nrr How to get out of a speeding ticket?

Ugh, *wasn't* entirely tuned in.... Apparently I'm still out of it.....

OldXCguy wrote:

Thanks for that bit of helpful advice. The guy already got the ticket, and he is looking for information that would help him fight it. He certainly doesn't need your holier-than-thou little snipe.

Not Holier than thou at all. I didn't say that I don't speed. I didn't even tell the guy that he shouldn't speed.

My point is simply that people decide whether or not to speed with full information of both the positive and negative outcomes. When you decide to speed, you have decided that the positive (getting where you're going faster) exceeds the negative (potential ticket, decreased gas milage, increased wear on car, etc). The OP clearly decided that the risk was worth the benefit. That's his decision and I don't really have a problem with it, but I also don't have any sympathy. He's doing what he has deemed to be in his own best interest.

More info...This morning I called the court clerk and requested a continuance. She pushed it back a month, but left the same time..8:30AM. As I have originally stated, I am from Pennsylvania and court is in Virginia. I asked her to delay the time until the afternoon, because I would literally have to leave at midnight in order to be on time for the trial. She told that was the time the cop has court hearings at this court, because he is busy at other courts the rest of the day. Is there any law that helps me push back the time of the trial for my convenience, or can I use this as unequal standing in the sense that the officer has special treatment?

LC, while we disagree, you are a gentleman, unlike that raving lunatic who replied to me. Your point is noted and well taken. It's not any help to him, but Letsrun is not always a place where one hears exactly what one wants.

Check this youtube video out too, it's not directly related to your situation but you may find its points useful for future encounters with the police.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0mtxXEGE8

good lord wrote:

Yeah, telling someone to actually face up tto the consequences of what they actually did is "holier than thou".

Gonna have to agree with this.

1) Don't speed.

2) If you do and get caught, pay the ticket and face the consequences. He'll be a better man for it, and maybe he won't speed anymore.

speeder wrote:

More info...This morning I called the court clerk and requested a continuance. She pushed it back a month, but left the same time..8:30AM. As I have originally stated, I am from Pennsylvania and court is in Virginia. I asked her to delay the time until the afternoon, because I would literally have to leave at midnight in order to be on time for the trial. She told that was the time the cop has court hearings at this court, because he is busy at other courts the rest of the day. Is there any law that helps me push back the time of the trial for my convenience, or can I use this as unequal standing in the sense that the officer has special treatment?

Do what Criminal Defense told you to do. He/she know's the system and the Prosecutor and when all is said and done, you will have saved money.

I've been pulled over many times over the years. I don't think I am that bad of a speeder, but maybe I am.

Anyway, one lesson I recently learned in a bigtime way is that it is much less expensive if you plead no contest instead of doing what I have always done - which is to just plead guilty. I don't understand the point of putting extra punishment on someone to just admit guilt, but there it is.

Kind of funny... the last judge (and court assistant) themselves basically told me that I was an idiot for pleading guilty.

Yep! Guilty as charged on the idiocy part... DOH!! I mean, No Contest!

I doubt you'll get anywhere with that argument. In all likelihood the judge who does traffic hearings has other things to do later in the day so you would be asking the entire court to rearrange its schedule for you.

If you have to drive eight hours each way and have to either drive through the night or drive over the previous day and then put yourself in a hotel, wouldn't you be better off just finding a local attorney who specializes in speeding ticket defense? You should be able to find one online very easily.

I've gotten several speeding tickets out of state (NY and Michigan), and as a PA resident, the points don't transfer over to your record. All you end doing is paying the fine, but you don't have to worry about increased insurance rates. You're welcome to still try and fight it, but I never bothered.

This doesn't apply for DUI or manslaughter.

Last summer I got a speeding ticket in a southern state. I live in the midwest. An attorney friend of mine contacted the county DA in North Carolina and my speeding ticket became an equipment violation. It cost me $125 in fines but saved the points/insurance increase. You might at least contact an attorney and see what can be done.