mattdibart
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- GTA, Canada
haha I hear you, working on my second cup of coffee already...
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First time pulled over...some questions.
- Thread starter nuggstein
- Start date
haha I hear you, working on my second cup of coffee already...
thedude4bides
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- usa
I got popped going 83 on the thruway. I knew I was nailed so I pulled over before the statey even put his lights on. He wrote me a ticket for "failure to obey a traffic device" which insurance will not find out about. The fine was $102 but the surcharge was a ridiculous $93 bring the total cost to $195. Id expect to pay something along those lines. I also think you should just pay and move on unless you feel like taking time off work and going to NY just to get your fine lowered (which may or may not happen).
troyguitar
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- Aurora, IL
I got a ticket last year for 9 over in NY and it was like $193 total.
rjohnson5481
Ready to race!
- Location
- Tucson AZ
Bro you fugged up, she cut you a deal. Deal with the consequences. 15 over to insurance companies is a massive red flag. Cops writing tickets for 9 over is used everywhere. They ALL do it. Lastly get a detector!
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BoostedVW11
Drag Racing Champion
- Location
- Mantana/North Dakota area
I have had multiple +15, +20 mph tickets. pay the fine, get supervision or do online driving school for a fee. The key is to just space out your tickets and they wont stay on your record or raise your insurance. I show no tickets on my record now. Usually its 3-6 months supervision, just dont get pulled over for another speeding offence in that time. Dont fear the police. You could get a nice radar detector for $400..but my thinking is that id rather spend that $400 over 2-3 tickets.
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rjohnson5481
Ready to race!
- Location
- Tucson AZ
jmul54
Ready to race!
- Location
- Bethlehem, PA
Dont stress over it. Just pay the fine take the points and watch your speed for a while. I wouldnt waist my time trying to fight it.
09vdubgti
Banned
- Location
- NJ GSP 136
- Car(s)
- mkV GTi
wow thanks for reminding me, I completely forgot about my parking ticket.
One hot dog ended up costing me almost $120...smh
One hot dog ended up costing me almost $120...smh
nuggstein
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- North Jersey
Well it's not really fighting it. It's contesting it, and then getting a better deal for pleading guilty.
mattdibart
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- GTA, Canada
I'm guessing by that you mean a seat belt ticket? If so you guys have some lenient seat belt laws. We get 2 points for not wearing a seat belt.
Some bad advice here I think. NEVER just pay the fine unless you haven't any choice. ANY points typically show up and cost you higher insurance. As posted above, it looks like this will cost you 3 points, and unless your insured by a company operating out of a cave, they'll raise your rates for a points violation.
First determine what the "trick" is in your state to dodge the points. It differs from state to state. In some states you can pay a lawyer $75-100+ to handle it. He goes to the prosecutor with a handful of tickets/clients, and they get reduced to non-moving violations (excessive noise, etc.), with no points, but higher fines assessed. They get paid, you dodge points/insurance hikes, everybody wins in their eyes.
In other states, you can opt for "driving classes" - upon completion your charge is dismissed or "adjudicated". There typically is a limit to the number of times this can be done (once a year, once every 3 years, etc.).
Typically it doesn't work to plead not-guilty and hope they plea-bargain with you. And try to make sure you will definitely get an option for driving class when appearing if that's the route you have to go. I've seen issues where people showed up for court, pleaded guilty, and assume they will be sent to class but it doesn't happen and they've wasted their time showing up only to receive the same points/penalty (sometimes more! - court costs) as they would have by mailing the payment in.
There is no record of your actual speed if the cop wrote you for 74 rather than some higher speed. But never think that further incriminating yourself is a good idea, and even if the MPH is off a bit, it doesn't change the speeding charge so is not a detail that would result in an acquittal of charges.
Don't assume you won't get any further/worse tickets and you should just suck it up and take this one. It will cost you more in insurance, and eats up your points which could cause you trouble later if you were tagged for a larger offense carrying more points. The small ones are usually easier/cheaper to make go away.
First determine what the "trick" is in your state to dodge the points. It differs from state to state. In some states you can pay a lawyer $75-100+ to handle it. He goes to the prosecutor with a handful of tickets/clients, and they get reduced to non-moving violations (excessive noise, etc.), with no points, but higher fines assessed. They get paid, you dodge points/insurance hikes, everybody wins in their eyes.
In other states, you can opt for "driving classes" - upon completion your charge is dismissed or "adjudicated". There typically is a limit to the number of times this can be done (once a year, once every 3 years, etc.).
Typically it doesn't work to plead not-guilty and hope they plea-bargain with you. And try to make sure you will definitely get an option for driving class when appearing if that's the route you have to go. I've seen issues where people showed up for court, pleaded guilty, and assume they will be sent to class but it doesn't happen and they've wasted their time showing up only to receive the same points/penalty (sometimes more! - court costs) as they would have by mailing the payment in.
There is no record of your actual speed if the cop wrote you for 74 rather than some higher speed. But never think that further incriminating yourself is a good idea, and even if the MPH is off a bit, it doesn't change the speeding charge so is not a detail that would result in an acquittal of charges.
Don't assume you won't get any further/worse tickets and you should just suck it up and take this one. It will cost you more in insurance, and eats up your points which could cause you trouble later if you were tagged for a larger offense carrying more points. The small ones are usually easier/cheaper to make go away.
I have no idea what most of these people are talking about. Have you guys ever gotten a ticket? This is not complicated.
All you have to do is show up on your court date to plead not guilty and they lower your fine. Most places have set amounts that they drop it to (ie if you were 20 over, they automatically drop it to 10 over, 10 over they drop it to x, etc). There's no negotiation, they don't care what your reason for speeding was, you're not going to get out of the ticket. It's about money.
All you have to do is show up on your court date to plead not guilty and they lower your fine. Most places have set amounts that they drop it to (ie if you were 20 over, they automatically drop it to 10 over, 10 over they drop it to x, etc). There's no negotiation, they don't care what your reason for speeding was, you're not going to get out of the ticket. It's about money.