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Texas man pays hundreds of Dollars Speeding Ticket With Buckets of Pennies

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><h3 class&equals;"paragraph"><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"paragraph"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240404&semi;"><strong>Brett Sanders paid a &dollar;212 traffic fine with thousands of pennies in &&num;8220&semi;protest&&num;8221&semi; of a speeding ticket&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"paragraph"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240404&semi;"><strong>Hammered &dollar;220 worth of pennies from their rolls and shoveled them into five-gallon buckets&comma; drove to Frisco Municipal Court and dumped all 22&comma;000 coins on the counter<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"paragraph"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240404&semi;"><strong>Court&&num;8217&semi;s clerks gathered the pennies and took them to Coinstar locations around town&comma; took three hours to count<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"paragraph"><strong><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;240404&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;It felt great&period; It really felt great&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Sanders<&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"paragraph"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-27620" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;pennies31n-1-web&period;jpg" alt&equals;"pennies31n-1-web" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"673" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"paragraph"><strong>Brett hammered &dollar;220 worth of pennies from their roll<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph">A Texas man paid a traffic fine with thousands of pennies in &&num;8220&semi;protest&&num;8221&semi; of a speeding ticket&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Brett Sanders believes he did nothing wrong when he was ticketed for driving nine miles per hour over the speed limit in his Frisco neighborhood&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I didn&&num;8217&semi;t hurt anybody&period; I didn&&num;8217&semi;t endanger anybody&&num;8217&semi;s life&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sanders tried to fight the ticket in court&comma; taking the case to trial where he eventually lost&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;When my fine came due&comma; I just decided I may as well pay with pennies and we&&num;8217&semi;ll make a big spectacle of it&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sanders said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"paragraph"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-27624" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;05&sol;pennies&lowbar;fine2&period;png" alt&equals;"pennies&lowbar;fine2" width&equals;"715" height&equals;"417" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"paragraph"><strong>Sanders t drove to the Frisco Municipal Court and dumped the coins  on the counter&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"paragraph">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"Ocxc47IO4PA" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;Ocxc47IO4PA" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;Ocxc47IO4PA&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;Ocxc47IO4PA&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span><br &sol;>&NewLine;He hammered &dollar;220 worth of pennies from their rolls and shoveled them into five-gallon buckets&period; Sanders then drove to the Frisco Municipal Court and dumped the coins – all 22&comma;000 – on the counter&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;It felt great&period; It really felt great&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Sanders said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sanders recorded the incident and posted a video on YouTube&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The court&&num;8217&semi;s clerks gathered all the pennies and took them to Coinstar locations around town&period; They said it took about three hours to count them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sanders is now owed money by the city because he overpaid by &dollar;7&period;81&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;I’m just going to go ahead and let them keep that&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;City staff said it&&num;8217&semi;s not against the rules to pay using pennies&comma; but they wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t encourage it&period; In fact&comma; they say this is the second time in memory someone has paid with pennies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"paragraph"><em><strong>Let us know what you think of this article&period; 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