New at Reason: Katherine Mangu-Ward on Contesting Traffic Tickets

Katherine Mangu-Ward | July 6, 2009

Last week, Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts signed a bill into law allowing the Commonwealth to charge of $25 fee for each traffic hearing. This means that if you challenge a ticket and win, you still owe The Man the price of two large bacon cheeseburger pizzas from Domino's. Associate Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward writes about her own misadventures challenging a jaywalking ticket and defends the notion of charging for traffic hearings. 

Read all about it here.