Question about speeding ticket

[Pulsar]

ALWAYS contest the ticket, you have a chance of getting it reduced at the minimum.

What an incredibly horrible and irresponsible attitude. No, don't bother arguing. If you did the crime, trying to fight it is irresponsible at best, and just totally dishonest at worst.

THIS type of wrongheaded thinking is a portion of the reason that our system is so messed up, and why so many lawyers have jobs. The same type of logic is used for personal injury, wrongful <insert action here> lawsuits, and so many others.

Yeah, that's it. Take 'em to court because you might get something out of them.

Better yet - suck it up, learn how to drive, and stop being a burden on society.

 

[rh71]

First ticket in 11 years... and I would rather not risk losing the 6 points.

The points don't matter unless you are close to the limit (11 here). I did the defensive driving and all that crap to get it reduced but you know what the state officials told me when I went to submit the request to get it off? It is effectively useless unless those points put me over the limit.

Don't worry about the points (unless you're a frequent violator). Worry about any extraneous fees that may come from insurance or a new law they have here that makes you pay $100/yr for 3 years because you got 6 points. That is the reason I fought it and got it reduced to 4 points. Don't worry about actual points on your license... worry about what it does to you monetarily if anything.


To the post above, yes we broke the law and look dishonest. But how honest is a 50mph limit on the Clearview Expressway which is essentially a straightaway 3-lane dragstrip for miles? Limits aren't always set right (only because it's within city limits) and I have no problem fighting that. Red lights, I pay (and no longer run).

 

[boomhower]

Why would it be based on the original charge? He wrote 74 in a 65. He can't go back later and say you were really going faster and then convict you of that. They can only convict you for what the officer wrote on the ticket.

Don't be so sure of yourself. A judge has a lot of leaway. A trooper testifies he clocked the vehicle at such and such speed, issued citation for lower speed. Defendant proceeds to piss off judge. Judge orders trooper to issue citation for correct speed, trooper complies and defendant convicted on original speed on the spot. A judge can get away with a lot, right or wrong. I've seem some crazy shit in court going both ways on both sides. Seen some that have a good case convicted and seen those dead to rights let go. You never know what your going to get when you go before a trial by judge.