Originally posted by: bozack
Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Take the class and pay it.
There is no class that reduces points here in my state, you are stuck with them for six years.
Ouch, six years! In NY the points now stay on for only 1.5 years (I checked on the internet) but what they do is give you more points per ticket. The idea is if you get whacked too many times in a short period you could lose you license. But, if you are good, the points go away in a short amt of time. I got a 20+ mph over the speed limit ticket in Syracuse where I live but you CAN hire a lawyer to reduce or even get all the points removed. I did exactly that. It was a stretch a long a lake what is 55 mph but Nov 1 thru March 30 they reduce it to 45. That parkway was empty on a Saturday and I was driving about 66 thinking it was still 55 (ok a bit fast) but it was just after they dropped it in early Nov! Grrrr.. I don't generally knowingly "push it".
Recently I got hit in PA in an area where I drive for work. I was near the outskirt of town where you normally see at least a 45 or more speed limit. I was listening to a book on tape not paying attention and got up to 60 for a bit and it was still 35. Grrr! I tried to hire a lawyer down there but he said to just pay the fine but plead not guilty and they will schedule a trial. I'll try to ge the trial for a time when I'm down working and go in and plead to get it reduced. No guarantee's but I'm going to try. BTW, my ticket was barely in the 16-25 mph bracket... 4 points. So technically I could have gotten the same ticket (and $167 fine) for doing 51 mph! Pretty nasty ticket for not a huge speeding bracket.
I did get a ticket some years ago and a guy at the Bank where I had the IT job was the security officer and he used to be a policeman. He told me to go in on DA's night and talk to the Dist Attny. She was hot! Anyway, I didn't tell her she was hot but I pleaded and she reduced my moving to a non-moving violation. I then went before the judge to make it official and he discovered the policeman who pulled me over wrote down the wrong violation #. It got tossed out with no fine or anything!
Moral of the story, it can't hurt to try, and in many cases you will get a reduction or if you are real lucky, it will be tossed!
Here is a quick and easy fix to avoid speeding tickets from here on out:
Don't speed, obey the law.
I'm all for that. My problem is I obey the law but sometimes just am absent minded and that is generally when I get hit. I'm not speeding excessivly on purpose when get a ticket. Once I was on a 2 lane road out in the middle of the north country of NY state in a rented Impala - very quiet inside and very powerful. Speed limit 55 and hilly. I was just gliding down a hill, not paying attention and before I knew it the down hill momentum together with the quiet powerful car etc and I was doing 77 for a brief stretch. Boom, ticket. The scenario above, with the speed limit that changes on Nov 1 along the lake. Not going drastically over but not paying attention. Boom. For me, speeding tickets aren't so much a punishment for being naughty, but a wake up call to pay better attention. I guess that is part of the purpose of them.
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