Okay I live in Georgia and was on my way to NC going with the flow of traffic. Well, everyone is coming up on a hill and breaks because cops on the other side of the hill has 5-6 cars pulled over, I however did not break soon enough! Next thing I know I have a charger behind me with blue lights. He said he clocked me going 78 in a 60 zone. When he comes back with the ticket he says he dropped it in half and put that I was going 69 in a 60 zone. Do I have any options that will not involve insurance going up?

 

I don't know about Georgia, but in Florida you can go to a traffic school if it is your first ticket in 12 months.

You could also fight it. In many, many cases the officer fails to show up in court and the court has to dismiss the charges. That is a long process involving several visits to the courthouse, and the prosecutor will try and get you to agree to a lesser charge (and if he/she offers a deal that doesn't involve points you might want to take it).

 

Most courts have bigger fish to fry and if you stand up for yourself and fight it they will drop it.

 

Can't speak for GA, but in PA this rarely happens. At least around my neck of the woods. I have several friends and family members who are all cops, and they always laugh at the statement that the cop will rarely show up and therefore have the ticket dropped. They are at court 99% of the time, and the judge will also take the officers word over the civilians.

Again, this is for my area but usually if you're not feeding the judge a line of bull they will drop the fine and eliminate the points that would otherwise increase your insurance. Also, depending how long you've been with your insurance company they may not even know you have the points. Typically after a year or so of good driving, insurance companies around here stop checking every persons license for points.

Not sure if any of this helped, since we're in two different states but good luck.

 

fight it. The cop isnt going to produce evidence saying he forged a document. Here in CT the first apperance isnt even a "court" appeareance. your in a court room but like 50-100 people with tickets are there to dispute and you get inline and just go before the D.A. They either throw it out, reduce it, or schedual a court apperance from there. If it even goes that far, thats where the cop would either show or no show. If show, does he provide the slip saying he falsified a document.

 

This may help: http://www.radardetector.net/forums/...t-your-ticket/

Read thru it and see if there's something that you might be able to try.

 

I got hit by the state for 51 in a 45, it was $150 and yes this is in GA. I hate the state police......

 

Well he wrote on the ticket 78 and circled it, but put 69/60.

 

Well I know in Kansas anything over 10 mph over the posted speed limit is considered a moving violation that will be on your driving record. The cop kind of did you a favor. He made it 9 over so that would make it a non moving violation. Meaning the insurance will never know you received a ticket. The only time an insurance company really looks at your driving record is at renewal time (sometimes), accidents, and new insurance policies. It cost them $4 dollars to pull your driving record every time. Good luck what ever you do!

 

Not really sure if I should just pay the fine or try to get out of it...