So I got this speeding ticket yesterday....while driving my winter car (99 Nissan Sentra) to work. The ticket says I was going 40mph in a 30mph zone.
and the ticket is for $100.

Now, I could care less about paying the 100.00 fine...but i do care about my "safe driver" points going UP..and having to pay more for insurance now.

I would like to appeal this ticket and somehow get it dropped...but I really have no excuse to give the judge..lol what are some good excuses in making the judge decide to just write off the ticket??????

Or should I just pay the sh**ty fine..and pay the extra insurance dollars!? arg

and why the *** would a cop pull someone over for just going over the speed limit by 10 mph? what a waste of time. So far my year is going GREAT!

 

do you have any past tickets?

 

I have like 2 past tickets. I havent had a ticket in like 2 years before this one though.
this sux..I did my best to never get a ticket again....but 10 miles per hour killed it! :bash:

 

I've never had a ticket so I'm no pro at this.. but my guess is if maybe you said you had been good and your record shows for the past 2 years at least? lol

 

If you arive to court and plead your clean driver case, itll probably be dropped to "deffective speedometer"

 

lol..u know what? I actually though of making that up as an excuse...lol
But I cant imagine how many others have used that one before...

 

screw w/ the mph needle and prove it ot them?? i have no clue...ive never been pulled over...the only time cops were involved was when i was in an accident...and the other dude got a citation...haha....for 35 in a 15 school zone hah

 

Dont lie because they have heard 10000 different stories. plead your case and ask for some slack because of your good driving habits for the past 2 years.

 

10 mph over is normally the speed cops pull people of here in Iowa

 

Haha good one! Only 10 over in a 30, thats 33.3% over the limit. That's equal to 95 on a 70mph interstate.

 

Tell him the truth. Youd be amazed what an effect the truth has on someone who hears nothing but bull**** all day. Just a thought, Ive never had to go to court though.

 

ok enough with the math damnit..lol

 

I brought this fat pig to court and the fatso never showed up......I prepared 2 weeks to take him on in court and the retard never showed up. I actually wanted him to show up. Cops are dumb in court.

 

Just go get a lawyer that specializes in traffic tickets and such. You might have to pay a little more but you dont have to show up in court, he does it all for you, and should get it off your record and moved down to a non moving violation.

With that being said, I've never done it before.

 

did you ask for the read on the radar gun? you gotta ask for the read on the radar gun, because you, as a citizen have the right to face the accuser.. and in this case it would be a spectre gun (or lidar depending)... they'd have to throw it out if the guy didn't gun you, or if he refused to show it to you if you ask for it... you think i'm kidding? try. :banana:

 

how about I just tell the judge that I was drinking..and was UNAWARE of my speeds. And blame it on a Corona Extra and sue them? hmmm

 

yea east coast :shifty:

 

http://ticketclinic.com/

These guys saved me a bunch of money.. You pay them like 50 bucks and they will go to court for you and normally get it appealed. You don't have to do anything except pay....

 

Plead your good driving record to the judge and see if they have a bond program or a forfeiture program...

Bond = either you pay the fine and they don't report it or you pay the fine and you have to be good for a certain period of time...if you are it drops if your not it goes on your record along with your new ticket

forfeiture program = you pay a certain penalty and if your good it will drop if you screw up it gets worse along with your new ticket

Also states have their own little laws too, when your in the court room and see any attorney's just sittin there bug the **** outta them...it might seem kinda stupid but you would be suprised what their willing to tell ya and how much you'll save on your car insurance...GEICO...

If you have the ***** to stand up and talk to the judge they'll usually let you off as long as you don't have a record 10 pages long...Take it from me, ive had 12 tickets in the past 2 years and only have 4 on my record...Although have been in jail a couple times...Granite, my aunt has helped me alot (parallegal), but ive done it all on my own...plus only moved up in cars.

I NEED MORE POWER!!

 

Seems like you have it backwards

 

haha I was going to say the same.
You are climbing down the ladder on this one, not up, buddy.

:loser:

 

Well I was pretty crazy at times, but since have settled down ALOT. But was just giving my 2cents as i have been there many times!

 

ahh ik how it feels getting arrested for doing fun **** in ur car ive been arrested twice for having fun in my stang cops are just *********

 

go find the cop and own him.

 

You have 3 choices. The first one is to pay the ticket and live with the higher insurance since, hey, you did get caught speeding :wallbash: The next thing is to get a lawyer. Most cops don't show up to court, and even if they do, the DA doesn't want to go through the affair of actually dragging it out in court, so they drop it or make a deal where you pay the ticket, but it doesn't go on your record. And the last thing to try is pay the ticket and then slip the court clerk $50 to keep it off your record I've used each of these with success. I get pulled over 4-5 times a year on average (I usually do 80-85 on the interstates) and have yet to have a ticket go on my record. I know b/c I pull it myself to check every once in a while. GOOD LUCK!

 

WHY ARE YOU GUYS MAKING IT SO HARD FOR HIM!... GO TO THE JUDGE, TELL HIM YOU PLEADE GUILTY WITH EXPLAINATION. THEN EXPLAIN THAT YOU WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, SOMETHING BELIEVEABLE/TRUE. SAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PAY THE FINE AND HAVE NO POINTS PUT ON YOUR LICENSE.

In florida and other states there are programs you can take for better driving school that cost like 30 bucks, and then u pay the fine and you don't have any points on your license...look into those...

 

As a deputy sheriff we normally give you guys the first 10mph, but anything after that you are fair game. In Pinellas County you can take it to court and there are a couple ways it could go. You can plead no contest and apoligize in hopes that the judge witholds adjudication. Therefore, no points. Explain your great driving record. Also, the cop may not show up or show up and not have his proper paperwork and the ticket will get thrown out. Or, in the worst case, you could get found guilty and get to pay court costs as well. Good luck.

As for why we stop people for "just" 10 over??? Because it's our job. End of story.

 

County Mountie :shifty:

 

now go eat another donut.