House of the Week featured in the September 17th, 2021 episode of Tom & Jay’s Real Estate Podcast. About this episode:
“Everyone is looking for things to get back to some sense of “NORMAL”. Tom and Jay discuss 5 reasons that today’s real estate market is not normal. They also explain how buyers and sellers should take advantage of this not normal time. Tune in to hear about the house of the week which is located in Thurmont!”
Having to pay a traffic fine can put anyone in a bad mood. Fines are regularly $150 or more, plus you could have to make a court appearance, and you’re likely to see a bump in your car insurance. And, since they’re costly & time-consuming, we do our best to avoid getting traffic citations…or are they tickets? What’s the difference between a traffic citation & a traffic ticket?
The answer is pretty simple, actually…there isn’t a difference.
When it comes to traffic violations, nothing separates a citation from a ticket. The terms are interchangeable & either can be used depending on the wording each particular officer or department prefers. Citation is the proper legal term for a written record of a traffic violation, but to call it a ticket doesn’t mean anything different. You’ll still be penalized, fined, and possibly get points on your license. The number of points, which depends both on the violation & the state where you live, can impact your insurance premiums (though they can be minimized through defensive driving courses or simply by falling off over time).
Typically, you’re likely to get a ticket for speeding, failure to obey traffic lights or signs, or driving under the influence. Not wearing a seat belt or driving without a license plate are also potential reasons you could be written up. But, once you have the ticket (which is considered a legal document), you’re obligated to pay the fine or go to court to dispute it. Not doing either of those things may result in additional charges being leveled against you, or your license could be revoked.
A traffic warning, however, is something different. That’s typically a verbal or written reprimand from an officer that you’ve violated a traffic law & should be more cautious in the future. You’re more likely to get off with just a warning if it’s your first offense.
Citation or ticket, though, one isn’t any better or worse than the other. The bottom line: you don’t want to get either one. So, drive safe!
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Happy “Uncle Sam Day”! September 13th actually is “Uncle Sam Day”. And, while it may seem like just another one of those made-up holidays, there really was a very real Uncle Sam. But who was he?
The real “Uncle Sam” was actually a guy named Sam Wilson. Born on September 13, 1766, Sam Wilson became a meat packer in Troy, New York, before eventually getting in good with the military & supplying meat to soldiers during the War of 1812. And, to identify the meat for shipment, Wilson would stamp “U.S.” on the barrels, so that American troops would know their meat rations were coming from a fellow colonist. As the “U.S.” was considered his signature, it wasn’t long before soldiers started calling the meat packages “deliveries from Uncle Sam”. And, needless to say, the nickname stuck before ultimately taking on a life of its own when the white-haired, red-white-and-blue top-hatted, pointing dude began being featured on recruitment & war bond posters (and almost anything/everything else encouraging Americans to do their patriotic duty for the country).
Don’t believe me? Well, even the 87th Congress of the United States will back me up on this one. Because, in 1961, they adopted a resolution “saluting Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, NY, as the progenitor of America’s National symbol of Uncle Sam.”
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