I was going 57 in a 35 for my ticket.. ;x
I said not guilty LOL.
I said not guilty LOL.
Who Has Gone To Court For A Speeding Ticket?
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Posts: 15826 (07/19/2008 5:55 PM) |
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Ninido |
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Posts: 5661 (07/19/2008 5:57 PM) |
I'd just plead NC and explain if the Judge asks you to. But even if the cop WAS wrong, trying to tell/convince a Judge that a cop was lying isn't the
best idea, lol.
And most cops have the video camera mounted up by their rearview mirror, which starts recording once they flip their lights on, and it has the time printed on it. So if it really came down to disputing the time - whatever was on that video/the time in the car, would be what they'd go by. |
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KrisPChken |
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Posts: 29034 (07/19/2008 6:13 PM) |
A lawyer will be going in my place next Wednesday. I had to fight it otherwise I would've been screwed out of a shitload of money and a lot of points on my
license. Too many miles over the limit.
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IrshDncr0325 |
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Posts: 4032 (07/19/2008 6:31 PM) |
Most people just pay it off because after court fees, it's not worth it. However, a cop is most likely NOT going to show up at court for that. It's not
something they really care about. Unless it's a smaller town, then they might go. If cop doesn't show, nothing happens.
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DarklyDreaming07 |
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Posts: 34769 (07/19/2008 6:33 PM) |
My cop has always shown and I've had State Troopers before
I've never had my court fees/fine be more then my original ticket. It's always lower. |
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IrshDncr0325 |
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Posts: 4033 (07/19/2008 6:34 PM) |
Pliant Pineapple wrote: Unless he didn't use one? A lot of police officers (here, at least) are trained to be able to determine speed roughly visually. That can be used in
court. Just a thought. More than likely, however, he did use radar.
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Momobobo |
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Posts: 8782 (07/19/2008 6:35 PM) |
I always go to court - and 9 times outta 10 they don't show up. As for night court instead of day and wait till the 15th day to file for a court appearance
(you have 15 days from the day of the ticket being issued). That way, you may end up getting a court date a year after the ticket was issued and it's void.
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Starskai |
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Posts: 4008 (07/19/2008 6:41 PM) |
It's Ohio... the cop probably won't show up anyway unless you plead not guilty and take it to a hearing.
I got one in Middleburg Hts. 2 years ago MTAW. I was going 86 in a 60 on I-71. I had to go to court for it. It took a good hour to get to my name. I just stood up in front of the judge and plead no contest. He gave me a $106 fine. No contest and guilty are pretty much one and the same, but if there is other things that can haunt you with the charge... Like example... if you were roughhousing in grass with your car and tore up someones lawn but they didn't press charges right away. If you plead guilty, they can come back later and put up a law suit against you... if you plead no contest, the case is settled then and there, and you can't get followed by it. |
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IdDoJC100Ways |
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Posts: 22336 (07/19/2008 6:41 PM) |
I only had one speeding ticket. I went to court, met with the town prosecutor, got it lowered to a parking ticket and just paid a fine. That's it. No big
deal and no points.
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