Poor driving record in Orange County

[libertarian]

Originally Posted by jsteak

Thank you all for your help. I will take the advice given and wait at least a year before I apply. I may even take an advanced driving course in that time to soften the discussion when that subject comes up in the interview.

I can highly recommend the Skip Barber Driving School (Skip Barber Racing School LLC) and the Bob Bondurant School of Driving (Bondurant Racing School). Just make sure to take the Driver courses and not the Race courses (or at least, not JUST the race courses)

[Quietpi]

[ B]DOES ANYONE KNOW IF ALL THE COURTS HAVE THIS
ON-LINE" AVAILABLITY TO LOOK UP TICKETS AND CASES, LIKE ORANGE COUNTY, ETC.? THANK YOU FOR LETTTING ME KNOW. IT IS NICE TO KNOW WHAT MIGHT BE ON "RECORD" IN COUNTIES THAT WE HAVE LIVED IN.[/b][/quote]

Well, it's been a while since this was posted, but I don't see an answer. The answer is no. Many, but not all courts are on line. Some courts that are mostly on line may not have traffic cites. One county I just dealt with last week only maintains traffic court records by case number (not cite number in that county) after the fine is paid.

And policies re: what is posted, and for how long, vary. There is no consistency. And that does not mean that the actual case is destroyed, or that there's another, private index that will still reflect it. The only way to know for sure is with an on-site search in the courts, and a search of DMV records.

To find out what courts are on line, go to:

California County Courts On Line

For DMV records, go to:

DMV and Your Information

As in all things, be totally honest, and do exactly what the instructions tell you.

[eternalblue]

i have a similar issue, i have 3 tickets within the past 3 years, all for speeding.

however they all show as dismissed.
In actuality, i paid one, one was dismissed at trial for officer no show, and one was dismissed when i wrote a letter because ticket was largely erroneous (incorrect car make/type and CVC cited).

how big of a deal is this?

[Justaguy]

Originally Posted by eternalblue

i have a similar issue, i have 3 tickets within the past 3 years, all for speeding.

however they all show as dismissed.
In actuality, i paid one, one was dismissed at trial for officer no show, and one was dismissed when i wrote a letter because ticket was largely erroneous (incorrect car make/type and CVC cited).

how big of a deal is this?

So, what you really have is ONE ticket, not three (i.e. one conviction).

[akulahawk]

I'd say that he still got 3 tickets... but only one conviction out of it. I'd say "disclose the tickets and their dispo".

[eternalblue]

thank you all, i will disclose on the application as i have mentioned here.