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Old Nov 20, 2014 | 7:30 pm
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This doesn't seem right. How can the owner be held liable for someone else's traffic tickets?

Edit: I looked it up. Florida statutes 316.0083

(d)1. The owner of the motor vehicle involved in the violation is responsible and liable for paying the uniform traffic citation issued for a violation of s. 316.074(1) or s. 316.075(1)(c)1. when the driver failed to stop at a traffic signal, unless the owner can establish that:

c. The motor vehicle was, at the time of the violation, in the care, custody, or control of another person;
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/...0316.0083.html

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