I have a clean driving record, i am 16 years old and i have insurance. I was speeding a little bit near my school and I was going 35-40 mph in a 25 mph zone. The cop pulled me over and wrote me a ticket saying i was going 45 mph WITH NO RADAR PROOF! Can i fight it?
2006-11-09 08:32:08 · 15 answers · asked by rubberduckiepower 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
This happened in a HIGH SCHOOL During Lunch TIme!
2006-11-09 08:41:54 · update #1
35-40 in a 25 mile an hour school zone is not speeding a little. Whether you can get out of this or not I would recommend you watch yourself speeding. At that speed a kid could step in front of you and you would hit them before you realized you did. I do not think that is something a 16 yr old or anyone at any age would want to have to live with. The speed limit is set for the reason of maintaining the safety of our children. The officer is allowed some leeway in estimating your rate of speed and probably you can get it knocked down to 10 over, pay the fine and quit speeding. May be one of your own family you hit.
2006-11-09 08:38:10 · answer #1 · answered by jerofjungle 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yea you can fight it (and I would) because he wrote you up for 20 which is reckless driving and a big time hit on your insurance and six points to boot. Make sure the ticket doesn NOT indicate radar and you actually have a case but say something like I admit to a little speed but I seriously do not think I was going 20 mph over the limit.
In fact at age 16 the reckless could even be a revocation of your license. FIGHT IT!
and radars are NOT hidden in the streets where did that stupid idea come from?
2006-11-09 16:37:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can fight the ticket, however you may lose. Officer are trained to tell how fast a vehicle is moving without using a radar. That does not justify not having the radar evidence. Depending on the police officers years of expirence you may be able to fight the citation.
2006-11-10 12:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by drick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can try, but whether or not you win will depend on how confident and experienced the officer is at testifying.
This part is for mcmustang1992. Yeah, go for that "falling pen" defense. Good luck with that. First off, any officer who can think on his feet will be able to shoot your little show full of holes. Second, what if the officer gives an estimate of how fast your pen was going? Will you be able to dispute his estimate? Probably not.
I know how fast an object falling from a distance of approximately 5 feet will be travelling when it hits the floor. Do you? Here's a hint: all objects fall at the same rate. That rate increases as the object falls, until it reaches terminal velocity.
2006-11-10 03:40:34 · answer #4 · answered by RJ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you fight it. Judges just love it when 16 year old children come into their courtroom and try the same tricks to get out of speeding tickets. They have seen it all a hundred times. Police officers have dealt with hundreds of little boys like you so if you think you can make him look like a fool then try. I'd love to know how it goes little man.
2006-11-11 01:10:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can fight it, even if the officer used radar. Police officers are people too, and even though they are trained in estimating automobile speed, they make mistakes, too. Take the case to court. Ask the officer if he's an expert in estimating speeds of objects. When he answers yes, ask him to estimate the speed of your pen when you drop it to the floor. When he complains that that's not the kind of speed he's trained in estimating, ask him just exactly what kind of speed he IS trained in estimating. Then use your wind-up toy car on the desk and ask him to estimate that. If you're good, you'll have the judge either laughing or so mad you'll be able to appeal your case to the next higher court. Do some research on the web on "Speeding ticket defense." Good luck!
2006-11-09 18:30:35 · answer #6 · answered by mcmustang1992 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
WOW! I would have fought until i was down town behind bars!!! I'm also 16 and the cops have been horrible around our school zones! Don't put up with that... try asking the cop to prove your speed, they'll be speechless... if you know they didn't have a radar!
Hope It Helps!
2006-11-09 16:36:50 · answer #7 · answered by bobby s 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I would. Take it to court and you can ask to have the officer present. Tell the court that you weren't going 45 mph. If he indeed had no radar proof, they you should get off or get it reduced.
2006-11-09 16:36:09 · answer #8 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do you know that you were speeding? in order to be radar certified=the officer has to guesstimate within 3 miles of the actual speed that the vehicle is traveling. was the cop 50? he probably knew how to clock your speed.
2006-11-10 07:51:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a school zone you're toast if you go before a judge. But seriosly slow down, at least in a school zone, how would you feel if you hit a child?
2006-11-09 16:40:38 · answer #10 · answered by ligoneskiing 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