Speeding ticket = Epic fail!!

Take note, the variable Speeding ticket has been asigned the value of Epic fail!!
 
Seriously, 56mph in a 45!!   Who were they looking for?  I was surprised to see them, cause I hadn't the faintest clue I was speeding, but boy were they surprised to see me not drunk, not stoned, not crazy, and simply on my way home from my martial arts practice.
 
56 in a 45?  I think you could have let me off with a warning...

Thanks Old, hopefully I can get it dismissed!! :-)

I know..  :-)

Yup...envelope pushed just a tad too hard.  Good luck, ol pal.

Used to be 10% over was acceptable here, not sure if that still applies.

7 miles an hour over in South Florida ???  You got a ticket for that ??
 
WTF....if I only go 7 miles an hour over anywhere in SF I will get flattened by the cops and others driving 20 over the speed limit.
 
Of course if you were 7 over in my neighborhood you deserve the ticket...
 
JR

Guitarhacker
10% is not a reliable measure of fudging the numbers.
 
It's best to stay with traffic or slower..... any speed in a car sure beats walking or riding a moped limited to 35mph.  I use cruise control set to the limit. I have a friend who hasn't had a license in over 20 years due to traffic tickets and DUI...... moped rider....and even got a DUI on that several times.
 
Got a ticket?  hire a lawyer.... it's cheaper in the long run.  By the time you factor your time, court costs and fine, insurance points and premium increase over the next 3.5 years.... a lawyer is generally less than half that amount and you can walk away with a dismissed ticket....  I just went through this and the lawyer saved time and money..... 72 in a 55....  3 more and it could have been handcuffs.... one of those rare times I wasn't paying attention after coming off an interstate (not even 2 miles) with 70 as the limit.... same deal for my daughter.... 82 in a 70.... we both paid lawyers and got the tickets dismissed entirely.   Of course having a clean record to that point also helped....
 
not fun for sure..... but it happens...

I am curious, what were the grounds or argument to get the ticket dismissed?

In GA, they usually don't even give you a second look if you aren't at least 10 mph over. However, on the interstate I always set my cruise on either 80 or 81 mph and never get stopped. I pass by the guy on the side of the road with his radar gun and keep going. They are looking for "super speeders" those going 85 or more and they are out there. Only on state roads and especially in small towns do I slow down to the limit. You never know about small town local cops. We have tw local towns who sometimes sit out on the interstate. One is profiling for drug runners, the other is there to make money. The former is not looking at speed, and the latter is looking for those going 85+.
Good luck, it was that last mph that got you.. still, you'd think that they would have something better to do.
 
J

musicman100

Guitarhacker. we both paid lawyers and got the tickets dismissed entirely.   Of course having a clean record to that point also helped....
 
not fun for sure..... but it happens...

I am curious, what were the grounds or argument to get the ticket dismissed?

 
Several things:
1. previously clean driving record for many years .. in my daughters case, her first, in my case it had been 35 years.....
2. we took a safe driver's course registered in the state of the offense
3. we submitted a certified speedometer check indicating the actual speed of the vehicle did not match the indicated speed of the speedometer.
4. we hired a lawyer who knew the procedures and individuals in that court.
 
you figure out which one had the most influence on the dismissal.... in both my daughters case and in mine, nether of us had to appear at the court, and both were totally dropped. No points, no insurance points and while we had to pay the lawyers and the costs of court.... there was nothing attached to our records.  It wasn't cheap but it was half the cost of pleading guilty and taking the full charge, the license points, and the insurance premium hike for the next 3.5 years.
 
Because my daughter was over 80 mph in Virginia, it was a criminal misdemeanor charge had it been upheld by the judge, and as a result she would  not have been able to get into the program she is applying for in the health care industry.... it had her completely freaked out.  All's well, that ends well.
 
 

in Texas, taking a driver's course is enough to keep it off your points and you don't need a lawyer for that.  if it's been a while since your last ticket (I think it's 2 or 3 years) then you can take the drivers course and the points don't go on your record.  you still have to pay the fine and the cost of the course, but those are less than the cost of a lawyer anyway.
 
but that's TX only.

You never know when you might come across a cop who's having a bad day; dropped his doughnut(s), spilled his coffee, had a fight with his significant other.
I try to drive about the speed limit.
In the bad old days of the 55 mph limit, I was driving a company van at 60 and was pulled over by a highway patrolman.
He clocked me at 68, wrote me a ticket.
Turns out that when the van needed new tires, they put a bigger set on it for better gas mileage, which also had the effect of changing the speedometer.
I had they speedo checked at a local shop and it was 68 at an indicated 60. (The guy did ask, "what do you want it to read?")
I figured the truth would be good enough and get me off.
Took the day off from work, drove all the way from Raleigh to Asheboro to present the evidence and get the ticket dropped.
Judge says, "you said you thought you were going 60, that's still speeding. Pay the man".
You never know.
 

Good reason to be extra careful.  I think cities are using traffic tickets for revenue generation these days. 

paulo

Linear Phase
 
I think Thursday night around 9/10 pm, when I am usually on my way home is a bit of a, "get pulled over hour."

Which makes getting caught even more your fault, no ?

 
Getting caught for what?  In Florida its not so unusual for people to drift 10 miles an hour +- the limit.  I didn't get caught for anything.  Do you think I would be making a stink if my ticket was for going 80 mph in a 30 mph zone?
 
Getting caught for what?..  I'm, "not guilty."

Linear Phase

paulo

Linear Phase
 
I think Thursday night around 9/10 pm, when I am usually on my way home is a bit of a, "get pulled over hour."

Which makes getting caught even more your fault, no ?

 
Getting caught for what?  In Florida its not so unusual for people to drift 10 miles an hour +- the limit.  I didn't get caught for anything.  Do you think I would be making a stink if my ticket was for going 80 mph in a 30 mph zone?
 
Getting caught for what?..  I'm, "not guilty."

Erm, ....... the speed limit is 45, you did 56, which is about 25% over. You have a very strange concept of who is at fault here. I'm not saying I've never done it, just that I would have no grounds to **** about it if I got caught out, especially at likely to "get pulled over hour".
YmphMV ;)
 
 

SteveStrummerUK

paulo
 
YmphMV ;)

Hah! I see what you did there
 
 
 
 
 
(shouldn't it be YkmphMV though?)

Not in USA, last I heard and according to OP they still use mph. Sorry to be pedantic an all that, but well..........you know ;)