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Defendant in Municipal Court of Providence says financial hardship led to unpaid traffic fines
Summary
At a brief hearing in the Municipal Court of Providence, a defendant told a presiding judge he did not pay traffic tickets because he was broke; the judge questioned whether the money drivers make delivering pizzas offsets fines incurred while driving aggressively.
At a brief hearing in the Municipal Court of Providence, a defendant told the presiding judge he had not paid traffic tickets because he was “broke,” and asked the court for leniency.
The exchange highlighted the gap between the value of some consumer purchases and the fines drivers face. The judge contrasted a $20 pizza delivery with…
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