Got Caught Speeding.

[dylan]

I am looking to get any tips or advice on fighting speeding tickets. Heres how it happened:

I was driving on Noble Ave in Crystal (between Golden Valley Road and 36th ave) doing well over the speed limit which was 30. I was not over the speed limit for very long I probably did get up to 50. But as I said I hadn't done it for more than 10 seconds. I noticed a car in my rear view mirror that was gaining on me at an incredible rate since the last time I looked in my mirror, so I decided I should definatly slow it down to the speed limit so I went 30 the rest of the way. He was about a half mile behind me on a road with many hills on it (the stretch is about 1.8 miles long.) So I went to turn left off of Noble in to the store parking lot and he thinks different and pulls me over instead. He asked if I knew how fast I was going and I told him I wasn't exactly sure. He told me that he was doing 50mph behind me and he wasn't gaining on me at all so I had to have been doing at least 50 according to him. Not only was it a very hilly road, it was night, and he was a half a mile behind me! No radar or anything, but he gives me a citation anyways.

Thanks.
Dylan

[DSM97RS]

im pretty sure that to give a ticket, they need something that tells them how fast you were going... either radar or laser or something... I personally would just pay the fine tho since you were going the pseed he said you were. Just my opinion

[Enes]

definetely fight that one, those cops on 36th street are dicks.. one time they gave me 3 warnings and a ticket at one stop... after he was riding my ass with high beams on and i speaded up to let him pass by!

[dylan]

I never admitted I was speeding, nor will I plead guilty by sending $130 to the courthouse and watch my insurance go up.

My record is clean, and I want it to stay that way!

[At-Least-It's-An-Evo]

goto a hearing officer, tell him you werent speeding. But if you got a clean record, he'll put you on a Year probation w/o puttin it on your record. If you get another ticket w/in a year, both will show up on your record and you will have to pay for them both. The probation deal is like a $100 option. So either way, you're screwed unless you really think you have a case in court.

[92gsTEX]

Originally posted by . guest .@Jan 12 2004, 04:58 PM
goto a hearing officer, tell him you werent speeding. But if you got a clean record, he'll put you on a Year probation w/o puttin it on your record. If you get another ticket w/in a year, both will show up on your record and you will have to pay for them both. The probation deal is like a $100 option. So either way, you're screwed unless you really think you have a case in court.
yep thats right thats what i did when i got 3 tickets 1 for speeding another for suspended object from windshield and loud exhaust 390$ all together but he knocked it down to 80$ and it woulda been 0 and no ticket for speeding but i had a couple tickets before.

[2003eclipse]

Originally posted by . guest .@Jan 12 2004, 04:58 PM
goto a hearing officer, tell him you werent speeding. But if you got a clean record, he'll put you on a Year probation w/o puttin it on your record. If you get another ticket w/in a year, both will show up on your record and you will have to pay for them both. The probation deal is like a $100 option. So either way, you're screwed unless you really think you have a case in court.
what he is talking about is CFD continuance for dismissal. greatest thing ever. it wont go on record or effect insurance if you dont get pulled overfor speeding again with in 1 year they will explain it all to you. if you go, go early in the morning otherwise you will have to sit in a room like i did it was about 15 by 15 and there was about 25 people in there with 8 seats (im not racist) but lets say i was the only one that wasn't greated as brother when i walked in the door.
honest to goodness everyone in there knew eachother for something or had been in there with eachother before.

[MATCHBX]

If you go to court and the officer does not show up, it will be dismissed for lack of witness for the prosecution. Or you can plead no contest. Basically you are saying you are guilty without saying it. Or you could plead guilty with a traffic school plea.

I am in the same predicament right now. I am going to fight mine because I wasn't going any faster than the other 6 cars around me.

If he doesn't have an actual speed indicated on your ticket, or if he didn't clock you, he can still give you a general speeding ticket. If there were any other vehicles on the road and you were driving faster than them, he can cite you for it. Then you can go and fight it because it would be your word against his.

Edit---Just remember, if you go to court and fight it, you won't have to pay more than what you originally would have paid for pleading guilty. So it can only get better if you go in to fight it.

[Jana]

Originally posted by DSM97RS@Jan 12 2004, 03:00 PM
im pretty sure that to give a ticket, they need something that tells them how fast you were going... either radar or laser or something... I personally would just pay the fine tho since you were going the pseed he said you were. Just my opinion
Agreed.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. You know you were in the wrong by going 20 over the speed limit, whether it was for 10 seconds or 10 minutes, it was wrong and you happened to get caught. Deal with it. I'm so fucking tired of people trying to get out of tickets they deserve.

If you can't pay the fine, don't do the crime. :rant:

[Jakey]

I am 100% for fighting it if there is any chance of you getting out of it. There are strong odds in your favor simply because many, many times the officer does not even show up for the hearing.