One I just figured out...
You don't have to pay traffic tickets. Just fight them every time and you'll have a really good chance of not paying it.
I got pissed at the cop who wrote me a ticket because he was rude. Once I get set on revenge watch out! >:-)
So, I waited until I was notified of a court date and then proceeded to use the open records act to request to see his radar detector (he refused to show it to me), to review his notes (there are none), calibration logs for the gun (there are none), request training logs for when he was last trained on the radar gun (there are none), etc...
Then, whenever I get a notification of a court date I fax the court clerk with an excuse as to why I can't make that court date and ask for another date. They court dates are every 2 months. After 3 times now it's been about 7 months since the ticket was written. I plan on delaying indefinitely. If they call me on it, I'll show up at court with my notes (written the evening of the ticket) and, if the cop still happens to work there and he happens to show up at the court that date...I'll object as soon as anyone mentions my speed since the evidence is inadmissable (no training on the gun, not calibrated, no notes about an event that occurred a really long time ago).
Ergo, I don't have to pay if I don't want to and either do you!
Joshua