Speeding Ticket - What should I do?

[SR5_4WD]

Well read the title and I got a speeding ticket for going 92 in a 70 zone. The ticket was 215 bucks. Now, what is all this I hear about "if the cop doesn't show up for the court date, you get off free" stuff ? What are the odds of this happening??

[Liter]

Slim to none, now cops are given a day off in order to do all of the court dates on 1 day. Your best bet is to talk to him or the judge and tell them you plan on pleeing guilty with cause, tell them your story before hand (make up a good one) and hope for the best.

Another way of trying to bet it if your plee doesnt work is asking for teh last time his gun was calibrated, and asking for the calibration results. My friend got this doen and the cop hadn't calibrated last time he was supposed to so he got off.

Thats all the ideas i have for you.

[rice]

u went 22 mph over! ....where i live, they're pretty nice and wont citation you untill you go 15 mph over the limit, but 22.....if i were u, i just pay

[SR5_4WD]

well actually im in canada so itz kilometers. sweet jesus if I was goin 92mph I'd probably go to jail LOL

[freakinbox]

I was told to tell them you have a doctor's appointment that day and want another day that week. THe cop won't have the day off and bam get off scott free

[JohnO356]

A buddy of mine got off free on a drunk driving charge when the state trooper described the red pickup he was driving. He was actually driving a red Firebird. Hope for confusion.

[REN69]

Do this, show up to court early and bargain with the Crown attorney. Tell him you're sorry you were going so fast, blah blah blah, you wanna plead guilty to a lesser fine. Chances are you'll end up paying $30-40

Here's my scenario: Got caught doing 138km/h in a 100km/h zone (HWY 401), OPP officer pulls me over and gives me a ticket for speeding and a ticket for following too close. Officer says to me: "you're lucky I don't give you a wreckless driving ticket, it would cost you a LOT more" At this point I'm being very nice to him and say "sorry officer but I had to be at work for 2pm and its my first day on this shift so I wasn't sure how traffic would be" it was 1:45pm when he pulled me over. When he hands me the ticket I see he wrote 138km/h so I replied "Sir, I wasn't going that fast, I was going about 125km/h" he replies "well that's how fast I had to go to catch up to you, you can take it to court and dispute the charge" So I did and it took almost a year to get a court date.

So add them both up, I have $400+ worth of tickets, $298 for speeding and $105 for following too close, I stand to lose about 3 demerit points maybe 4 I believe. Court date comes around and I show up, the officer is there of course as now they HAVE to show up. About 10minutes before the court is about to start, the judge says: "if anyone would like to talk to the crown rep and discuss their case you can now do so".

So I wait for my turn, talk to the man and of course I say I want to plead guilty to a lesser charge on both tickets. The man looks at me in the eyes and says, I'm sorry but I cannot do that However, you can plead guilty to one ticket AND I will drop the other charge.. Let's see.. plead guilty to speeding and pay $298 OR plead guilty to following too close and pay $105. So I plead guilty to the lesser charge out of the 2 and in the end after court cost and everything, I paid $45 that's it! out of $405 worth!!! I thought I was going to end up paying about $120 but holy shit! did I ever get out of this one with my balls still intact!

So bottom line, it helps if you get 2 tickets, and you always pay less when you show up to court and plead to lesser charges.

[Flashmn]

and someone should write you a ticket for posting this in the corolla forum, when it should be in gen. discussion.

[SR5_4WD]

haha yeah crap I realized that when I posted it here! Thanks for your guys' input. I'll see what I can do and I'll post the results in gen discuss. section when the time comes! thanks

[igorien2k]

tips - dont ever admit guilt, even if you say you were going 2 over they still will give you the ticket. say your speedometer has been acting up and you didnt know you were going fast. works if you have an older car.

[REN69]

Originally Posted by igorien2k

tips - dont ever admit guilt, even if you say you were going 2 over they still will give you the ticket. say your speedometer has been acting up and you didnt know you were going fast. works if you have an older car.

Read my previous post.

[Old Dood]

Originally Posted by freakinbox

I was told to tell them you have a doctor's appointment that day and want another day that week. THe cop won't have the day off and bam get off scott free

Worth a shot..hehe .
The fact is if you show up and be honest you have a better chance then figuring out some lie. Just don't be "fully" honest. Here is Michigan that is 6 points on your license right off for going that fast. Plead down to under 15 over or 10 over....

[Bingo]

Speeding ticket... what should I do ? SLOW DOWN. Bingo

[SR5_4WD]

^No DUH Mr. Obvious

[Cabanon]

just pay the damn ticket, your in fault anyway
drive fast on track, not in the street