I was on Army leave (I had my service cap in the rear window), and on my way home, he gave me a warning ticket instead of a speeding ticket.

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The officer advised me, that if I got a speeding ticket, I would be required to pay the fine immediately, or I would be held until it was paid. If that would have happened, I would have sat for a while, since I had no credit card or checking account and only carried enough cash to cover what I figured I needed for gas and food on the way home. Today, that wouldn't be enough to fill the tank one time.
In Minnesota, when you get a ticket, it has a court appearance date on it. You can show up for court, or before the court date, call the clerk of court in that county, find out what the fine is, and mail them a check. If I remember right, you have at least a couple of weeks time.
Back then, talking with my buddies, Wisconsin had a reputation for stopping out of state cars. On trips through the state after that, I checked the plates on cars that troopers had stopped along the interstate and most were out of state. I also watched my speed.
Not to pick on Wisconsin, but is this still the way it is done? Are there other states that require you pay your fine at the time you receive a ticket?

Back then in Wi. they could take cash, but you had to be escourted to a local police station to pay as the officer could not accept cash. Mine was a 70 in a 55 he must have clocked me just after I hit the brakes or it would have been about 15mph faster! That was in 73 and the last ticket I ever got!:D

I don't know about speeding tickets. But in NC. If you get a commercial vehicle violation (IE. overweight, unsecured load etc.) and don't have a depot in NC, You must pay the fine before you can leave the weigh station.

They don't really pick on out of state cars. It's just that WI drivers tend to know where the speed traps are, so it's out of state cars that get pulled over most often.

Whenever I come home from Chicago, as soon as we cross the border, you see WI cars slowing down to 70-75 and IL cars flying past us still going 80-90. Guess who's usually pulled over a few miles up?

As for tickets, some states have recoprocity (sp?) but most out of state cars have to pay on the spot because there's no leverage if you bail on it. State Troopers now have credit card readers so you can charge it on the spot and head on your way

For residents, and a few surrounding states, you get a court date. (but you can still pay on the spot if you'd like)

I think it's either Georgia or S. Carolina that reqire out of state drives to pay on the spot.

They don't really pick on out of state cars. It's just that WI drivers tend to know where the speed traps are, so it's out of state cars that get pulled over most often.

I never thought of that, but it would be a logical explanation.

so did you peel out when you took off after getting the warning?

I kept it at the speed limit after that. I was feeling pretty good because I made good time until then. I left the Washington DC area the evening before and crossed Ohio, Indiana and Illinois on the turnpike in the middle of the night with very little traffic, so I was going 90-95 most of the way. I was glad that I didn't get stopped back there.

Happened to me last summer in Hales Corners WI. I had to follow the officer to the police station so I could use my charge card to pay the fine. They were not going to let me leave without paying.

it seems as soon as i start speeding a cop finds me. (I swear they have gps on my car) I was pulled over twice by the same cop in a matter of 2 hrs. not for speeding though. i had hit a deer and it shattered my passenger side headlight. thankfully he didn't give me a ticket either time.