Another First Speeding Ticket
09-16-2006, 11:56 PM
#31
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
ORIGINAL: undecided.steve
Ok.
What you have to do is check with your insurance company as to what counts as penalties.....
IOW points always count and are a bad thing.
A parking ticket usually does not....
etc......
You have to determine if they screw you for the speeding ticket, even though your points are gone due to your taking the online course.
Personally, I would show up in court, delay, delay,delay,delay..........
You have to realize that in the total scheme of things, you are small fish........
Personally, seeing as it was radar I would try the "unsafe truck, rocks spewing out the back, weaving, i had to get out of that lane etc.....story and see what happens.
They WILL ask you for speciifics of the truck in question so be prepared to anser on que....
Color/size/etc....
Explain to the judge that you had been behind that truck for a couple of miles, and it was tossing rocks and you in the past you had windshields cracked etc.....................
You were hoping it would get pulled over etc......
You made a decision to pass the truck and that's when you got clocked.
The judge will ask you, "so you were going 75mph" to which you answer" more than likely I was your honor"...
DO NOT LIE OUTRIGHT (speed, lane etc)....Just be creative with the circumstances.
Seriously, you are fighting for insurence premiums!!!
Yours!!
Do not just give up!!!
Ok.
What you have to do is check with your insurance company as to what counts as penalties.....
IOW points always count and are a bad thing.
A parking ticket usually does not....
etc......
You have to determine if they screw you for the speeding ticket, even though your points are gone due to your taking the online course.
Personally, I would show up in court, delay, delay,delay,delay..........
You have to realize that in the total scheme of things, you are small fish........
Personally, seeing as it was radar I would try the "unsafe truck, rocks spewing out the back, weaving, i had to get out of that lane etc.....story and see what happens.
They WILL ask you for speciifics of the truck in question so be prepared to anser on que....
Color/size/etc....
Explain to the judge that you had been behind that truck for a couple of miles, and it was tossing rocks and you in the past you had windshields cracked etc.....................
You were hoping it would get pulled over etc......
You made a decision to pass the truck and that's when you got clocked.
The judge will ask you, "so you were going 75mph" to which you answer" more than likely I was your honor"...
DO NOT LIE OUTRIGHT (speed, lane etc)....Just be creative with the circumstances.
Seriously, you are fighting for insurence premiums!!!
Yours!!
Do not just give up!!!
09-17-2006, 12:27 PM
#32
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
I say fight every ticket you get, we get OT when you do. AS far as putting of the court date, that does not work up here in Massachusetts. And whenever I go to court wih a LIDAR ticket I win 100% and with radar just about 100%. When I go behind a vehicle, i clock it, estimate the speed and also use a same lane tracking radar, i put all on the back of my icket and i testify that i used three methods to give an accurate measurement of the offender's speed. Case close, responsible.
09-17-2006, 12:40 PM
#33
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
I got my first speeding ticket in 25 years 83 in a 70 zone. Not becuase the officer was being a *** but becuase he was doing his job!. While I didn't like the ticket I don't fault him because I was the one speeding and he doesn't have to give me or anyone a "break" for violating the law. As the ole syaing goes "Don't do the crime if you can't do the time"
09-17-2006, 01:14 PM
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
ORIGINAL: nothsa
I wasn't mad at the officer for doing his job at all, it was because I was in the right lane minding my own business and if he was really just doing his job why not pull over the guy in the left lane doing at least 85?
I wasn't mad at the officer for doing his job at all, it was because I was in the right lane minding my own business and if he was really just doing his job why not pull over the guy in the left lane doing at least 85?
09-18-2006, 06:04 PM
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
nobody explained to me that if AAA found that I had just _1_ traffic offence, my insurance rate would go up $163/yr on a mustang if I ever bought one. So I found that out the hard way. After October I get my insurance lowered so I just discontinued my AAA and bought a new plan until then. DMV doesn't show that I have any traffic offences at all.
