 Fighting this Ticket???? Worth it??, anyone have any good advice |
 Jul 17, 2006 - 9:06 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jul 31, '05 From Southern California Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%)  |
i'm losing my mind
okay so yesterday i went cliff diving up in the mountains w/ my girlfriend, a friend visiting from japan, and an old friend i haven't seen in years... on the way back i was in a hurry, for reasons that might sound gross, and i was going down this bigl straight away thats about 5 mi long and is a pretty steep grade.. i was already speeding a little and just thought that since it was a mountain road there wouldn't be a cop and if so i'd see him since i was uphill and would be able to slow down in time... i was WRONG.. i saw the car coming from about 1/2 mi- 3/4 mi in the distance coming around a turn coming on the opposite side of the road so i slowed down, i had gotten up to about a hundred and by the time the officer was about 1000ft in front of me i was going about 65 or less... speed limit was 55 so i thought i'd be okay... i looked in the mirror and saw him pull over, stop then turn around he cought up pretty slow and turned on his lights after being behind me for about a min. i had slowed down to the limit after i passed him....he got me on laser going 102 but only wrote me for "speed in excess of one hundred mph".. idk if thats any better. probably not i just couldnt believe his radar worked from as far away as it did the cop was very friendly in spite of actually giving me the ticket, he even told me that he noticed i was not driving very dangerous and just got unlucky... i had no shoes or shirt so he thought it was funny and laughed when i got out of the car... then he told my friend to let me borow a pair while we talked... he told me that is wasn't likely i'd lose my license but ther would def. be a point on my license, and the ticket would not be cheap since cali is in a deficit.. when he dicussed the court date he made mention that if i chose to contest the ticket that "he might show up or he might not".. if the officer doesnt show the ticket is dismissed and there is no point on your record.. but if he does i'm screwed anyways and then at the mercy of the judge where i'm at greater risk than if i plead guilty initially right. my friends keep telling me that i'll probably lose my license that makes me feel like vomiting and then punching myself in the face i guess what i'm asking is has anyone got a ticket that bad?? or has anyone had an experience with fighting a speeding ticket anyone with any knowledge on speeding tickets or the court processes involved with whats gonna happen to me i'd greatly appreciate your comments -Aaron -------------------- |
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Jul 17, 2006 - 9:45 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 20, '05 From sacramento, ca Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
sorry to hear that...fighting the ticket is up to you...if you decide to fight it you have to pay the full amount if you lose, if you go to court and plea guilty you don't have to pay the full amount and you might beable to do some community service to bring the fine down a little...my cousin was doin 120mph and a chp pulled him over for going "92mph" i guess the cop didn't use the radar or something...he had to pay $1200...like i said it really is up to you if you want to fight it...i recomend that you just pay for it and don't even waste your time to go to court because it is a 50/50 chance of the cop showing up...
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Jul 17, 2006 - 10:10 PM
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QUOTE(kenjamatic @ Jul 17, 2006 - 9:45 PM) [snapback]457457[/snapback] .i recomend that you just pay for it and don't even waste your time to go to court because it is a 50/50 chance of the cop showing up... doesn't the ticket get dropd if the cop doesn't show up? so wouldn't it be worth showing up for since the cop might not show.... |
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Jul 17, 2006 - 10:42 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 20, '05 From sacramento, ca Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
QUOTE(Gatz @ Jul 17, 2006 - 8:10 PM) [snapback]457466[/snapback] QUOTE(kenjamatic @ Jul 17, 2006 - 9:45 PM) [snapback]457457[/snapback] .i recomend that you just pay for it and don't even waste your time to go to court because it is a 50/50 chance of the cop showing up... doesn't the ticket get dropd if the cop doesn't show up? so wouldn't it be worth showing up for since the cop might not show.... true....but if the cop did say that he "might or might not show" sounds kinda fishy to me...so like i said it really depends on you to see if you want to take that chance/time to go to court...i don't really have the time so that's why i suggested you just pay for it....but then again that's just me... you don't lose your license unless you have quite a few speeding tickets...have a friend who got a lot of speeding tickets(don't really remembered how many) and got his license suspended for a year... This post has been edited by kenjamatic: Jul 17, 2006 - 10:47 PM |
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airfron Fighting this Ticket???? Worth it?? Jul 17, 2006 - 9:06 PM
j0e_p3t wow, 102 in an st. pretty fast. anywho... i guess ... Jul 17, 2006 - 9:20 PM
airfron i was in my dad's accord,
but the celi tops o... Jul 17, 2006 - 9:30 PM JoKeRkId613 im not gonna tell u to stop speeding, but buy a ra... Jul 17, 2006 - 10:15 PM bloodrain you wont lose your license, i had 1 ticket doing 1... Jul 17, 2006 - 10:42 PM Akimbo sometimes fighting a ticket can be more troublesom... Jul 17, 2006 - 10:56 PM airfron QUOTE(Akimbo @ Jul 17, 2006 - 8:56 P... Jul 17, 2006 - 11:15 PM zachattack15 I got pulled over in the mr2 doing 107. If the cop... Jul 18, 2006 - 1:00 AM dustin15brown QUOTE(Gatz @ Jul 17, 2006 - 11:10 PM... Jul 18, 2006 - 9:41 AM tomazws 90MPH on a 25MPH zone (****ing school), $400~... Jul 18, 2006 - 10:51 AM airfron QUOTE(tomazws @ Jul 18, 2006 - 8:51 ... Jul 18, 2006 - 6:30 PM sinner96ST I've been given tons of tickets, by good ... Jul 18, 2006 - 6:02 PM WannabeGT4 Setup a court date. If the cop shows, plead no con... Jul 19, 2006 - 11:13 AM ZacMan1987 ^what he said^
If the cop went to the trouble of ... Jul 19, 2006 - 7:18 PM illneversellmycelli def get a lawyer , its amazing what they can do... Jul 19, 2006 - 9:55 PM |
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