Officer put wrong speed limit on Ticket anything I could do?

Question

My brother was coming out of his at walmart when he was driving home he notices police following him so he keeps on driving not speeding and makes a left turn to park in front of my house and that when the cops turn on the lights when they see him parking. They say he was going 60 mph on a 30mph so he gets a ticket for that.

First the ticket says 30mph street but its 40mph street.

Second they dont stop him till he parks front of our house.(if someone is speeding why let him drive another mile before you stop him?)

Third he got the ticket and they want to charge him $800 for the suppossely violation.

I really dont think the officers knew what they were doing and thought he did something wrong by parking trying to avoid them but not knowing he did park in front of his house.

what you guys think? any help much appreciated

My brother asked if he could the radar and they said they dont have to show him and to be quiet.

also we got something in the mail where the officer sent saying he had made a mistake and changed the ticket to 40 mph speed limit. its was just a piece
a paper where it had a section "other" and put 40mph speed limit.

We live in a big street so we dont have a drive way.

Answer 1

Well first off just take a picture of the speeding limit sign for proof the officer wrote down the wrong limit. Second was is going 60 mph? If he was it doesn't really matter when the cop stopped him. Third it is probably a huge fine because he was 25 mph or more above the limit. Most cities will charge you a flat fee fine of say $250~350 for speeding 10 mph or less over the limit. But if your 25 mph or more over the limit you get the first fine plus say $10~20 for every mile you were over the limit. So let say your city charges $15 for evy mile over the limit, 30 x $15 = $450. Add that to the first fee and you could easily have a $800 ticket.

Answer 2

Hello, a couple of thiings, the error on the ticket is ot enough to void the ticket merely change the amount of the fine.

The officer can follow you 4 or 5 miles if they want seeing if you will break other laws, they don't even have to stop you if they don't want to, many borderline speeders are let go.

They found the mistake and made the correction ( no new ticket would be written, merely a correction to the orginal one.
And yes following them to thier home is also commom practice for alot of police.

And no they don't have to show you the radar, actually in most departments it is not allowed to have you in thier car for any reason other than being put into the back seat.

Answer 3

many times the officer will run a wants and warrant check before they pull you over. Safety factor for them. secondly the officer has signed an affidavit as to the posted speed. You must prove in court that he is wrong. So you will need pictures and several of them with landmarks the officer can say yes that is correct. with that information he may get off. If he was speeding then he should ask the court to reduce the fine since he was not 30 miles over the limit but 20 mph over. In any case that fine may be close since it could be considered wreckless driving.

Answer 4

Take them to court! There is the option of going to court over it (no lawyer necessary). A similar situation happened to a friend of mine - the best part was, even though he was ready to contest the ticket in front of the judge, the police officer never showed up! If the officer doesn't show up, the ruling is automatically in your favor!
Check the back of the ticket for information on going to court.

Answer 5

officers don't have-to show you the radar/laser receiver with the speed on it, actually it usually flashes off in a few seconds anyway unless you press the hold button on the unit, here nor there all police officers with radar must go to school and guess the speed of a car within a few mph, so they in fact don't need the radar unit, if your brother was followed, the officer most likely "paced him" by the police cars odometer. and your brother doesn't have the best driving record anyway, plead to school and points and slow down

Answer 6

A lot is going to depend on your local court system. They may give you the opportunity to talk to the DA about getting the charges reduced or thrown out. It may actually entail coming back for another court appearance. I had a situation similar to what you are describing and I had to come back for a court appearance and the cop had to show up to represent the state. Well he never showed up so the charges were thrown out. It is possible in your case, but I would do some checking first on your local court system.

Answer 7

First, he should plead not guilty, and second, he should take pictures of the speed limit sign and take them to court to prove that the ticket is wrong. The fine will definitely be reduced, or even dismissed altogether.

Answer 8

Definitely go to court. Do not plead guilty and do not plead "no contest". Fight it. Worst case scenario - he pays but tried. Best case - they throw it out. I would think at least they will amend the amount to reflect the difference in allowable speed.

Answer 9

first off, they can't pull you over in your driveway!! it has to be before you turn in... that I would dispute...second, take a pic of your speedlimit sign and show it in court to dispute the price of the ticket..also they can't follow you for over a mile, so do the math on the distance ...and next time they pull that, ask to see the radar.. if it's not on the radar, they can't write you a ticket.. theres no proof!

Answer 10

take it to court and be sure to have documentation of posted speed limit, either from the traffic dept. or photographs.