Help me get out of a speeding ticket

[Iron Kat]

Lock please.

 

[Glirk Dient]

Lock please.

I don't believe this thread has broken any rules, and the only spamming is by idiots like you who don't understand the situation.

 

[Pulse]

Nothing wrong with assessing possible strategies and options to take in a scenario where you think you've been mistreated, but seriously; all of this fuss over a ticket?

Skint or not you could've had it a lot worse with a much heftier fine. Suck it up, lie low for a while and just pay it off instead of wasting time and energy on looking for ways to avoid being penalized.

 

[Glirk Dient]

Nothing wrong with assessing possible strategies and options to take in a scenario where you think you've been mistreated, but seriously; all of this fuss over a ticket?

Skint or not you could've had it a lot worse with a much heftier fine. Suck it up, lie low for a while and just pay it off instead of wasting time and energy on looking for ways to avoid being penalized.

I would much rather contest it as going to court is exciting to me when I feel I can win. Whether or not I do I don't care a whole lot at this point.

 

[Vegeta897]

I don't believe this thread has broken any rules, and the only spamming is by idiots like you who don't understand the situation.

Soo, if you've done your homework, and people appear to be unhelpful in this thread, why do you want it open? Why do you need us at all?

 

[Glirk Dient]

I was hoping someone would have the experience of having gone through court and could give me useful advice. I have yet to receive any helpful bit of information from anyone here. Mostly a thread full of worthless advice.

 

[Jintor]

I'm guess most of us paid the friggin' fine.

 

[Glirk Dient]

I'm guess most of us paid the friggin' fine.

I am guessing your speeding wasn't questionable like mine is. I am also guessing you had the money and paying wasn't that big of a deal to you. When you stand to lose a lot and theres a chance you were in the right you should stand up for your rights instead of bending over and just taking it.

 

[Jintor]

Well, you know the risks of asking for help on Hl2.net...

 

[function9]

I am guessing your speeding wasn't questionable like mine is. I am also guessing you had the money and paying wasn't that big of a deal to you. When you stand to lose a lot and theres a chance you were in the right you should stand up for your rights instead of bending over and just taking it.

Yes I'm sure you're the first person ever to think you have a very clever angle of getting out of a ticket. I'm sure the judge and possibly the officer will be in awe of your superior intellect. A plaque might be in order even.

I think some people might have responded to you because they have been through it before, and for the most part you don't even acknowledge them.

I'm pretty sure the only way the judge will let you tell your side of the story or "contest" the ticket is by pleading not guilty. Which means you believe you are right and the officer is wrong. Which also means you pretty much forfeit any chance of having the points thrown out.

I've gotten one traffic ticket in my 13yrs of driving (failing to completely stop at a stop sign). The way it works is the judge asks you how do you plead, you say guilty/not guilty. If you plead guilty you then ask the judge if he/she will take the infraction into consideration seeing as it is your first ticket. Unless he/she is a prick, they will tell you yes they will, if you get no other infractions within the next x months, there will be no points on your driving record. But you will still have to pay the fine.

Now if you plead not guilty you can't go back if the judge doesn't buy your story and ask for no points on your record. Sure things might not be ideal right now. But what would you rather pay, a one time charge of $1xx.xx or the possibility of around a $100-$200 raise in your insurance for the next few years.

 

[Glirk Dient]

Yes I'm sure you're the first person ever to think you have a very clever angle of getting out of a ticket. I'm sure the judge and possibly the officer will be in awe of your superior intellect. A plaque might be in order even.

I think some people might have responded to you because they have been through it before, and for the most part you don't even acknowledge them.

I'm pretty sure the only way the judge will let you tell your side of the story or "contest" the ticket is by pleading not guilty. Which means you believe you are right and the officer is wrong. Which also means you pretty much forfeit any chance of having the points thrown out.

I've gotten one traffic ticket in my 13yrs of driving (failing to completely stop at a stop sign). The way it works is the judge asks you how do you plead, you say guilty/not guilty. If you plead guilty you then ask the judge if he/she will take the infraction into consideration seeing as it is your first ticket. Unless he/she is a prick, they will tell you yes they will, if you get no other infractions within the next x months, there will be no points on your driving record. But you will still have to pay the fine.

