So I have a theoratical question about a ticket. As you know I'm from Portland but was up in Northern Washington and theoretically got a ticket for neglagent Driving. Say I theoreticall just passed a car in a no passing zone, and I didn't agree that it was neglagent driving. What can I do about this theoretical ticket? The court is more than 3 hours away. The cop also theoratically got the wrong experation date for my drivers liscence on the ticket. Any help would be theoretically helpful I do not want to give them the theoretical $550

 

I'd get a theoretical attorney in the area you theoretically got the ticket and have him/her deal with it.

 

I would theoretically show up in court and hope the theoretical police officer didn't. I would also have my theoretical $550 with me.

 

Theoretically, I agree with Harpoon.

 

I too agree with a theoretical Harpoon.

Call Tim Coogan's office @ 253 272 5505

They might be able to help, depending on far North you theoretically were.

Wrong ticket date definitely helps as a theoretical technicality.

 

Thanks for the replay's guys. I plan to argue the ticket. The thing was that I was passing a car in a double solid yellow lane. What happened was that A passing lane started on my side and a car from the slow lane cut me off and got into the fast lane and continued at 50mph. He hit is brakes so I swerved and passed him in the oncomming lane. Of course I checked that there was no oncomming traffic and it was a long straight road. The cop was really pisses, saying I could kill someone, when in reality I was more aware of my surroundings than the other cars around me. I also think he didn't see the car in front of me cut me off in the fast lane because of his position relative to the onciomming traffic. He said this was the most neglagent driving he's seen in his career, which I find hard to believe. I found a couple of discrepancies on the ticket, such as my eye color and the expiration date of my drivers license. Could these tecnicalitie be grounds for dismissal? All it says on teh ticket is neglegent driving, nothing else. This was also a state trooper in Port Angeles, Washington, which is 3 hours from Portland. Being a state trooper I was wondering If I can request a court hearing in Vancouver Washington, which is 15 minutes from me and 3 hours from him.
I don't make a habbit of driving neglagently and have nothing on my driving record, this being the first thing. I would have my hobby (driving) to be the cause of harm to someone. Thanks for any input.

 

2 out of 2 Jay's agree that you should call a lawyer. You don't mess with a $550 ticket. You have a lawyer take care of it.

 

The thing is that everything that happened was almost instinctive. I would have rear ended the guy would I not have swerved. When I was in the oncomming lane I tried to get out asapso I had to speed up. There were care on my left and the oncomming lane was the only way to avoid the vehicle directly in front of me. Now I wasn't going to argue with a pieed off cop, and I was still in shock from what occured as was my fiance, who was also in the car. I think I can contest it becuase the ticket is for "negligent driving" but I was trying to avoid the accident in the only way I saw at that time. This is anything but negligent driving.

 

Good advice....

 

Bad advice.