I am going to court for a speeding fine that was issued after 4 weeks instead of within 14 days. win or lose?

Question

the law states that any speeding fine shiould be issued within 2 weeks of being caught speeding. The police issued it after 4 weeks. I am contesting the validity and have been summonsed to appear at the magistrates court. Did I do the right thing?

Answer 1

You have the right to challenge if in fact the law states 14 days instead of 4 weeks. Be prepared....have the law that states this on paper to where you can give it to the judge.
The only thing that could happen would be that he/she orders you to pay the fine.

Answer 2

I'm curious to know how anyone gets a speeding ticket at any time other than after the cops pulled you over, unless you fled after a cop attempted to pull you over, in which case, you would have been arrested by now! (of course, if this was an automated ticket issued by a legitimate traffic/anti-speeding camera, then at least I'd understand the ticket being mailed).

Regardless, your question cannot be answered without knowing the jurisdiction in which the speeding occurred (i.e., not necessarily the same jurisdiction as the ticket, as you may have crossed town/city/county/state/country borders, for all we know). You don't even say which country this took place in!

Furthermore, you didn't indicate whether the ticket was truly "issued" at that late date, or whether you simply "received" it at that point; courts generally don't care how long the postal services took to get it to you, or, for that matter, when you received it (e.,g., if you are overseas and your parents had to forward it to you).

In any event, you did not say that you were innocent of the charge, so, by all means, contest the validity (as long as you truly got the ticket after it was ISSUED four weeks late, which, of course, assumes that there truly is a statute of limitations or similar on issuing tickets in your area), but expect to lose unless you can PROVE that it was ISSUED late (i.e., the "date of incident" on the ticket indicates such). Just make sure that you state your case CALMLY and with RESPECT to the judge or magistrate, or you can kiss any possible loophole "goodbye"!

Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

Sure, you can always get legal clarification from a judge. Just don't be surprised if he orders you to pay the fine anyway, but there's nothing wrong with disputing a technicality.

Answer 6

Yes you are doing the right thing, there is no penalty for challenging the fine so the worst that could happen is you would have to pay it anyway.

Answer 7

if you go in there to get it dismissed on a technicality u better have all of your bases covered, cause when u lose and you will your fine is going to b high.