Now if you plead not guilty you can't go back if the judge doesn't buy your story and ask for no points on your record. Sure things might not be ideal right now. But what would you rather pay, a one time charge of $1xx.xx or the possibility of around a $100-$200 raise in your insurance for the next few years.

Thanks for the advice, but your wrong on a lot of the stuff you said. In a lot of cases just saying not guilty will reduce the fine you have to pay or reduce it to a smaller charge. ALso if you knew how the court system works there are MANY loopholes that I can use. The officer is the one that has to prove I was speeding and I can ask him for countless certificates that prove him and his equipment are up do date and he is trained the the use of all of it. Both officers have to show up and I can ask them countless questions that have a good chance of throwing the case. I am fairly confident that the officer that pulled me over was younger and thus won't be prepared with all of the material that he needs. If he even shows up.

 

[Ridge]

Because an accused law breaker has more credit than a seasoned police officer...

 

[Glirk Dient]

Because an accused law breaker has more credit than a seasoned police officer...

If a judge takes that stance he is in jeapordy of his job. Judges are supposed to remain un biased. If I present by data and question him in a professional manner then I won't have to worry about that. Not to mention how the judge sees me does not mean he will ignore facts and lack of evidence. Have you ever heard innocent until proven guilty?

This forum is in a real lack of people who are knowledgeable about law.

 

[Solaris]

If a judge takes that stance he is in jeapordy of his job. Judges are supposed to remain un biased. If I present by data and question him in a professional manner then I won't have to worry about that. Not to mention how the judge sees me does not mean he will ignore facts and lack of evidence. Have you ever heard innocent until proven guilty?

This forum is in a real lack of people who are knowledgeable about law.

Yes, but if you say one thing and a police man says the other, the policeman is more credible in the eyes of the judge.

 

[Sulkdodds]

That's not how things are supposed to work, and frankly not the way things usually end up working either.

Gone are the days when a judge can say "whose word are we to trust more? This criminal's, or a policeman's?"

 

[Qonfused]

This forum is in a real lack of people who are knowledgeable about law.

...You do know that the posted speed limit is a law, right?

 

[Ridge]

Seriously. You know you sped. You admitted it. Get over it.

 

[Solaris]

Seriously. You know you sped. You admitted it. Get over it.

It's a lot of money, read the thread.

 

[Baal]

It's a lot of money, read the thread.

There's a reason that they cost a lot of money; deterrence.

Speeding tickets are supposed to cost a lot of money so people don't speed. I just came from driving my sister in the city and on the way back the posted speed limit was 50 KM/H on a stretch of road where a few of my friends got killed last summer when they decided to speed exessively on that same road. You know what I did? I went 50. Not necessarily because of what happened to my friends, but because I do NOT want to deal with paying a $150-200~ ticket, in addition to heightened insurance costs.

Now I'll admit, 50 KM/H on that stretch of road I was on tonight is a little low, especially with little to no traffic on the road. However, just the slight chance there could be a cop lurking at any corner waiting to give me a hefty fine is enough for me to keep it at 50.

 

[MiccyNarc]

I wish I could show the judge this thread.

 

[Glirk Dient]

I wish I could show the judge this thread.

Hah that would be funny. I plan on giving the cop my defense papers after the trial to show I am not some douchebag. I have found a lot on the internet that helps a lot and cops should know what they are gonna go up against. Some of this stuff has been written by proffesional lawyers.

 

[Dumb Dude]

Thanks for the advice, but your wrong on a lot of the stuff you said. In a lot of cases just saying not guilty will reduce the fine you have to pay or reduce it to a smaller charge. ALso if you knew how the court system works there are MANY loopholes that I can use. The officer is the one that has to prove I was speeding and I can ask him for countless certificates that prove him and his equipment are up do date and he is trained the the use of all of it. Both officers have to show up and I can ask them countless questions that have a good chance of throwing the case. I am fairly confident that the officer that pulled me over was younger and thus won't be prepared with all of the material that he needs. If he even shows up.

