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

 

Check the "not guilty" box on the theoretical ticket and call a hypothetical lawyer.

 

 

Well if its a theoretical ticket, just stop talking about it

 

 

Theoretically, you could contest it and win. You'll have to do a bunch of work but it can be done.

I got a 2nd Degree Neg Driving by contestbut got off by contesting it. How you go about arguing its BS really depends on the circumstances and how much/little the cop writes in his report (it's a separate report to record the events of the stop that contains a lot more info than the ticket itself). Thankfully, this is public info and you can request a copy through the state patrol office.

 

Seriously, I got a Neg 2 ticket on I5 and dammn the Officer was pissed!
Was really apologetic and when he calm down, drop it from a Wreckless to N2...one thing I never did was disclose how fast I was going. He kept asking and I said I was too busy paying attention to the road.

Didn't use a lawyer, fought it myself and won! Woohoo!

 

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.

 

-what you did was stupid. plain and simple.
-to the best of my knowledge, trivial crap like eye color and license expiration date don't mean anything.

-if all it says on the ticket and report is "negligent driving," it should help you out
-get a lawyer

 

Wait, so you were on a highway with 2 lanes going in your direction and you went into an oncoming lane to pass?

No matter what, I think you're in the wrong according to the law.

The only reason I think you'd be able to do that is to avoid an accident, as long as you didn't pass, acceleration isn't usually the way to avoid collisions (although it can be at times).

From your description, you were stupid, pay the ticket and be a little more careful on the road next time... Hypothetically.