I think I will go to Jail next week

I hope you don't go to jail. There's usually something that can be worked out for people in your situation. However, don't drive again until you get insurance. My assistant's boyfriend (who is kind of stupid in my opinion for doing this but not in general) got arrested three times for driving with no insurance. The third time they just kept him in jail. She couldn't even bail him out until the next day. Don't be like him.

Well, if you do have to go to jail, I bet they let you out before 4 or 5 days have gone by. I hear about so many cases where a person is supposed to get a month and they are out in a week. Someone gets a week and they are out in 18 hours. Apparently due to overcrowding, the sentences are shortened tremendously. So if you do have to serve time, it might make you feel better to know you probably won't even spend one night in prison. Besides that, if you have a clean prior record, maybe the judge will take that into account and you'll get community service or perhaps just a warning.

I am sorry to hear that .I hope that you can learn some lesson from this problem.Acually,I wish you can take care of this kind of situation.

I did do one night because of a speeding ticket I got which personally I just refused to pay because it was ridiculous and I was told I could fight it in court but I just ignored it. When I found out I could do 8 hours, I thought I might as well because I wasn't doing anything else anyway. I had never been to jail so that was a bit scary for me, but actually it was nothing and if I had to I would do it again. I know that is not the same as doing 4 or 5 days, but if I had no job and no money to pay for fines, I think I would do that also.

Hi, this is not fair. Why need to go to the jail? Can not it be solved out so that you are free from the charge? Do something. Wish you are not in.

It is so sad to have this problem in this time. I think you can consult a laywer or you can tell the authority about how badly your finanical problem is, hope they can find the solution. In my country, we don't go to jail for not paying tickests, but may go to jail if you ignore the ticket or just refuse to talk to the authority. I wish you good luck.

i'm so sorry to hear about what is happening to you... i know that driving with an expired rego is illegal and you will be fined by it... but i don't know that you will be fined if driving with an uninsured car as well... i always thought that it is our decision whether we want to take car insurance or not especially if we buy the car in cash... anyway, i hope everything will work out for you and things will be better... good luck... take care and have a nice day...

For someone who usually never gets a ticket, this is a really foreign idea. Working off your tickets by sitting in jail sounds okay, though, as long as you aren't getting stuff put on your record.

I hope you get a lawyer and talk about it. You can probably get legal aid, because if you go to jail, you will have a record and if you appear before Judge Judy , she will say nasty things about you. Also it might make it hard or impossible for you to be bonded. Maybe you should not drive your car until you get another job. Anyway talk to legal aid and find out what your options are.

Hi, ChaJudLeoBit! Wow! No, this has never happened to me. And I hope that it does not. I will try not to ever drive without insurance on my car. Or the car that I am driving. And I will try to keep from letting my tags expire too. If I see that my tags are expired on my car, that gives the police the right to pull me over for this, if they notice it. So, I won't try and take that risk. My car will be parked in the yard until I get all of this taken care of. I don't have my driver's license yet, but that is what I will do to prevent this from happening to me. I am sorry about you being laid off, I understand times are hard for everyone right now. And I know that the last thing that you need is to be paying a fine for breaking the law. You will have to pay these fess to get out of jail, and I would hate to see you stay in jail because of this. You will just have to do your time in jail. You won't be in there that long, so it is nothing to fret over. I have driven without a license many of times. And I just watch how I drive, and I make sure that I don't speed. I do my best to obey the traffic and the rules of the road. And I watch out for other drivers, pedesterians, truckers, bicyclers and motorists. People do stupid things on the road all of the time. But, I just be careful and stay watchful at all times. I hope to never go to jail for anything about my car or a car. I hope that everything will work out for you so that you don't have to suffer for so long. Take care of yourself. To make you feel better about your situation.. My brother and sister-in-law both have been in jams similar to yours. My bil drove his car without insurance, and his license was suspended for six months. I think that this happened to him twice. I think that he used to drive without a license. And my sil license got revoked, she has to pay over $200 plus another $200 to get her license back. You are not the only person to go through this. Others have went through this, and some have had it worser.

OMG! I don't know if I could do that. LOL I would be so freaked out. I guess if someone I know went with me I could probably deal with it but not alone. I actually have a ticket that I got in 2006 that I never paid, therefore I was unable to renew my license. So right now I am driving without a license and I don't even know if I have a warrant, as I am scared to call and find out. LOL If you decide to do it, be careful.

I've never had that happen, but I do have a friend who had gotten TWO speeding tickets - and because she didn't make very much money, they allowed her to pay $50 a month for a certain amount of months to pay it off - like a payment-plan type deal. I'm sure if you expressed concern about paying your tickets - maybe your county would allow you to do the same thing. And couldn't you sell your car? ..If you no longer have a job to drive to? It might be a good way to make up for the money you're going to be fined.

All i have to say is don't drop the soap, Don't trick, and hope you don't get raped by your cellmate.

i myself have never been to jail. i fear jail honestly. but if i were in your situation and did not have the money to pay off the fines i would do a week in jail. it seems easier financially then to pay the fine off anyway. and maybe it would scare you enough to do the right thing next time :)

I have never done that. But I have had fines before, and I know that they will usually work with you. If you make some attempt to pay them maybe they will help you out. My husband had to do this one time. He was out of work and unable to pay his fine on time, he got a 6 month extension. Just talk to the judge. Hopefully you won't have to go to jail.

Where do you live that you will go to jail for not paying tickets!? I have many outstanding tickets and I have not gone to jail. I was told that if you go to the registry and appeal the tickets and say that you honestly do not have the money to pay them, that chances are they will give you extra time, or drop the charges. Talk to them about setting up a payment plan for when you do have income.

So sorry to hear about your problem. But if this ever happens again about the insurance or tag, walk to where you need to go other than taking a chance like this & go to jail. The same thing happened to my husband & he was out of work but luckily I had a job, which totally made me mad for I am always telling him to slow down for we do not have money to waste on tickets & give the police free money. I can think of so many things to do with money than paying for a ticket. But good luck hope all goes well. Take care & God Bless.