I was going pretty fast....and I really need to get it droped down so it doesnt go against my insurance. What is the best thing to do? I was going 89mph in a 65mph zone. I also have a ticket for not changing my address. Is this really going to cost me?
2006-06-14 17:08:52 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
If you had a clean record you might have gotten off with a probation before judgment. Since you admit you are guilty and it is a multiple offense, I think a lawyer is in order and if the judge asks you to say anything, I would sincerely apologize and ask for mercy if it is your first time in court. Say you have learned your lesson and promise that you will not do it again. If you were nice to the cop that stopped you, your cooperativeness will help you out! Say you were trying to change a radio station and you should have been more attentive. The lawyer might cost you up to $500., but that's better than having a record, and getting your insurance hiked up for the next 3 years! Good luck! Try to be a little honest- remember the judge does this for a living and he has heard all of the excuses before. If you do get a lawyer, take his advice
and he'll tell you what to say. Do as you are told and you may get off with PBJ and a small
court cost!
2006-06-14 17:24:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think you can use a lawyer to fight a speeding ticket. Why do you have to appear in court? This is important to know to better answer your question... I only thought you had to appear in court if you were contesting/fighting the ticket. Sounds like you know you were speeding so what kind of arguement can you make to get it dropped? What would a lawyer be able to argue on your behalf? You need to have a really valid arguement, else you should not even try to contest. If you got a ticket and it was your first one, you could ask the judge to waive the points and just pay the fine. This does not always work. It depends on the kind of judge you get and what case goes before you.
A punk kid went right before me and was so disrespectful he pissed the judge right off and none of the people fighting tickets got anything waived - including me.
How many points do you have on your driving record? This is what determines whether it affects your insurance.
24 mph over - the fine will be expensive. How many points is it?
You may have to live with this my friend. You'll have to be more careful going forward. If you get too many points you'll have more than an insurance problem - you'll have a suspended license.
Good Luck.
2006-06-15 00:18:27 · answer #2 · answered by dzazzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show up tell them you are sorry and pay the fine. They usually drop it down. Sometimes they only make you pay court costs or put your ticket on like probation. if you don't have another offense in say six months it never goes on your record. If they don't give you any breathing room, ask them to. Explain the insurance problem and they might show you some mercy. All the judge can say is no. Have your address changed before you go to court that will take care of that I bet. Go in there and plead temporary insanity and talk about the big blue rabbit on the other side of the room that would help. Enjoy prison. Disreguard two previous sentences.
2006-06-15 00:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A laywer is not going to help you one bit. The only thing you can do is go to traffic school to make sure it does not go on your record. The changing of the address is no biggie, since it is not considered a moving violation. If you cannot do traffic school because you used that silver bullet already another option is this...There should be public records and studies done on the road by the state/city engineers that say what the actual safe speed you are allowed to go on that strech of highway...sometimes it is actually higher than the posted speed limit and if that is the case you can fight it. For instance, if the survey done says that the safe speed for that highway is 90 and the posted is 65 and you were going 89, you can fight it saying that you were following the basic speed law and that the survey conducted says that 90 was the safe speed. But if the survey says 80 was the safe speed, well, you're screwed.
2006-06-15 00:17:43 · answer #4 · answered by ohnoslen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Listen to cab veteran- it's Probation Before Judgement and it's exactly what it sounds like if this is your first ticket in a long time and the judge thinks you're sincere. You'll probably have to go to traffic school, and you'll be on probation for a year or so (which means NO violations) but you won't oficially get the points and the insurance $$ hike. You might still have to pay something to the court, also.
2006-06-15 01:16:15 · answer #5 · answered by JD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on what State you are in and /or where you got your ricket you can go to traffic school & pay the fine but the ticket will not affect your insurance or go on your record. The ticket for the address change may be a fix-it ticket. Check with your local DMV.
2006-06-15 00:15:30 · answer #6 · answered by tazboyed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were passing me on the right and the left, so I was just trying to get a safe place to go to the slow lane. You don't need a lawyer, you are saving the money to buy your heart medicine. I didn't change my address because I don't know the address of the assistant living home they are sending me to.
2006-06-15 00:22:51 · answer #7 · answered by bernard t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Around here (California), it's pretty much impossible to contest a speeding ticket. The only way you can get off is if you contest the ticket and then you show up but the issuing officer doesn't. If the officer shows up, you've lost.
2006-06-15 00:13:11 · answer #8 · answered by sjcamike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, you need to talk to the City attorney when you go to court. Tell him you would like to talk about a plea bargain to see if you can have the address dropped to plea guilty on the speeding. Be sure to fix that on your id before you go. Ask if they could consider leniency if this is your first offense, but at that speed, you may be out of luck in that department. Yes, it will cost you, but you can tell them that you need to make payment arrangements, just be sure to follow them or they will take your license. Be sure to show up in court or they will track you down and arrest you. Best of luck to you, ease up on the ol accelerator. :)
2006-06-15 00:15:23 · answer #9 · answered by thewildeman2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good friend that I know (trust me) told me that if a highway patrol gave you the ticket, you're screwed, if it's a city cop or sheirff you can ask the for thier certifcation for useing radar, if they're not certified the judge has to let you off
2006-06-15 00:36:37 · answer #10 · answered by Bad Andy 7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