I just got a speeding ticket and it's about 100 dollars.
Court Appearance required box is NOT checked but if I go to court and pay more would they get rid of the points??
If I just pay for the ticket how much would my insurance go up?
2007-01-16 14:10:44 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Insurance & Registration
nope,,it wont make any difference how much you pay,,the points will go on your record,unless they forget to add them,,id be cool about it,,pay the fine,,and see, i got one a few years ago,,and it never got added ,,for some strange reason my insurance went down six months after the ticket,,so id just wait and see what happens on it,,,good luck i hope this help,s.
2007-01-16 14:16:42 · answer #1 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love your logic--"more money gets you what you want"?
Let's go back to the beginning where you were speeding.
If you had NOT been speeding you would not be in this
problem right now. Paying the ticket has nothing to do with
how much your insurance will GO UP.
I guess I will have to tell you the trtuth you don't want to hear--
If you are under 25, I doubt if you will be able to afford the
insurance. If you were in Cal, you would also get your license
pulled for at least 6 months and have to attend safe driving
school. One more ticket after all this and your license is
SUSPENDED for a year. This is no light offense.
2007-01-16 14:28:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is advice I got from a state trooper.
If this is your first speeding ticket, get a lawyer. Find someone who specializes in traffic tickets. Your lawyer will try to plead the charge down to a lesser charge like 'loud muffler'. Pay him whatever it costs (mine cost $300) and whatever the fine costs. You probably won't have to go to court.
The idea here is NOT to get that FIRST speeding ticket. After you get one speeding ticket you can't do that anymore. When you go to court on the next one and the judge looks at your record and sees a speeding ticket he thinks 'Ah, here's a speeder' and you'll have your second one. Three strikes and you're out.
What is your driver's license worth to you? If you loose your license you might lose your job, girlfriend, freedom. Sure, you won't lose it for one ticket but it starts you down the road to it.
DON'T get that first ticket, pay the lawyer. You'll save that much in insurance over time.
2007-01-16 15:06:28 · answer #3 · answered by Ed F 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You always have a right to appear in court, or to waive that right and just plead guilty and pay the fine. If you go to court, then the ticketing officer has to go too, in order to testify against you. If he/she doesn't show, the case usually gets thrown out. (This may vary from one jurisdiction to another) So there's always that possibility. If it gets thrown out, it doesn't go on your record at all. But if you pay the fine without going to court, then it does go on your record. If you try to pay more than the fine, somebody there who's in a bad mood might decide to slap you with attempted bribery charges! So just go prepared to pay if you lose, but hope that you win, and forget about paying a penny more than necessary. Trying to get them to cut points won't work.
2007-01-16 14:27:38 · answer #4 · answered by BuddyL 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
well first find out if there is anyway to keep it from going to your insurance. now if you take off get a the joy of losing a days pay at work. but i maybe able to take it off don't know just saying after they hear your side. and last if your main thing is get the points get a lier i mean a lawyer. then they could find like a loophold or something. and get one anyway so the next time it happends you can just call them up and let them deal with it.
2007-01-16 14:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by donteology 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I took one to court and the dumb cop went to his previous court so he was a no show and I won.
The points will up your insurance for about 3 years I think.
Now if you really want to beat this get OJ's dream team
2007-01-16 14:22:53 · answer #6 · answered by lonetraveler 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In MN they dont have the point system sorry I cant help you
2007-01-16 14:19:02 · answer #7 · answered by shorty 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can't get out of that.
2007-01-16 14:19:04 · answer #8 · answered by robert m 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