Speeding ticket - is this enough for dismissal?

[guyver01]

I just got a speeding ticket... and the date on the ticket says 10/31/03 12:17 PM.

is this enough to dismiss?

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: guyver01
I just got a speeding ticket... and the date on the ticket says 10/31/03 12:17 PM.

is this enough to dismiss?

Sure is.

 

[Mrfrog840]

ehh it might be

good luck

 

[guyver01]

what can i do to prove it incorrect? take a picture of it now?

 

[Mrfrog840]

ya

 

[Ness]

Tomorrow at 12, go somewhere important where you can get proof that you were far away or previously occupied to show that you weren't even in the area at that time have a perfect alibi as to why that ticket could be innacurate.

 

[guyver01]

hehe... actually tomorrow i have to be in work by noon.. for a meeting.

 

[her209]

pay the damn ticket!

 

[Legendary]

So take a picture with a copy of tomorrow's paper, a digital clock and your ticket.

 

[Turkish]

you lucky son of a j/k...

 

[crumpet19]

Maybe you could take it to a notary service and have then stamp, date, and sign it.

 

[SweetSweetLeroyBrown]

yeah tell that`story to a cranky old traffic court judge

i'm sure he will be amused by your witty alibi

 

[Broohaha]

more power to you if its good enough to get it dismissed...

but i have a feeling that a traffic court judge will sooner verbally castigate you and find some way to find you in contempt or some such rather than let you get away with that.

and then you can "appeal" saying that dammit, you really DID deserve to have it waived but that costs 80 dolllars in and of itself :Q

but hey it's worth a shot.

 

[guyver01]

also.. the trooper who gave me the ticket never clocked me... he said i was keeping up with his car, and since he was going fast, i must have been to.

i should fight it

 

[guyver01]

hmm.. i have an idea... i can post on here at 12:17pm, and take that with me

"but your honor, i was home neffing on Anandtech, i couldn't have been speeding"

 

[HonkeyDonk]

then they'll ask, then how'd you get a hold of that ticket?

 

[thraxes]

Originally posted by: guyver01
hmm.. i have an idea... i can post on here at 12:17pm, and take that with me

"but your honor, i was home neffing on Anandtech, i couldn't have been speeding"

Sure you could! Ever heard of Turbo Neffing? Neffing so fast, that the Mods themselves send you the ticket.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

You broke the law, now pay up and stop whining!

 

[Linflas]

I think the Notary idea is good just for proving that the date is incorrect but I have no idea what will end up happening in court.

 

[Axon]

Good luck beating it. Before you attempt to motion for dismissal, educate yourself on WHY an improperly written ticket is grounds for such a motion. Check the Federal Rulebook as well as State traffic and ticketing laws. Look for mandatory precedent in prior cases. You can't just motion "cuz teh ticket is wrong OMG," you know? Especially if the Police have a statute that takes slight human errors into account, which they more than likely do. I'm not trying to hate, I'm trying to prepare you.

Further, the judge has the final word and doesn't have to do anything - keep that in mind. Traffic judges hear bullcrap stories and attempts to dismiss about 30 times a day and they don't like any of 'em. Every 18-25 year-old comes in thinking they?re slick and they?re going to beat their ticket. People see too much false, television law and they think they know how to litigate. The judge is going to want to know the grounds for your motion, the precedent behind it, and any applicable statutes. Anything less, and you?re going to sound stupid.

You're generally better off making a deal to reduce the ticket to 10 over for a moving violation and no points.

 

[brxndxn]

The wrong date is more than enough to get the ticket dismissed. Just state that you were out eating with your friends or something during the time the ticket says. Most likely, the cop won't even remember what date and time he actually did stop you.

Also, state that the officer did not get you on radar if the judge does not like the date excuse. When I was in traffic court fighting a ticket, I had to witness about 20 people before me contest their tickets. Four of them stated the officer did not get them on radar or failed to show them the radar when they stopped them. Four of them got their tickets readily dismissed.

 

[Ornery]

You signed it, didn't you?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Axon
Good luck beating it. Before you attempt to motion for dismissal, educate yourself on WHY an improperly written ticket is grounds for such a motion. Check the Federal Rulebook as well as State traffic and ticketing laws. Look for mandatory precedent in prior cases. You can't just motion "cuz teh ticket is wrong OMG," you know? Especially if the Police have a statute that takes slight human errors into account, which they more than likely do. I'm not trying to hate, I'm trying to prepare you.

Further, the judge has the final word and doesn't have to do anything - keep that in mind. Traffic judges hear bullcrap stories and attempts to dismiss about 30 times a day and they don't like any of 'em. Every 18-25 year-old comes in thinking they?re slick and they?re going to beat their ticket. People see too much false, television law and they think they know how to litigate. The judge is going to want to know the grounds for your motion, the precedent behind it, and any applicable statutes. Anything less, and you?re going to sound stupid.

You're generally better off making a deal to reduce the ticket to 10 over for a moving violation and no points.

Probably right.

 

[TheCorm]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Axon
Good luck beating it. Before you attempt to motion for dismissal, educate yourself on WHY an improperly written ticket is grounds for such a motion. Check the Federal Rulebook as well as State traffic and ticketing laws. Look for mandatory precedent in prior cases. You can't just motion "cuz teh ticket is wrong OMG," you know? Especially if the Police have a statute that takes slight human errors into account, which they more than likely do. I'm not trying to hate, I'm trying to prepare you.

Further, the judge has the final word and doesn't have to do anything - keep that in mind. Traffic judges hear bullcrap stories and attempts to dismiss about 30 times a day and they don't like any of 'em. Every 18-25 year-old comes in thinking they?re slick and they?re going to beat their ticket. People see too much false, television law and they think they know how to litigate. The judge is going to want to know the grounds for your motion, the precedent behind it, and any applicable statutes. Anything less, and you?re going to sound stupid.

You're generally better off making a deal to reduce the ticket to 10 over for a moving violation and no points.

Probably right.

Yeah good points.....still would be awesome if somehow you did beat it....lol....take a picture of you sitting outside the local police station at the time the ticket was issued....or standing by the clock in their main desk area.

 

[Axon]

Originally posted by: brxndxn
The wrong date is more than enough to get the ticket dismissed. Just state that you were out eating with your friends or something during the time the ticket says. Most likely, the cop won't even remember what date and time he actually did stop you.

Also, state that the officer did not get you on radar if the judge does not like the date excuse. When I was in traffic court fighting a ticket, I had to witness about 20 people before me contest their tickets. Four of them stated the officer did not get them on radar or failed to show them the radar when they stopped them. Four of them got their tickets readily dismissed.

In Soviet Russia, ticket dismiss you!