In 2017, City software development systems designers in Savannah Georgia created e-generated numeric place markers until stipulated court appearances were met. “We do not issue that placeholder as a threat to scare anybody into court, even if this person heard differently from somebody in our organization,” Peacock said in a statement.
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 going more than 35 miles over the speed limit, said Joshua Peacock, a spokesman for Savannah’s city government. A judge will set the real fine — which cannot exceed $1,000, plus state-mandated costs — at the mandatory court appearance.
“The programmers who designed the software used the largest number possible because super speeder tickets are a mandatory court appearance and do not have a fine amount attached to them when issued by police.” The city has been using the new system since 2017, but is “working on adjusting the placeholder language to avoid any confusion.”
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