Savannah city officials say the $1.4 million ticket Connor Cato received after being clocked at 90 mph was due to a software issue. WSAV’s Tyler Nicole reports.
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#WSAV #Georgia #Savannah
Mr. Patel is very handsome.
So if superspeeders have to appear in court, then why not just issue a summons instead?
Georgia Needs to be remind that they can not Breach the Law, the Federal court Needs to step in and stop this ..
Public employees don’t care about anything, they just collect and collect, the only thing they like is MONEY.
I think that is the correct amount, who doesn’t have a couple million in there bank?
Just pay your ‘ticket’ bro
well at least they didn’t start with death penalty
Thats the american dream with this unitedstateans.
This is dumb…. the ticket isnt for that amount if he just shows up to court. Everyone is all outraged when clearly if this dude shows up to court like hes supposed to he wont get a ticket for more than 1k. How about you just dont speed and put others lives in danger then you have no ticket 🤷♀️
Honestly we should have tickets based on income. If you are a millionaire you should pay the same percentage of your income in a ticket. Otherwise the law doesnt apply the same to everyone.
“Next time i’ll leave the SR71 in the garage.”
No way he should have to pay that
It was someone’s last day at work 😂😂
Has to be a mistake of some kind.
And people pay $1,000 for 9 DWIs
May as well put 999 billion
It’s called tyranny.
They said pay it or show up in court
I guess the Biden Administration has to get the money somewhere
😂😂😂😂😂
When people make mistakes, cool just fix it. But if the government makes a mistake, they should be required to not only get rid of this ticket, they should be required to pay the “mistake” amount the person in question. Bet this “software error” won’t happen anymore.
Government is out of control
It’s what you get when civil servants think themselves untouchable. (I’m a retired civil servant myself.)
Lawyer using “maybe, kinda, sorta of” but his bill will be %100 no stutter.
Apparently the regular ticket didn’t get his attention or thought laws don’t apply to him.
Useless government bureaucrats with salary paid by your tax dollars!
Government is corrupt on all levels, but especially on a local level.
That is one way to get someone’s attention, i wonder if he had a history of NOT showing up for court,
Go to court fight it the sue the state for violating your 8th amendment
They probably put his SSN # in the amount field. 🙂 When you enter as cents, then an SSN beginning with 140,xxx,xxx ends up being 1,40x,xxx.xx
One moment please
This is a classic Law enforcement response. No matter how ridiculous the charge is they are the Law and that’s all there is to that. Who is a mere civilian to question anything involving their self righteous personalities?
Lol, I’m willing to bet he won’t miss THAT court date!
Because its Georgia, and Georgia cheats. It cheats on its elections, it cheats on inputting fines, both overseen by the same division of GA government.
Doesn’t surprise me. Government loves outrageous fines to collect as much money as possible. That’s all theses tickets are about money that’s it.
Software problem, not “issue.”
Government employees are just out of control in every Department❗🇺🇲😡
Ladies and gentlemen, always remember this tickets are illegal in the United States. They are called bills of kingdom with assistance. It is on awful to give out a ticket in the United States. When you give up your right for privilege unknowingly this is what happens. They got you now in the system so because you’re in the system they can stop you and say or do anythingit’s called the color of them must know you stand by your right you do not need a drivers license To Travel registration or plates for your private convenience are illegal knowledge Supreme Court no drivers license required, so are you folks folks?
Politicians or CEO’s or even some companies don’t even receive penalties a much as this for corrupt or criminal conduct that took years and more money to chase and investigate.
I will never drive again lol
If he is habitual and shows lack of care for the public, maybe he should slow TF down. So this puke shows up.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 they was going to make sure youre going to appear in court. 1.4m$ is definitely a court date you dont want to miss. Imagine the warrant (FTA) if you did, 2.1B$ for “Failure To Appear. The law messed up dawg 😅😅😅
Like OMG, there is an attorney on the news, and isn’t Crying about Racism.
I think that is a justified amount for going 90 mph!
let’s talk about the 8th amendment…”no excessive fines imposed”.
