Is there anything I can do about this speeding ticket?

Question

I live in Missouri. I was issued a ticket for driving 44 mph in a 30 mph zone. I drive this road everyday. It is a 40 mph zone but the officer insisted otherwise. He even told me where he clocked me at and it is in the 40 mph zone. Is there anything I can do?

Answer 1

pay the ticket

Answer 2

The only difference between 44 in a 30 mph zone or 44 in a 40 mph zone, is the degree to which you were speeding.

If this would have resulted in a reckless driving charge, it might be worth fighting for the 10 mph difference - it doesn't seem that it is. Speeding is speeding.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Look sounds like you admitted you were going a little over the speed limit. I am sure in Missouri you have traffic attorneys. Go find you a good one. Tell him the whole story, and hire this man. What he can do is he can go to the district attorney and act on your behalf. Hopefully your driving record is not bad. If you have a good driving record he can probably get this ticket reduced to maybe less than ten miles an hour and you will pay the fine and court costs. This is an example, find a good traffic attorney, probably cost you $200, but it would be well worth the costs. Also he can help save you on your auto insurance by getting the infraction reduced to less than 10 mph.

Answer 4

if you are sure that it was a 40mph then you can contest the ticket. Take pictures of the sign and the road and make sure you can see the crossroads or the adress the officer wrote on the ticket. Bring them to court with you they should either let you go free or lessen the amount you pay.

Also if the ticketing officer doesnt show up, which happens, they may just through the case out and your clean.

If you do end up paying the ticket you can go to like a 2 hour traffic class and it will be removed from your record if you can go i think 6 months without getting another.

Answer 5

You would have to video tape the mph sign where you got on or passed and take the tape through the point at which you got stopped. If you feel you are truly correct, you can take it to court, but I wouldn't unless I had some sort of evidence to prove the officer wrong.
Another question is the callibration of the hand gun for clocking speeds. The date it was last callibrated for accuracy is always brought into question in court. Or you can get an attorney who could do all this for you. Don't know if it's worth the price of the ticket, though.

Answer 6

Go to court with photographic evidence.
But even in a 40 mph zone, you were technically speeding.
Pay the ticket.

Answer 7

THE SPEED LIMIT IS THE SPEED LIMIT, NOT 5 MPH OVER. THEY CAN PULL YOU OVER FOR GOING 1 MPH OVER, BUT THEY USUALLY DON'T. REGARDLESS, WHETHER IT WAS A 30 ZONE OR A 40 ZONE, YOU WERE SPEEDING.

JUST PAY THE TICKET. I ALSO ANSWERED YOUR OTHER QUESTION. ABOUT THE INSURANCE WITH PAYING A TICKET

Answer 8

Even if you were in a 40 zone, you were still speeding. Just pay your ticket and then go to traffic school so it won't show up on your record.

Answer 9

you can plead inocent then there will be a trial, the cop that issued the ticket will be there and you can dispute it there. but if you have any record of speeding or other traffic violations then i doubt there is anything you can do but you should try if you feel that you were wrongly ticketed. good luck and i hope i helped.

Answer 10

definitely fight the ticket with evidence. the last thing you need is for your insurance rates to increase. plea with them that you will pay the fine but to take off the points, or to take it under advisement for 6 months. you will pay court costs and the fine, but depending on your driving record this will pay for itself in increased insurance rates.