Speeding tickets

[FDF12389]

What do you usually do to fight them?

Story:

I was pulled over doing 9 mph over last year, showed up myself and got it reduced. just got one for 14 over.......

 

[Nebor]

Throw them away and forget about them. They'll never do anything.

 

[olds]

#1
I did the crime, I'll do the time.

 

[Bryophyte]

I just don't get citations and save myself a lot of money and hassle. Since you already have, going to court may result in the judge reducing the fine or dropping some points.

 

[LS21]

go to court, get ticket dismissed *knock on wood*

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
#1
I did the crime, I'll do the time.

That's generally my approach to life's fvckups as well.

 

[Xavier434]

#3

but....

$100 - $250 for a lawyer? Geez call TicketClinic. You won't be paying more than $140 and most of the time it will be under $100.

 

[gorcorps]

Depends on the state, but here in Colorado if its a first offense then you can just pay the fee and have your points reduced by half.

 

[mugs]

I just pay the fine. My insurance company doesn't raise rates for tickets (but they will drop you if you are a habitually bad driver).

 

[SpunkyJones]

I pay it and move on with my life.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

In all my years of driving (currently 26..started the usual age as everyone else), I have YET to get a ticket. I've been pulled over only once, and was let off.

 

[spacejamz]

no option for defensive driving or deferred adjucation?

 

[Anubis]

wheres the option for not getting them

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: Anubis
wheres the option for not getting them

If you don't get them then it really doesn't apply to you. I'll add another poll for you though.

 

[compman25]

Where's the option to do a written defense? I never go, just write to the judge and fight it through the mail.

 

[FDF12389]

Originally posted by: Xavier434
#3

but....

$100 - $250 for a lawyer? Geez call TicketClinic. You won't be paying more than $140 and most of the time it will be under $100.

Whats ticket clinic?

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
#1
I did the crime, I'll do the time.

:thumbsup:

 

[GagHalfrunt]

My typical MO is not to get them. Got my only one about 20 years ago, deserved it, learned to not drive like an asshole. Went to court, plead guilty to a lesser charge, paid the fine.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: FDF12389

Originally posted by: Xavier434
#3

but....

$100 - $250 for a lawyer? Geez call TicketClinic. You won't be paying more than $140 and most of the time it will be under $100.

Whats ticket clinic?

A bunch of lawyers that go to court for you to dismiss your ticket and all points for a fee. The process on my end whenever I have had to do it in the past (very few times mind you) consisted of a 10 min phone call, one fax (the ticket itself), and a single debit card transaction over the phone of $90-$100 which was always less money than the ticket and I don't have to worry about traffic school or my insurance rates going up.

TicketClinic


Heck, the last time I got a ticket was during a road trip to my parents house. After getting the ticket I immediately made the phone call and took care of everything only 10 min after the cop drove off. When I arrived at my destination I made a quick fax and forgot about the whole thing until a couple months later after the court date had passed and I got my letter in the mail telling me everything was dismissed.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: FDF12389
What do you usually do to fight them?

Radar-seeking guided missiles.

Honestly, I've never gotten a speeding ticket. The only time I got pulled over doing a decent speed (~75 in a 60) the cop gave me a "negligent driving" ticket instead because he didn't get a radar reading. Seeing as that's the sort of ticket that's impossible to fight (your word against his), I went to court and got a deferred finding, kept my nose clean for a year, and the ticket was dropped. I think that one cost me about $200...the fine was going to be $500+points.

Other times I got pulled over:

Going ~8 over (Fix-it ticket for busted headlight, thank you sir)
Going ~5 over (Searched the car for weed, gave me a warning)
Going ~8 over (New Jersey...my only really bad experience with the cops.)

 

[Cruisin1]

pay a lawyer 99 bucks here in SD takes care of my tickets all the time.

 

[KeithTalent]

Never gotten one and hope I never get one.

KT

 

[Patt]

I've had a couple, and paid them, and accepted that my stupidity resulted in points. They are now all off my record though, as it has been 6 or 7 years since my last one. Just suck it up and don't waste everyone's time if you were actually in the wrong.

 

[KK]

Depends on where I receive the ticket, out of state, I don't usually do anything but send the money in. My only in-state ticket, I called the PD and they adjusted the ticket to make it not show on my insurance.

 

[Bill Brasky]

In-state: I just pay 30 bucks more and they'll make it a non-moving violation. No judge, no lawyer.

Out of state: pay the money and move on.