so heres the quick recap. i got it last september and my delaying time is over. i was initially going to pay for it, but the clerk was kind enough to tell me that i should delay it, and request for a trial. he said who knows that the officer might not show up and i'll be clear. so now im thinking of doing it, but what if the officer shows up. so, im wondering if anyone here contested and took it to court? i need tips.

 

last ticket i got was
88mph
state ref
loud exhaust at 1 time hahaha
after your court exp, let me know how was it

 

I got a:

Crossing double yellow (Sheriff was blind)
Modified exhaust
No front plate
reg. expired


All got cleared because popo decided to go to the donut shop instead of contesting against me

Contest it, you never know if your officer will show up or not. If he does well, pay for it then. Speeding tickets are hard to fight because well you were 99% of the time really speeding. Even if he doesn't have a radar on you the judge will rule in his favor most of the time for speeding violations.

 

Do trial by declaration(ticket assasin). If that doesn't work, you automatically get a re-trial in person.

 

you can't lose if you go to court...other than your time being there.

If anything I believe the judge will lower your ticket cost; that was the case for me like 5 years ago.

 

http://www.ticketassassin.com/

 

the only risk you run into if you go to court is you can waive your right to the traffic school. normally if they don't find in yoru favor you can still ask for a fine reduction & traffic school depending on close your battle was.

i would do trial by written declaration first and then do the traffic court. by thte time court comes around hopefully the officer doens't remember the situation anymore.

I've heard that if the officer does not show up that they can be dinged or written up so now they have more motivation to show up.

 

http://www.traffic-ticket-attorney.c...ficschool.html

NOTE: The court can not refuse to give you "traffic school" solely for the reason that you have exercised your right to go to trial. Some judges erroneously tell people that, if the person exercises his/her right to a trial, the court will not let them go to traffic school. This is contrary to law. If that happens, please let me know.

I got a ticket once for doing 101mph coming out of the grapevine on the 5 in kern county. hired this guy and he got my ticket dismissed.

 

How much did the guy charge you?

 

yeah how much did he charge you, and did you had any violations within 18 months?

after doing some reasearching i think i'll do TBD. there was this guy in the subaru forum that literally wrote only 2 words, which is "not guilty" in his letter and case got dismissed. haha. of course i'll try to write down the best explanation i could in my letter. the thing is, i dont mind paying the ticket but i really dont want my insurance to go up.

one more note: the popo tried to intimidate me by saying that i could go to court but if i lose i could wind up in jail. thats the main reason in my post above that i initially just plan on paying it until the clerk helped me.