09-24-2006, 04:56 AM
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
It's true laser tickets i write I get 100% convictions and radar I get around 95% (judges wifes mayors nephew etc.... they seem to get off somehow). Scrambles dont work and detectors dont work against a cop whos smart. Just be smart about it. REMEMBER COPS are human, if you were the cop whats draws your attention more a CIVIC with a muffler 5x's too big that you can hear from a mile away, an lime green Integra doing mach 3 with a frieking areoplane wing attached, or a STANG GT cruisin not making any noise at all with the top down enjoying life? Human nature is that bright colors and lound noises attract attention. I like what the above post about TARRIFFS said. Well put man well put. We only catch you once in a while and hell if I can get a speeding ticket in FL for 10 over and I dont bitch about it then nobody else has the right to complain. (CHIEF was pissed about that one. Lost 3 vacation days, bet ur boss doesnt take your vacation for your tickets)
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09-24-2006, 07:05 AM
#38
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
ORIGINAL: danam
I say fight every ticket you get, we get OT when you do. AS far as putting of the court date, that does not work up here in Massachusetts. And whenever I go to court wih a LIDAR ticket I win 100% and with radar just about 100%. When I go behind a vehicle, i clock it, estimate the speed and also use a same lane tracking radar, i put all on the back of my icket and i testify that i used three methods to give an accurate measurement of the offender's speed. Case close, responsible.
I say fight every ticket you get, we get OT when you do. AS far as putting of the court date, that does not work up here in Massachusetts. And whenever I go to court wih a LIDAR ticket I win 100% and with radar just about 100%. When I go behind a vehicle, i clock it, estimate the speed and also use a same lane tracking radar, i put all on the back of my icket and i testify that i used three methods to give an accurate measurement of the offender's speed. Case close, responsible.
09-24-2006, 11:50 AM
#39
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
Personally I would NOT try the:
â€The vehicle ahead of me was driving erratic.â€
“The vehicle ahead was kicking up rocks etc.â€
To do so might be embarrassing because if the judge is smart, and most likely he/she is because they have heard just about every imaginable excuse possible will say:
â€Then you should have pulled over, stopped and waited until you could have proceeded safely in your mind.â€
The vehicle driving erratic will NOT work in court because the Judge may come back with â€Well if they were driving so erratic why would you want to be in front of them? What if you had to make an emergency stop, what if traffic slowed down, if they were so erratic do you not think it would be MORE dangerous to be in front of them rather then behind them?
As far as kicking up rocks most likely the Judge will hand you a tissue and let you wipe your tears with it while he/she tells you â€If you couldn’t have pulled off and stopped you could have changed lanes, or you could have slowed down, or you could have got off the freeway on the next off ramp, here’s your tissue…
â€The vehicle ahead of me was driving erratic.â€
“The vehicle ahead was kicking up rocks etc.â€
To do so might be embarrassing because if the judge is smart, and most likely he/she is because they have heard just about every imaginable excuse possible will say:
â€Then you should have pulled over, stopped and waited until you could have proceeded safely in your mind.â€
The vehicle driving erratic will NOT work in court because the Judge may come back with â€Well if they were driving so erratic why would you want to be in front of them? What if you had to make an emergency stop, what if traffic slowed down, if they were so erratic do you not think it would be MORE dangerous to be in front of them rather then behind them?
As far as kicking up rocks most likely the Judge will hand you a tissue and let you wipe your tears with it while he/she tells you â€If you couldn’t have pulled off and stopped you could have changed lanes, or you could have slowed down, or you could have got off the freeway on the next off ramp, here’s your tissue…
09-24-2006, 12:14 PM
#40
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RE: Another First Speeding Ticket
It's not just about a cop being human. But about them singling somebody out because of what they drive, for any reason. If you see car in right lane doing 8 over limit, which is the flow of traffic. And you see other cars in left lane doing 20 over limit passing all cars on the right. Who is the greater "danger"?
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