Just got my first speeding ticket a week ago. The ticket was for doing 65mph on a 50mph zone. I've read of people going to court and pleading for a lesser charge (possibly one with no points). What is the process? Do I just show up to court and talk to the prosecutor?

 

I believe that should be a 2 point ticket if you have a clean record you should be able to bring that down to no points and paying a fee.

 

What court is it? If its 16 Cooper street in Hempstead than its very easy to plea bargain.
Just wait for them to call your name when you get there, go up & chat with the DA, he offers a deal, then you wait to see the judge make the plea.

 

You can get it dropped to 0 points and pay a big fine.

I believe 1-14 mph is 2 points, 15-29 = 4, so you would fall into the 4 point category.

I had a similar speeding ticket (15 over) a while back and got it reduced to 0 points, unsafe driving, but had to pay ~ 500.00. I also had a clean record. I believe you can plea bargain once or twice every few years (don't remember what it was exactly.) Just go into court and talk to the prosecutor and plea bargain.

good luck.

 

what state?

 

well said , only thing I would add is that no matter what you insurance still gets effected by unsafe driving

 

If you get stuck with 2 points you can take an defensive drivers course online and it drops two points from your record. Thats what I did when I got my speeding ticket last year.

Heres a list of approved online sites from MV

http://www.state.nj.us/mvc/Licenses/...m#onlinecourse

 

Assuming you have had a clean record until that day, you're more likely to get through the day without points and just paying court fees. Almost all towns in NJ allows that.

Don't mean to hijack the thread, but I sent you a PM a few weeks back about the STI lip. You still got it?

 

This occured in NJ rt 495, right outside the Lincoln tunnel.

 

You would be fine with a careless operation of a motor vehicle and 0 points.