Get a good lawyer. This is a discrimination charge. You are charged because of your ethnic background.
What a waste of tax payer money, time and clogging the system
WTAF Georgia???
Let this be a lesson to speeders
I’ll bet he won’t go 90mph ever again
Yes, it’s ridiculous to see a seven digit speeding ticket (although after having some jerks get mad at me and saying I drive too slow at only five over the limit, I’m usually biased in favour of the fines). However, in the clerk’s defence … the call may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance. It’s entirely possible (without knowing their procedures) that the clerk and/or their office have no power to argue the amount. Or may have lost a few coworkers who were adjusting fines on the sly and were caught at it.
Hi my name is Georgia State. We’re happy to take your grandchildren’s savings and all the food you need for all your days on Planet Earth! And yaaas, we lil backwards but still appreciate that $1million payment in the meanwhile. 👍
But if that’s what the law allows? Why Would the state of Georgia redefine the intention of the law to accommodate someone who got caught breaking the law?
Wow this sounds straight out of a movie!
Not suprised this happened in Georgia.
Oh..conor will win if he uses Amendment 8😂
Like blacks becoming racists, this one is another thing that didn’t cross the minds of the Idiocracy film’s writers.
Moved back to Ga recently and I already wish I hadn’t the way things are done in this state are backwards asf and archaic
Theres your Government at work
time tostart pays base on income
They found a new way to fund the wars in Israel and Ukraine. Million dollar speeding ticket. 500k parking in a no standing zone.
Inteligencia artificial administrando multas jajaja pobres GRINGOS
I love how instead of appearing in court as required of “super speeders”, he immediately played victim over something obviously incorrect. I hope the judge hits him with whatever the max is lol.
This is f**king hilarious! This is a clerical and phone operator error! 🤣
8th amendment violation
He should get paid that
Basically, it’s only a placeholder, but if you’re dumb enough to pay this amount, we’re not gonna tell you it’s incorrect
Somebody’s sending a message: flout the law, meet accountability.
I’d just pay the fine and get over it.
Wait what? You make a video of a story and refer me to a website for the whole thing? I swear Im in a backwards world. When I look for something I wanna read I only get video results and when I wanna video I get sent to read…
One thing is constant in GA with Hwy patrol; corruption
It doesn’t surprise me to be honest. Georgia is right above Florida.
I thought I was watching onion news, then realized that this was real when I about to close the video
😮 yo watch this end up being a thing smh
This dude has an enemy somewhere. Someone was just waiting for him to slip up so they could pull this
So is Jaywalking around 214K?
About time. This man is not a normal driver. 😅
sounds like a middle eastern country
Hahahhaahah
In Connor they charge everyone for super speeding. The courts should shut this down.
Seems he should sue the city of savanna for wasting his time.
This is very sad. There seems to be many many people who have been quiet about Israel occupying the land of Palestine, and now they are acting out.
Super speeder tickets should be unlawful.
All Super Speeders are not required to go to court I paid mine online including the additional amount to the DDS
I would ignore the fine just to see how deep the rabbit hole gets over this.
Better call saul😂
If I got a speeding ticket for $1.4 million I’m jumpstarting my YouTube/influencer career.
Pay up. It’s just inflation adjusted.
The tickets should be that high. He was driving recklessly and if he hit anyone he would have killed them. He actively chose to behave in a manner that was completely negligent of other human lives.
Honestly if you are driving 45 over the limit you should just have your license pulled. In a few years you can go through driver training again to get a license if you do it again the loss is permanent.
Interesting $100.000 per mile over the limit is what is adds up to reality is with that kind of money you could own the police station itself
That’s one way to wipe out the national debt.😮😂
What that is called -incompetence!
The description says he was even wrongly accused of going 90mph due to a device malfunction.
This is why police department shouldn’t be a for profit police department …..alot of corruption in police department
Ransom from the city 😂😂
Criminal Speed. Then missed court. I wonder if this is his first offence. There is something the guy and the lawyer are not telling us. The city nor the court will disclose details of the case that is happening.