In california. I'm 17, I had one previous ticket from about 8 months ago that I went to traffic school for. Can I request traffic school again? Also, the Highway patrol put on the ticket I'm "Hispanic" and he didn't even ask me. It says nowhere on my license, or other papers I'm hispanic. I am, in fact, half, but half white also. I don't resemble a hispanic origin, and it's nearly always unobvious, but I guess he assumed or something, is there anything I can do about that? I am legally identified as a caucasion male, I have a light tan, but my hispanic side isn't obvious at all by any means. What are my chances of fighting the ticket on grounds of profiling?
2007-02-27 15:05:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
There is no chance to fight the ticket because of profiling, since 1) that isn't a defense, and 2) at that speed, the officer probably did not even see you until after he stopped you.
You can get traffic school, but it probably won't do you any good. It will save you a point on your record, but since it is your second time within 18 months, your insurance company will see it, and can base your rate on it. Going to traffic school in such a case is worth it only if you have a huge number of points already, or are a commercial driver. (A lot of judges don't realize you can go to traffic school more often than once every 18 months.)
2007-02-28 12:12:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's two or three years after going to traffic school before it's available to you again. The mistake regarding your race being written wrong on the ticket means nothing, your drivers license number is what counts.
It's not racial profiling when someone's pulled over for going 21 miles over the speed limit, you were flat out speeding, at the criminal level too.
2007-02-27 15:19:40 · answer #2 · answered by Χαλαρά 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont think u can do the traffic school thing again. i think theres a certain amount of time u have to be ticket free (a couple years at the minimum) befoe u can go back to traffic school.
and forget about the the profiling thing. that has nothing to do with going over the speed limit.
2007-02-27 15:26:22 · answer #3 · answered by carlos l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as quickly as I lived in California something over ninety became 5 days in reformatory. once you notice 91 on your fee ticket it oftentimes shows somebody wasn't very stunning. What John S mentioned is the comparable component a criminal leech informed me as quickly as I have been given a cost ticket for doing a hundred mph. He did not comprehend what he became talking approximately the two.
2016-10-16 22:20:08 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alan ... Come on, now. You live in a community, not on an island with no one around you. You were WAY over the speed limit and you seem to need a lesson. Take what's coming to you like a man, LEARN from it, and think of how YOU'D feel if someone were zooming past the place where your little sister waits for her school bus.
2007-02-27 15:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You were probably stopped because of what the radar gun said, not because of your ethnicity which would be pretty darn hard to establish with you going that fast. In California you are only allowed one traffic school every 18 months so you are out of luck.
2007-02-27 15:24:18 · answer #6 · answered by Michael da Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You were caught fair and square going 21 miles an hour over the limit and are looking to weasel out of it? Accept responsibility for your actions and put away that race card!
2007-02-27 15:09:41 · answer #7 · answered by trentrockport 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In my state you would lose your license for life regardless of race. I doubt you can beat the rap when the Highway Patrol is involved.
2007-02-27 15:15:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You WERE speeding right? Just pay your ticket.
2007-02-27 15:15:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would go hire Johnny Cochran as my lawyer.
2007-02-27 15:25:14 · answer #10 · answered by freddieman3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