Speeding Ticket Please Help?
I just got a speeding ticket this morning in Michigan, and I live in Ohio. The delema I have is that I know no one can afford a speeding ticket, but I'm debating if it's worth fighting it. The officer said he clocked me doing 70 mph in a 55, my problem beliveing this is that when I looked down my speed-o was reading 50. This is because he clocked me on a curve on a road... I was driving a truck loaded full of items and the curve had to be at least over a 45degree turn. I find it hard to belive I was doing 70 over it with out loosing any cargo. Then the officer wrote on the ticket for my violation that it was 65 mph in a 55, and in the remarkes section wrote clocked at 70 mph.. isn't that alil fishy? He took my License in Lieu of bond, and wrote no cost of the ticket on the paper itself. So I must travel to the court anyways. Would it be in my intrest to try to fight this, and I also have a witness that was my girlfriend.
September 3rd, 2009 - 17:08
I have heard that when they clock you with a radar gun, they must tune it with a tuning fork at the beginning of the shift, and provide proof this was done and that the officer knew how to tune it correctly. Hope it helps.
September 3rd, 2009 - 17:08
Fight it! And if it is your first speeding ticket then he shouldnt have took your license! When you get pulled over you have the right to look at the radar and see what they clocked you at, so yes I would fight it!
September 3rd, 2009 - 17:08
Ummmm . . . someone’s on a power trip? I can answer only one part of this. I live in Nebraska and was ticketed in central Iowa for 15 mph over. When the officer wrote that he had clocked me at 20 over, I asked what’s up with that? He said that if he had ticketed me for 20 over he would have had to take my license. That one I appreciated! AND maybe, just maybe, an out-of-state infraction won’t show up on your insurance. Mine didn’t.
Good luck!
Was your gf in the truck with you? If so, her testimony more than likely won’t be worth a rat farting in a hurricane. Hate to tell you that, but sadly that is probably the case.
September 3rd, 2009 - 17:08
It doesn’t matter if he wrote the ticket for 65 instead of 70. He was trying to cut you a break. If you ask for a trial he can still testify that he clocked you at 70 mph. It is common practice.
If you want to fight the ticket or not is up to you. I just thought I would point out the thing about the speed to you.
Oh the tuning forks. Yes the calibration of the radar is suppose to be checked at the start and end of an officer’s shift. The prosecutor will usually ask the officer if he/she did this and the officer will testify that they did and got the expected readings. That usually satisfies the court that the radar unit was properly calibrated that day.
September 3rd, 2009 - 17:08
I am from Michigan, just pay it. They will say that they erased the speed from the gun. They have 101 excuses. They will make you pay. Only way you can fight it and win is if the officer does not show up. Michigan is on a power trip to write tickets to get the money. WE BROKE HERE IN MICHIGAN. LOL.