- May 1, 2001
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The details:
-In April, I got my first speeding ticket in my new car
-23 MPH over limit on 93S
-On same ticket, said Improper Lane Violation (8x)
-Exactly one week later, I got another speeding ticket in Boston for which I did not appeal and will pay this week.
I appealed the first ticket. I was over the speed limit and do not contest this point. But there is no way I made improper lane violation EIGHT TIMES!!! Total BS. If I loose this ticket I will pay abut $5,000 in more insurance over the next 7 years. Now I was speeding and know I should 'take it like a man' and just pay the ticket. But I am pissed as I only changed lanes twice and used blinker the whole time for all turns.
I appealed the ticket and have my hearing before magistrate tomorrow morning. There my options are limited. I don't have much to stand on as I was speeding and got ANOTHER speeding ticket literally the next week. So what would you do? Questions:
1-Can the magistrate or presenting officer tell at the hearing about my other ticket I got a week after this one?
2-I'd be insulting everyone's intelligence if I said I wasn't speeding or "it was that other black car next to me" or "It was way too sunny, maybe it wasn't me..." etc, etc. How can I realistically contest the improper lane violation part?
3. I will likely loose the appeal tomorrow and then I'd like to appeal the magistrates decision. This means it will cost me a few hundred bucks for a Lawyer to show up at REAL COURT in a few weeks before a judge. I'd look at it as worth the $$ for legal rep as if I don't fight the ticket then I'll be paying at least $5,000 more in insurance over the next few years. What would you do? I hear/know the longer I can keep this thing going through appeals, etc, my chances improve to remove the ticket etc.
-In April, I got my first speeding ticket in my new car
-23 MPH over limit on 93S
-On same ticket, said Improper Lane Violation (8x)
-Exactly one week later, I got another speeding ticket in Boston for which I did not appeal and will pay this week.
I appealed the first ticket. I was over the speed limit and do not contest this point. But there is no way I made improper lane violation EIGHT TIMES!!! Total BS. If I loose this ticket I will pay abut $5,000 in more insurance over the next 7 years. Now I was speeding and know I should 'take it like a man' and just pay the ticket. But I am pissed as I only changed lanes twice and used blinker the whole time for all turns.
I appealed the ticket and have my hearing before magistrate tomorrow morning. There my options are limited. I don't have much to stand on as I was speeding and got ANOTHER speeding ticket literally the next week. So what would you do? Questions:
1-Can the magistrate or presenting officer tell at the hearing about my other ticket I got a week after this one?
2-I'd be insulting everyone's intelligence if I said I wasn't speeding or "it was that other black car next to me" or "It was way too sunny, maybe it wasn't me..." etc, etc. How can I realistically contest the improper lane violation part?
3. I will likely loose the appeal tomorrow and then I'd like to appeal the magistrates decision. This means it will cost me a few hundred bucks for a Lawyer to show up at REAL COURT in a few weeks before a judge. I'd look at it as worth the $$ for legal rep as if I don't fight the ticket then I'll be paying at least $5,000 more in insurance over the next few years. What would you do? I hear/know the longer I can keep this thing going through appeals, etc, my chances improve to remove the ticket etc.