Can I get out of a speeding ticket if. . .?

Do you think I could get out of a ticket if the officer wrote down the wrong year on my violation? I know guys that have got off when the wrong date was written. Is this a stretch. I don't really feel like shelling out money for my crimes over 65 mph.

 

Last I heard most courts could give two ****s less they just want their money from the ticket. But Montana isn't California. Ya might be able to try it.

RRR

 

year of my car, sorry.

 

Doubt it. I was driving a Freightliner one night and got busted for speeding. The citing officer wrote down Kenworth and that didn't seem to matter. When you're guilty, you're guilty.

Vance

 

You're kidding, right?

Pay the man.

 

You were speeding, you got caught, just accept the consequences of your actions and pay the ticket(in other words, theres no way your getting off on a "technicality")

 

A friend of mine in CA did get off because the officer wrote down the wrong date (just after midnight so the date had changed) and he wrote down blue on a green car. I couln't believe it when he told me but he showed me the paper work. So while it's rare, it does happen.

 

happens here all the time. i know countless people who get out of tickets for almost nothing. dates, car description, officer not showing up to court...all that fun stuff.

 

Well its not like i was speeding for the hell of it. I was on an eight hour trip and about four hours into it I was pretty zonked. A cop cruised by so my eye slipped down to the speedometer. Oops, 75 mph. Wish I had cruise control.

 

There's one way to find out - register the ticket for court, and plead your case to the judge. Just be aware that if the judge upholds the ticket, you will have court costs added to the cost of the ticket, and the judge could end up fining you more than a mail-in fine would be.
Normally there are two ways the officer finds out the year of the car - from the registration or by asking the owner. If he says you told him the year, you're up a creek. If the registration shows the wrong year, you should have noticed it when it was issued, and that creek is getting deeper.
A ticket is a sworn affidavit, and as such, any discrepancy can make it null and void. However, the officer usually has the ability to ask for dismissal, and re-issue on a minor technicality such as the year of the car, especially if the information is from the computer. If you gave the officer incorrect info, you could be charged with obstructing, or something similar, which is a criminal charge.

I'd pay the money, and divide the cost by all of the times I should have been tagged, but wasn't. It eases the pain...




Mutt

 

you might or you might not...i got out of a ticket because the cops had 2 1978 impalas pulled over at the same time and got some of the details confused on their report. but if the cops had decided against being honest in court that day i would've been hung out to dry...i didn't realize at the time that traffic tickets become criminal offenses in NH if you decide to fight them...so the simple $66 dollar fine i could've paid became $1200 and/or 30 days if i lost...ouch! taught me to read the fine print

 

Damn, I guess I'll just 'fess up.

 

Hey, does anybody know how you could put cruise control on an old *** car? It might be helpful in the future.

 

My truck tops out at 65, so I just set a brick on the gas pedal

 

HA HA.

that's bad***!

 

On a straight road mine will keep going to 120 mph. The bad part is driving 65 mph and 100mph feels about the same when there's no traffic. Its kool but at the same time it ****s. Maybe I'll actually have to *sigh* pay attention.

 

You could try this:
"A friend of mine is a state trooper...he gave me a tip about radar guns. They need to be calibrated every so often. When you get a ticket...just take it..dont argue...dont act like an ***...go to your court date...plead not guilty and ask for proof of when the radar has been calibrated...they will give you another court date for them to come up with the paperwork to prove their case. 99% of the time they either do not have the information or the gun hasnt been calibrated when it was suposed to."

 

I have a Rocky mountain radar in my cars...it detects the radar but the best part is it is a jammer...jams most all of what they are trying to catch ya with....it was under $300 I think.....cheaper than the tickest it has saved me!
I also have pre paid legal which fights traffic tickets...or at least helps get the points down and sometimes the fine too.

 

I don't know where you copied that quote from, but if you believe that 99% can't come up with the info, or the gun hasn't been calibrated when it was supposed to, I've got a bridge you may want to buy.
The units have tuning forks in the case, for calibration, and should be calibrated every time they are used. The officer only has to testify that he has calibrated it before he went on patrol.

Mutt

 

The biggest mistake is the one you are making right now. Don't ask anybody here, your mom, best friend etc... ask a LAWYER...
He/she will actually know........

