Wrongful Traffick ticket. I got a speeding ticket today while I was driving home from shcool (headed 50 West)?
Can somebody please help me? I need an advise on what to do on a mistaken identity ticket. While I was driving home from school headed West on 50 Highway I got stopped wrongfully by a female officer, claiming that I was driving at 77 miles/hour. I actually had my car on cruise control at 70 miles/hr. I drive a silver Galant but the driver that actually was over speeding had a silver Honda. There was high traffic headed West and I am sure that probably made the officer confused. I explained to the officer that there there was a silver, 4-dr car that just cut in front of me dangerously but she insisted that I was the one. I am trying to see the best way I could defend myself in court because I am sure I will contest the ticket. I asked her if there was any camera record showing that I was the one over speeding and she said that there was none. She told me that in fact even if I was not doing 77 then I was speeding at 70. I have always thought that in the State of Missouri there is a provision that you could speed 5 mile/hr above the posted speed limit. Anyways, she gave me a ticket for doing 77. Is there hope for Justice out there?
January 31st, 2010 - 03:29
Maybe you can tell the Judge that you was breaking the law by only a little bit at 70 mph – but you will still have to pay the ticket. It would be your word that there was another car. But the cop & the judge has heard that one many times already. My advice is to not fight the ticket only to pay it. Let this be a lesson to not speed.
Sorry I cannot help you more.
January 31st, 2010 - 03:29
The best defense you got is to hope the cop doesn’t show up on the court date.
January 31st, 2010 - 03:29
1 mph over is enough to legally warrant a ticket. I know you don’t want to pay, but if you don’t pay by the due date it automatically triggers the officer to come to court to be at your hearing. Your only hope is if the officer doesn’t show. If the officer shows you have no chance. Zero. Zip. Nada. The judge BY LAW has to agree with the officer- even if they are wrong. It’s crazy- but true.
January 31st, 2010 - 03:29
Sorry but the five over is at the discretion of the officer, posted limit is the limit…one mile over the posted limit can get you a ticket…
You can get a traffic lawyer, who can get your ticket, changed to "parking on a bridge" pay the lawyer 100.00-200.00 and a fine of 100.00-150.00 but you won’t get points…
Without pictures you won’t beat the officers word…however you should contest the ticket… you will have a first court date where they ask you how you plead….if you plead guilty, you pay your ticket and you are done,
If you plead not guilty, they will set a court date, and the officer has to come to court and testify….if the officer doesn’t show, they throw out the ticket….officers don’t show up 50% of the time for traffic tickets…..