He was quick and then angry.
A man caught speeding on a Georgia highway was confused when police slapped him with a $1.4 million ticket last month.
Connor Cato was driving home through Savannah on Sept. 2 when the Georgia State Patrol caught him going 90 in a 55 mile per hour zone, he admitted to WSAV-TV.
Although he expected a hefty fine, Cato was shocked when he was hit with a seven-figure charge.
He called the court assuming the payment was a typo but was reportedly told he had to pay the amount or appear in court.
“’$1.4 million,’ the woman told me over the phone. I said, ‘This might be a typo’ and he said, ‘No sir, either you pay the amount on the ticket or you come to court on December 21 at 1:30pm’,” he told a local outlet.
The man was caught speeding on the freeway and given a $1.4 million ticket for it last month.Getty Images/iStockphoto
Criminal defense lawyer Sneh Patel said she had never seen such a high fine for an offence.
“It’s not $1.4 million — that’s something that involves a case of drug trafficking, murder or aggravated assault, something of that nature,” he told WSAV.
Fortunately for Cato, the big price actually reflects a “placeholder” he was never expected to pay.
The man called the court thinking the payment was a typo but he was told he had to pay a fine or appear in court.WSAV
The staggering figure was generated by e-citation software used by the local Recorder’s Court that is automatically applied to “super speeders,” anyone caught speeding 35 mph over the speed limit, said Joshua Peacock, a Savannah city government spokesman.
A judge will set the actual fine — which cannot exceed $1,000, plus government-mandated costs — at a mandatory court appearance.
“We did not issue the placeholder as a threat to intimidate anyone into court, even if this person heard differently than someone in our organization,” Peacock said in a statement.
The tickets are generated by e-citation software used by local Recorder’s Courts that are automatically applied to “super surfers.” Getty Images/iStockphoto
“The programmers who designed the software used the largest amount possible because a super speeder ticket is a mandatory court attendance and does not have the amount of a fine that is imposed when issued by the police.”
The city has been using the new system since 2017, but “is currently working to adjust the placeholder language to avoid any confusion.”
With Postal wire.
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