You don't stand an icecubes chance in Hell if you take it to court Special.Just think back to your last court appearance....hmmmmmmmmm...how well did that go over??? :p :p :p judge is gonna take one look at your punkass and slam that hammer down.Suck it up .Pay the fine.Your insurance is going to drop you like a Stone Cold pile driver anyway :p :p :p

I got a ticket last year. Running a red at 6:30 in the morn. I dressed up my two boys and went to see the judge. District court here is pretty relaxed, When the judge asked for my plea I said "guilty" and then got a chance to tell my story. speed limit 65 and hits 45 at the light, blah blah blah, bad judgement blah more careful blah blah. All the time I make the boys ages 10 and 12 stand with me and look interested in the workings of the court. Judge looks at them in there all-star coats from baseball and asks if they are my councel. "No Sir, they are character witnesses" Judge asks them if I'm good driver, they say uh huh. Judge askes them if I am a good dad, they say ya, he makes us laugh. Fine reduced, sentence deffered. Offence not on record. Smiles all around,

mt. mike, great story!!!

[ 01-16-2002: Message edited by: Gregor ]

supena the cop and if speeding the radar specialist. thats how i got out of mine!
tyler

Or you could buy a radar detector and avoid this whole thing! I've never gotten a ticket with my detector. I thought that your insurance doesn't go up with one ticket. Then if you get a second one it does. Insurance company is already charging me about $400 for 6 months so it is plenty high.

~ Dr Pepper

Buck up and pay the judge. Two tickets? Forget the deferral. You're toast.
I likes the story about taking your kids to court for sympathy. Have any infants around?
I've won several favors over the years by coercion via smoked fish. Slip the judge some fish and see if he doesn't go a bit leaner on you.
And I don't know what you look like, but if you have a goatee or scruffy beard, shave it. And if you have piercings in your lips, nose and eyebrows, I'd remove them before going into court, too. Something about those just doesn't appeal to people over 40.
diana

Diana,
Are you speaking from personal experience on that over 40 thing?... ....running for cover!!

You bedda' duck, son, I'm comin' after you wiff a big stick!
Nope.....I'm forever 27.
(I fish in Denile)
diana

I meant-
I fish in de Nile.
diana

Son, this is Judge Anderson from Everett. Now that I know your name, I'll have to refuse a fine cut. Thanks for being honest. :p

Dude, if you are under 25, which you are, if you have received more than one speeding citation in the last 3 years, which you have, and if it's a radar ticket, which it is.........YOU'RE #$%*ED!

Might as well just send the money in because you are screwed you little punk! :p

Just kidding ya Sparkey!

Hire an attorney and all you have to do is cough up $300. Insurance companies will really tax your ass if you have consecutive speeding tickets like you have. Way better in the long run to do the right thing and slow down, but if you do get popped then I suggest going through the attorney. You won't even have to go to court if it's a radar ticket, you just send the money to the attorney and the ticket info. She'll call ya back a week later and tell you that it's all taken care of Been there done that but I can't remember the specifics.


[ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: Kid Sauk ]

Alright dude, take it from a 'law enforcement official': If you choose court, the cop will have to show anyway. You won't get to see the radar, only the officer's training and the radar 'calibration' date. If it was a stater, there stats are pretty tight, you won't get over on the radar part of it. On the flip side, the officer might be busy or off that day and it will get thrown...I have to tell you that in the law enforcement career field in Western Washington, staters are least liked, heck my wife got a ticket for just 9 over, and my frickin department card with my name on it was on the back of her driver's license! So that just goes to show you, nabbed by a stater, figure on getting the ticket.

With all the advice you got here Sparkie, looks like you had better change your aka to "Spankie"

fp

[ 01-24-2002: Message edited by: fp ]

Don't try to call in the cop. They are busy doing their work. Let's be honest, you made a mistake and go pay the reduced fine.

I can see that I am clearly the most experienced offender here. As a former "terrible" driving risk, with over 30 speeding and equipment tickets on my record at the same time I can tell you a few things. I have never lost my license or been cancelled by an insurance company. HIRE A GOOD, EXPERIENCED TRAFFIC LAWYER. And clean up your driving act. I now drive like the old man I am becoming. I estimate that I have lost over 10,000 dollars in fines and lost work in the past for nothing more than stupidity. If you do the math on your average trip, 20 over the limit will only put you in the parking lot 2 minutes earlier. Now here is what some police friends have told me. 5 to 7 over the limit is rarely enforced as it falls within the calibration limits of the speedos and radar equipment. The accuracy of your speedo also changes as your tires wear due to circumference changes. Worn out tires make your car go slower than the speedo says. Go five over the limit if you have to feel like your making more progress than everyone else and you will be safe. The GOOD lawyer will be very successful in getting you a chance to correct your driving. Thank him profusely and pay him happily and promptly. And remember... he will use technicalities to get you off. The same thing that lets murderers and crackheads walk every day. Use them sparingly!