 

last time i fought a ticket NH state police were totally ready for this ploy...before i could open my mouth they furnished daily and monthly calibration records for the unit and training records for all the officers involved. this "trick" worked 10 years ago...now most departments know it and are prepared for it.

 

I got a speeding ticket years ago (1966) coming back from a sports car race down in Oregon. I was doing about 120mph in a 70, but the cop was cool, and so was I...so no "reckless" even though it certainly qualified. I had my 64 Vette, he wrote 65 on the ticket (still in my s****book). I had to go to court anyway, due to the severity of the transgression, and I sort of tried the "erroneous information" ploy, the judge and the trooper both scoffed, and I just paid - hizzoner's comment was "nice try, ****" - with no further commentary regarding my name NOT being Richard.

I always figure that when I get tickets, the represent such a small amount in comparison to how many times I've NOT been caught...it's sort of like paying cheap rent on the high side of your speedo.

dj

"maintain thy airspeed, lest the ground rise up to smite thee"

 

Sooooo, he should disregard your advice also?


Mutt

 

For what it will ultimately cost, just give it to a lawyer. I'd rather pay him $100 and maybe $50 in fines than pay $75 on the ticket and another $20 or $30 a shot on the insurance payments. It depends on the DA, but if you get a guy who's good and in the same county usually you can get it knocked down to something cheap like a loud muffler or broken taillight. I had three or four speeding tickets before I was 25 and the only one I got points for was in the next county to the east; my guy said it was part because I wasn't local and part because that DA wasn't as willing to let the minor stuff go. (that I was cited for like 8 MPH more than I had been going, never factored into it).

I think one was for 75 in a 55 and it became a broken taillight, $25 fine, $25 court costs.

Some states you can plead it through the DA yourself, but 9 times out of 10 a lawyer can get a better (more minor offense) result than you can. I tried that on the last ticket I got, didn't like what they offered me, and took it to the lawyer anyways. Same deal, down to a non-pointer.

Of course the best defense is just to pay attention, through some miracle it's been years since I got a ticket, been pulled over a few times, but gas is too expensive anymore to bomb down the road at 75+.

 

I keep my lawyer on speed dial. Needed him three times so far this year. My insurance goes WAY up when I get points, so I don't risk it. I also am at the point limit, 10 in NJ, when I hit twelve they take my license again.

You need a local lawyer you can trust. Remember, the lawyers are buddies with the judges. This can go both ways, if the lawyer likes you and expects more business, he is on your side. If the lawyer thinks you are a ****, and knows you will never be back, he will sell you out.

My lawyer is a former senator, and I'm one his best customers If anyone gets jammed up in Jersey, let me know.

 

I'll gladly read anyone's opinion.

 

It sounds like a lot less of a h***le to pay the thing than to go through all that. I was looking for the easy way out. This is only my second serious speeding ticket so I think I'll just take this one in the pants . . or wallet . . . or whatever.

 

I dunno, you can go see a lawyer anytime, sign a POA, give him the ticket, he goes to court, he sends you the bill. Easy enough.

 

Hey, I like everyone else has won a few and lost a few. Probably had some times I should have got one and got one when I shouldn't. Anyway, as far as points go, someone told me this works. I have not tried it.
Call and find out how much the fine is. Sent in about 5 bucks more than they tell you. The ticket goes into a file. They make out a refund check and mail it to you. This is because you paid too much and they don't know what to do. When you get the check, hang it on your wall or throw it away. They are waiting for the cancelled check to get back so they can close the transaction. If it never comes back, the whole deal just lays in a file somewhere. Not sure if it works or not. Traffic School is an option that usually costs as much as the ticket but keeps it off your record and keeps it from screwing with your insurance.

 

I did this to keep my license about ten years ago.

1. Contact the DA in the county that you were cited in.
2. Explain that a modification made by a previous owner had effected the speedometer, but you had no way of knowing of the mod until you were cited.
3. Go to a trusted mechanic and have it confirmed that you have correctly fixed the bogus mod.

I got a defective speedometer citation but because this is a violation against the car not the driver it didn't cost me any points. Just cash and it didn't show on my insurance.

Remember! This only works once, so save it for a emergency.