You sure sound like you've got this case all won man...:upstare:

I have a few freinds who have gotten speeding tickets and all of them did the responsible thing and payed the consequences for their actions. If you aren't prepared to pay, why speed? Bite the bullet, take that stupid mandatory defensive driving class, and pay up.

Anyways, I'm sure a good ammount of people in this thread have said that already.:E

 

[Baal]

Hah that would be funny. I plan on giving the cop my defense papers after the trial to show I am not some douchebag. I have found a lot on the internet that helps a lot and cops should know what they are gonna go up against. Some of this stuff has been written by proffesional lawyers.

Am I the only one who laughed at this?

Oh no! Not professional lawyers! Which one wrote this? Jim Shapiro or Charles Colson?

 

[Glirk Dient]

Am I the only one who laughed at this?

Oh no! Not professional lawyers! Which one wrote this? Jim Shapiro or Charles Colson?

Good one tard. You obviously have no idea how the law system even remotely works. Once you get to high school try taking a law class and you might begin to understand how laws work. If you can't understand how someone can get out of a speeding ticket through the court system you need to ask your parents how our law system works, because it's pretty pathetic that a lot of people here don't understand how laws work.

You sure sound like you've got this case all won man...:upstare:

I have a few freinds who have gotten speeding tickets and all of them did the responsible thing and payed the consequences for their actions. If you aren't prepared to pay, why speed? Bite the bullet, take that stupid mandatory defensive driving class, and pay up.

Anyways, I'm sure a good ammount of people in this thread have said that already.:E

Yeah they have. I stated in my first post I was looking for legal advice. I haven't asked for what I should do about the ticket yet. Going to court over it is not an option. I am not about to give up my future and $2000 just because it's the right thing to do. Especially when the cops mis used their LIDAR and clocked me going faster than I was. If you have payed attention to anything in this thread you would have seen this and wouldn't be looking so dumb.

 

[CyberPitz]

I still say the most intelligent thing to have done is to say your speedometer was saying you were going the speed limit. It worked for a friend of mine. We were in his car, going 55 in a 45, and he got pulled over, and was like "Well, my speedometer said I was only going between 40-45 and I guess it's broke...dangit..." so the cop gave him a defective equipment ticket. No this isn't one of the, "My friend told me..." stories, it's a "I was there and witnessed it." stories. Maybe you should remember that and try it next time.

Essentially, just go the radar route. Heck, sometimes the cop won't even remember how fast you were going, what he was doing, etc, so they will probably just toss it out.

 

[Glirk Dient]

I still say the most intelligent thing to have done is to say your speedometer was saying you were going the speed limit. It worked for a friend of mine. We were in his car, going 55 in a 45, and he got pulled over, and was like "Well, my speedometer said I was only going between 40-45 and I guess it's broke...dangit..." so the cop gave him a defective equipment ticket. No this isn't one of the, "My friend told me..." stories, it's a "I was there and witnessed it." stories. Maybe you should remember that and try it next time.

Essentially, just go the radar route. Heck, sometimes the cop won't even remember how fast you were going, what he was doing, etc, so they will probably just toss it out.

He already wrote me up for speeding so i just havo to battle it out in court.

 

[Baal]

You sure sound like you've got this case all won man...:upstare:

I have a few freinds who have gotten speeding tickets and all of them did the responsible thing and payed the consequences for their actions. If you aren't prepared to pay, why speed? Bite the bullet, take that stupid mandatory defensive driving class, and pay up.

Anyways, I'm sure a good ammount of people in this thread have said that already.:E

This is exactly it. If you can't afford to speed, don't do it. I can't afford it at the moment, and therefore I don't speed. It sounds like you can afford to speed even LESS than me, so you certainly shouldn't be speeding. When I'm driving I allow myself 10 KM/H as a safe zone, once I hit 11 KM/H over, I know I'm risking a ticket. You were going 21 KM/H (13 MP/H) over the speed limit.

However, since you did it, and you weren't able to talk your way out of it when you got pulled over, bite it.

Anyways, I'm done with this. Let us know how it turns out though. Still the best of luck, and I won't be bitter that you got away with it, just that you were lucky as hell.

PS: No lieing to make yourself look cool on the Internet either, if you did get away with it we want proof.