How do you fight a speeding ticket?

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[Diva Betsy Ross]

DOes anyone remember the post form a few days ago on how to fight a speeding ticket? Thanks!

[karebare]

I didn't see it but if you cry,and say you are late for work because you stayed too long at an AA meeting.That one works!!

[pubmom]

Apologise profusely?

[JeanLM]

It was the old urban legend about paying the ticket slightly over the amount indicated, so that the wheels of the motor vehicle bureacracy grind to a halt and you don't get points. It's bogus. Pops up every couple of months.

[razorback-bert]

With a (gag) shyster lawyer.

[Henry F. Bowman]

In all seriousness, the best approach is to visot the website of the only organization that is truly advocating the rights of motorists, the National Motorists Association (www.motorists.org).

Then, pay your $29 for a membership.

Then, rent the Legal Defense Kit for your state and learn all you need to know.

This is not an internet spam or fly-by-night operation. The NMA is a long-standing lobbying organization that deserves all the credit for getting the feds to raise freeway limits to 65 in 1987, and eliminating the federal maximum more recently.

Your membership has other benefits, like remimbursemnt for speeding tickets you fight, after you have been a member for one year (I have benefited from that once or twice.)

[SGCOS]

try this in your browser search:...

+fight +speeding +ticket

[Basil314]

1) Be willing to dedicate a lot of time to research

2)Observe traffic courts in your area

3)Plead not guilty

4)At your pre trial hearing the judge will try to work out a plea deal with you or ask you if you would like to request a trial date. At my hearing the judge was obviously in a good mood and was making deals left and right. Most everyone got half the required fine and no points. I was going to trial but I felt that it required to much of my time and worry so I took the deal.

[Ole Okie]

With a (gag) shyster lawyer.

Shyster lawyer is a complete and total redundancy.

Like unto DamnYankee.

[Darth Reagan]

Hire a lawyer, it is the best way to keep points off of your license. They way traffic plea bargains are handled in my state, North Carolina, varies from county to county. I once got an 84 in a 55 reduced to "improper equipment" which is a non-moving violation. We had a speedometer calibration (which didn't even show anything wrong) and said that is what we wanted to plea to. The DA said "OK". That was Greensboro, in Raleigh, the best you can do is getting the speed reduced to 9 miles over the limit, which doesn't result in points, unless you get caught again within a few years.

Point is, it varies what you can do.

[DoughtyOne]

When I was a kid, I got more traffic tickets than anyone I know. The officer's comments on one of three tickets I recieved in one week stated, "I was going 120+ mph and he was leaving me." About that time it dawned on me that I needed a different strategy, and I adopted one.

I've been fighting speeding tickets successfully for over 30 years.  During that time I haven't paid one fine for speeding.  I haven't had to pay one dollar to an attorney to represent me.  And I haven't had to take off one day to appear in court.  I just quit speeding and never looked back. (in my rear-view mirror or otherwise)

[bmwcyle]

Get a good lawyer.

[ho-hum]

Try this little trick it works all the time, drive the posted speed limit. Unless of course your a liberal then the law is only for others. Good luck Bill.

[Quilla]

I heard this story just today - it was prefaced by "this is the truth".

A gent was pulled over for speeding. The policeman asked to see his license and he replied it had been confiscated as a result of drunken driving. He was then asked for his registration. The driver stated it was in the glove compartment along with his gun. He further explained it was not registered and he had just used it to kill his wife. He went on matter of factly that his wife's body was in the trunk. Flabbergasted, the policeman called in for assistance and soon his supervisor appeared at the scene.

The supervising officer asked to see the gent's driver's licence which he promply provided. When asked for his registration he reached for the glove box. The first officer drew his gun, pointed it at the man, and explained to his supervisor that there was a gun in the compartment. He went on to explain that the perp had shot his wife and her body was in the trunk. The man simply replied, "And next I bet he's going to tell you I was speeding."

[truth_eagle]

You go here and read/study your brains out.

Ticket Fighting Information And Strategies

[HEFFERNAN2]

Exactly. I tried it and didn't work. They sent me a check for the difference.

[sinkspur]

Response varies by jurisdiction. If you live in a suburb, they may NOT have a municipal court. That's a good thing for you.

If you contest the ticket, the officer will have to travel some distance to appear. Most don't.

Here in the Metroplex, there are several law firms that advertise "traffic tickets" as their specialty. They charge a flat $40 per violation. They simply send a junior lawyer to appear in traffic court and request continuances until the officer fails to appear. The violation is then thrown out.

I've used them twice in the past for my wife. No ticket, no fine, no record.

[2Trievers]

It sounds like it's too late to bat your eyelashes ... so go to traffic court. If you have a clean record, you're home free. Don't worry about it ... you'll be fine.

[Cagey]

Don't worry about it ... you'll be fine.

Don't worry about it ... you'll be fined.
Or, she could try the eyelash thing on the judge?