Tickets - who has expereince, need advice

[Murlo26]

So last week Tuesday, at 6am on 35w I got pulled over and "cited" (i believe is the proper term). I think its been 7-8 years since my last ticket, I honestly can't remember.

Anyway, I had my gf and her daughter with me and I was caravaning with my dad (his car had my mom, bro and his gf) and he lost me in traffic so I was going kind of fast trying to catch him to get back in the caravan as we had 12 hours to go (drove to Oklahoma).

So, seeing as this is my first one in a long time, what can I do to fight this or make it sting less? I was going to schedule the court date and show up and see if I can take some classes or something to stop it from going on insurance etc. Or try to get it knocked down. The guy didn't even really talk to me, just gave me a ticket more or less instantly. I was in the carpool lane, dumb move very exposed as the rest of traffic was going about the same speed, 70 or so. Got one for 75 in 55, seriously 55 speed limits are dumb. but yea he didn't knock it down or anything. I never admitted I was speeding either, played dumb as I believe you are supposed to never admit guilt.

Just looking for advice on what to do, thanks.

[Boomdeeze]

You can fight it but if you think about it, you may lose twice. What I mean by that is: you would have to take a day off of work, which costs you money, and could still get stuck with the ticket. So you would lose a day of pay and still have to pay it.

[Murlo26]

You can fight it but if you think about it, you may lose twice. What I mean by that is: you would have to take a day off of work, which costs you money, and could still get stuck with the ticket. So you would lose a day of pay and still have to pay it.

Paid vacation ftw I guess. I am not worried about that, so that is not an issue.

I would think with my driving record, zero accidents ever and no tickets for a long time they would haggle some. That is why I wanted to see what everyone thought.

[Boomdeeze]

Ya I suppose if you think of it that way, you can try but your still using vacation for it. And they may take your record into consideration but its not always a deciding factor. I have heard of first time offenders getting stuck with a 20+ over ticket as its a little different than getting a 10 over ticket with a clean record.

Your best bet if you do decide to challenge it is to hope for the officer to not show up and it get dismissed. But officers get paid overtime to go to court so that is a long shot.

[A//// Guy]

You could try and fight it, but 75 in a 55 is pretty rough and it may just be a waste of time. Why didnt you just call your dad and tell him to slow down and wait lol.

[JET]

Go meet with the hearing officer and see if you can get it knocked down and get probation for a year. I am not sure if they are going to do that for a 20 over though. Worth a shot, if not then show up in court and hope the cop doesn't show up. If he does then the judge might still be nice and knock it down for you or do probation.

[Murlo26]

You could try and fight it, but 75 in a 55 is pretty rough and it may just be a waste of time. Why didnt you just call your dad and tell him to slow down and wait lol.

LOL, I don't know, never thought I would get pulled over. I seriously didn't know it was 55 only, 35 is 70mph everywhere I use it, near blaine and then the whole way south. I was half asleep still too as I woke up at 4:30am to get ready.

[Murlo26]

Go meet with the hearing officer and see if you can get it knocked down and get probation for a year. I am not sure if they are going to do that for a 20 over though. Worth a shot, if not then show up in court and hope the cop doesn't show up. If he does then the judge might still be nice and knock it down for you or do probation.

So besides just not having them knock it down or anything there is no downside to showing up for the court date?

[goodhart]

Inb4 Trogdor suggests bending over and bringing lots of lube, he loves the government.

Edit: Actually, he will probably tell you to pay double and be thankful for it.

[tehehodi]

Is there a number to call to schedule a "meeting"? Sometimes they might have you pay double but won't show up on insurance and do the probation thing