the officer wrote i was going 56 in a 35 and the actual posted speed limit was 40mph and he was also driving past me when he said he clocked my speed, and it was a west virginia police officer
By talking nice to the police officer?
I have a friend of mine who was stopped for speeding in a small hick town in North Carolina a few weeks ago. Without asking her for her license and registration, The police officer gives her a ticket. Is this illegal and can she fight the ticket?
How would you fight this speeding ticket in court? alright, so over the summer I had a class about 45 minutes from my house .. it was a complete country drive and on the way there is a speed trap through a small town. Speed limit in the country is 55, however once in the [...]
How would you fight this speeding ticket in court? alright, so over the summer I had a class about 45 minutes from my house .. it was a complete country drive and on the way there is a speed trap through a small town. Speed limit in the country is 55, however once in the [...]
I just received my first speeding ticket, 50 in a 45. Mind you I am a 17 year old with a blemish free record in the eyes of the law. What happened was that I passed a car and as soon as i entered my lane again i noticed a police officer turn around..so i [...]
I was driving in Pennsylvania from New Jersey. On the highway, a police officer pulled me to the side and gave me a ticket for speeding at 85mph at a 65mph zone. However, I was definitely nowhere near 85mph. At most 70mph when I’m passing a car. I’m a pretty paranoid driver and never drove [...]
Just got my first speeding ticket after about 2 months from my drivers’ license. I gotta admit that I did go 70mph on a 60mph zone. I live in Indiana. The police officer was travelling in the opposite direction and got me about 0.2 miles from the scene, when I was back at my house [...]
I got a ticket for "failure to control speed so as to avoid collision" and when I went to court to fight it, the police officer didn’t show up so they dismissed it without prejudice. They said that they can refile within a certain amount of time, but I don’t know what that timespan is. [...]
Just got my first speeding ticket after about 2 months from my drivers’ license. I gotta admit that I did go 70mph on a 60mph zone. I live in Indiana. The police officer was travelling in the opposite direction and got me about 0.2 miles from the scene, when I was back at my house [...]
I was driving North Bound PCH 1 in Ventura County, CA in my motorcycle. The wind was to strong for me to sit up on my SV1000 so I had my face right next to the speedometer, I occasionally glanced at the speedometer and noticed that my speed was ranging from 65-67 max and there [...]
I have a court date set for a traffic ticket that was from more than a year and half ago. It says I was speeding, like 77 in a 70 mph, on a major highway here in DFW (Arlington). I do not remember, in that it was so long ago, but I remember the ticket [...]
i got stopped about 3 months ago for wreckless driving and speeding, the police officer gave me those two tickets and let me go on my way. that was it only those two tickets and nothing else. the attorney told me that those tickets are very common. My attorney talked to the judge and prosecuter [...]
I got pulled over for speeding. According to the police officer I was going at 80 mph but he just wrote 60 mph on the ticket. He told me he could take me to jail and impound my car. I weight 185 lbs , 5’7 and the police wrote 160 lbs and 5’8 so if [...]
I was stopped on the way home from work on Nebraska Hwy 58 going 84 in a 60mph zone. The cop told me I could take Stop class and remove points from my record and just have to pay the class fee not the ticket. He wrote the number to the county attorney and said [...]
If the police officer does not show up what will happen? If he shows up what will happen? Im so confused I just want to know what to expect when i go to court?
My friend went to court on a speeding ticket where the police officer was lying through his teeth and her case was sent to juvenile court where she had to represent herself and her mother couldn’t help her. Why? she is only 16
I was on a back road at about 6pm on new years eve. In a place where I have both really stupid friends and really stupid enemies. Neither me nor my friend saw the police officer heading our way so we turned out. Within seconds she was tailgating me. I was going the speed limit [...]
I worked for a guy 3 month and during those 3 month i did not have a driver licence therefore i had one of my friend to drive a van for me. I of the days i was at a friends wedding practice and during that day we hired the van to some1 who had [...]
My boyfriend (20 years old) got a speeding ticket [in a school zone] in September, he hired an attorney (paid 200 bucks!) & got it dismissed however, he had to take a defensive driving course (of course) and was placed on probation until January 25, 2010… because he is not a good driver (lol!) he [...]
I got a speeding ticket from a police officer in a car. How do they check your speed, I was on the freeway, doing 75 on a 65. I know motorcycle cops use radar, or laser, how about car cops?
I was in the university parking lot and a police officer tells me to stop for speeding. He said I was going 35 mph in the parking lot. The speed limit is 5 mph. He didn’t have me on radar he said it was his estimate. Is there a way to beat this. This happened [...]
So I have a few questions regarding a speeding ticket that I received. I had gotten the speeding ticket on November 21st 2009. That previous week I had gotten my wallet stolen so I had my license with me, but not in a wallet. I explained to the officer that I had Irritable Bowel Syndrome, [...]
Here’s the situation: In Jan 2009, around 1pm, high noon, weekday, EMPTY road, no traffic, no cars parked, very wide two way road, 4 lanes total, I was driving down a long winding rode in Daly City, CA, Guadalupe Canyon Expressway, speed limit 45mph going around 45-50 as I go down the hill, I see [...]
I have heard that two thirds of all speeding tickets are dismissed if you go to court because the police officers often do not show up. Do you think I should try this? Also, what happens if the police officer DOES show up? Will I be expected to pay the fine immediately?