Speeding Ticket 58mph in a 50 zone?

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Speeding Ticket 58mph in 50 zone?
Speeding Ticket 58mph in a 50 zone?
Has anybody (as of today 10th August 2007) got a pending speeding ticket, or have you just had a speeding ticket? I've just got one and I need to know if it's valid or not. At the bottom of my 'intended prosecution' notice is a box marked 'FOR POLICE USE ONLY' with spaces for a Police Officer (or someone else) to declare that they have sent this notice to me by normal mail, and it goes on to say that the sheet I've received is a true copy. The thing is, this section has not been filled in by anyone and therefore is not signed and dated. The date is included higher up the form, but not on this declaration. Has anyone got a current similar form, has this section been filled in on yours, and do you think this omission makes my form invalid? Any other advice as to how to get this ticket quashed? It's yet another money making venture from a Government that has already stolen nearly every penny I've earned. No wonder people don't help the police much!
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

A ticket for only going eight miles over the speed limit may be pretty lame but a minor error won't make you innocent. You can try a lawyer. That will probably cost you more than the ticket.

Answer 2

I don't think you are going to quash it. The best you can hope for is to show up in court and hope the ticketing officer doesn't show up. I have talked to many policeman and state troopers. They rarely give a ticket to anyone going up to 9 MPH over the speed limit unless it is in a school zone when children are present or in other 'slow' MPH zones. I know where I live you have to be doing 80 MPH+ on the 55 MPH tollway before you get a ticket. Everyone drives like a bat out of hell there. Perhaps the ticketing officer was having a bad day or trying to fill his month end quota.

Answer 3

The infraction was valid, you were going 58 in a 50 zone. That's 8 miles over the limit. More than enough to warrant a ticket. And if it has your correct information, like name, address, etc.. on it then you have no choice. Pay up or go to traffic school. And next time slow down a bit. Cops are pretty lenient up to about 5 miles over the limit. Anything more and it's your pocketbook at risk, not theirs.

Answer 4

If you don't want to pay tickets, DON'T GO OVER THE LIMIT!! No matter how often you ask the same question, you'll get the same answer. Shut up, pay the fine and grow up. NEXT time, try driving within the stated speed limit. If you can't do even that, then STAY OFF THE ROADS, "Einstein"!!!

Answer 5

SPEED KILLS therefore you shouldn't speed. on the ticket there is a court date just appear then or take the ticket to your local police they will validate it for you but the easy and least painless way is just pay the ticket because chances are you are guilty the other methods cost more money if you are found guilty all that tax money to put up speed signs and no one reads them

Answer 6

I've never been busted for speeding, but having been ticketed for one accident a few years back(IIRC, it was for "failure to yield right of way" or something like that), rest assured, those tickets are valid, regardless of the traffic infraction AND regardless of how they're delivered(chances are you got nailed by one of those "speeding cameras" and they'll send the ticket via. the mail to whoever's name the vehicle is registered to or whoever owns the vehicle ticketed).

As far as getting it quashed.......that probably depends on how the ticket was issued. If it was a "speeding camera", chances are you'll probably lose in court. If it was the old-fashioned way, though.....you could argue that other vehicles were going faster than you were at the time and that you were simply "going with the flow of traffic"(like most states, NC police officers can ticket you for going one mile over the speed limit, but in most cases if the traffic flow on the highway(interstates or freeways, for instance) is faster than the posted speed limit, they'll concentrate on those going much faster than you). If that doesn't work, you could ask for what in NC is known as a "prayer for judgment continued"(which is essentially a deal btwn. you and the state--you keep a clean driving record for a set period of time[say, 24 months or so] and after that period of time, the state drops the ticket and life goes on(no points on your license, your insurance doesn't go up, etc.)

As for whether its' fair or not......FWIW, a good portion of the monies collected from traffic infractions in most locales go, usually, to road maintenence and to local schools(which of course can lead to small towns abusing those laws[i.e. those dreaded "speed trap" towns] ). And as for whether one should follow the speed limit exactly, most places allow for drivers to go faster "if the flow of traffic" is faster than the posted limit, but its' still a good idea to stay at the posted speed limits.

Answer 7

If you were going 8 over it is probably a real ticket. They can give you a ticket for only going 1 over if they want. Most of the time they dont but they can. My step-father is a cop and says pay the damn ticket and dont get caught next time.

Answer 8

Is the current plan to keep asking the question over and over again until someone says what you want to hear? I know you don't want to hear what has been said several times, however the minor clerical error will not get you out of the ticket. Write the check, pay the fine and move on. And stop re-posting the same question over and over.

Answer 9

Yes you broke the law so shut up and pay up. It's valid whether or not it's signed.

Answer 10

You have a good chance of getting out of this. You just need to show up on the court date. If the officer does not show, this will increase your chances of not having to pay. It's only 8mph which should be disputable. My brother got out of a ticket in a similar situation.