Fighting A Speeding Ticket
05-15-2003, 01:07 PM
#1
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alright gang,
I recently got a speeding ticket for doing 74 in a 50. It was on the pallisades parkway and the traffic was almost non-existing. it was me and 3 other cars... We were all going the same speed, I was in the left lane behind one other car, while the other two were in the right. The cop caught me via radar... and the conversation went as usual...
cop: What's the rush?
me: no rush.
cop: do you know you were speeding?
me: no, I was just following everyone else.
cop: license and registration
me: ok..
cop: come back with the ticket (forgets my license and resigration in his car)
me: can I have all my documents back
cop: oh... (goes gets it and then comes back)
cop: you have to slow down... blah blah
so my question is, aside from getting a lawyer because it's already a given, what else is there that I can do so that I can protect my record! I already have 5 points on it cus I was stupid enough not to go to court for another speeding offense I had....
I was thinking of saying I had a radar jammer in my car, but I don't know if that's going to open up another can of worms...
I recently got a speeding ticket for doing 74 in a 50. It was on the pallisades parkway and the traffic was almost non-existing. it was me and 3 other cars... We were all going the same speed, I was in the left lane behind one other car, while the other two were in the right. The cop caught me via radar... and the conversation went as usual...
cop: What's the rush?
me: no rush.
cop: do you know you were speeding?
me: no, I was just following everyone else.
cop: license and registration
me: ok..
cop: come back with the ticket (forgets my license and resigration in his car)
me: can I have all my documents back
cop: oh... (goes gets it and then comes back)
cop: you have to slow down... blah blah
so my question is, aside from getting a lawyer because it's already a given, what else is there that I can do so that I can protect my record! I already have 5 points on it cus I was stupid enough not to go to court for another speeding offense I had....
I was thinking of saying I had a radar jammer in my car, but I don't know if that's going to open up another can of worms...
05-15-2003, 01:13 PM
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you might be able to get a lawyer and pay him some money... they sometimes can get a speeding ticket down to a parking ticket or something like that. You might still pay the original fine, plus the lawyer fee... but no record involved.
05-15-2003, 01:22 PM
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Location: Ames, IA
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Tip 1: Don't say: "Wow...I didn't know radar guns even went up that high!"
Lawyers can almost always get your speeding ticket knocked down to a non-moving violation, so I'd say leave it at that and don't worry.
Lawyers can almost always get your speeding ticket knocked down to a non-moving violation, so I'd say leave it at that and don't worry.
05-15-2003, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by sidewinderx7' date='May 15 2003, 02:43 PM
speeding tickets are the easiest thing to get out of.. :-p just got to know your laws.
I've been pulled over twice, no ticket! (more than 20mph over limit each time)