uhhhhm,
All you Stook owners who have had issues w/ law or know about this sort of stuff!....please recount your experiences as
I'm currently in a bit of a SNAFU....

1)ticketed supposedly doing 86 in 55!
2)court date for 12/11...next monday...
3)was considering no lawyer and tell truth(I try to avoid truck...my driving record is important for my employment,I have clean record, etc...)but someone at dinner tonight told me I'm an IDIOT!!!

WHAT GIVES?????

please advise on the following.... PLEASE!

1)proper procedure to postpone court date and what to say?????

2)to use lawyer or not...and why?..i.e...will this piss off the judge...?

3)I have clean record and this is my first ticket...happened in sept. and I have nothing since...

4)I was trying to avoid a truck and some panic and brake I STEPPED on the gas to get OUTTA there...

PLEASE respond ASAP and EDUCATE me w/ your experiences and advice....I would be MOST grateful...

Bpearl

ps...cthree and mods...please leave this thread here in showroom, ok? and not to waiting room as i NEED help and the advice ASAP!...you guys are the best!

 

1. You need to go to court 5 working days before your court date and ask for a continuance. Just say you will be out of town on business.
2. If you have a lawyer, USE HIM/HER. You would have more chance of getting off. Why would this piss off the judge? But your lawyer will not guarentee a WIN
3. If this is your first ticket, you can ask to go to traffice school so that the moving violation will not appear on your driving record.
4. Tell the truth because you are under oath . Do your homework. Subpeona the officer's note, his radar calibration (if he clocked you at certain speed) or his car speedometer calibration (if he paced you) for accuracy. Make sure to show up at trial because if the officer doesn't show up, your case will be dismissed.
Goto the following link for more advises... http://www.angelfire.com/ok/neurofeedback/...k/speedtic.html

Good luck dude...

 

Take defensive driving either on the internet or via video from Blockbuster. You won't get out of paying the fine, but you'll not get any points on your insurance and your record will be cleared.

 

One word, lawyer. You are dealing with the law, use an expert. It might help in pleading to a lower offense with less implications on your license, at least in NJ.

 

What state are you in? We need to know what state he's in before we start telling him he can take defensive driving to keep it off his record. I know Texas allows this, but not all states do.

Mark

 

Get a Lawyer.
I get about 1 or 2 tickets a year and still have a clean record.
The last ticket cost me $45 and that was it.
Not all lawyers are the same so check around.
One of the lawyers I use I got his name from a friend of mine that is a cop. It's the one his wife uses when she gets a ticket.

 

Hey!!!
I'm in PA....if that helps about whether I can take traffic school or not????( I don't know?)

As for the continuance...WHEW!....Guess I'm lucky that I posted when I did and that you guys are COOL enough to try and help out....

GOTTA MAKE SURE I do that TODAY, eh?

Anyone else who's got their .02 cents regarding tickets/strategies...
PLEASE POST IT HERE!!....

I looked at the statutes in PA...and with the speed given on my ticket(86 in 55)...

Uhhhhm, if fully prosecuted I'm looking at mandatory 15 day SUSPENSION! and FIVE POINTS!!!!...

LAWYERS,(dliodoir?,others?)...LAW EVADERS(all you slippery Stook owners who've escaped from situations like this or know people who have....

HELP?...

Bpearl

ps...THANK YOU to those who already posted...

 

In my experience, the people who do not get a lawyer are the people who piss off the judge. Sort of a lack of respect for the system thing. Any who, get a lawyer. He will know a million ways to contort the law in your favor. Ways you'd never dream off. Speaking from experience

 

nvmys2k is giving you good advice. However, if you want to get more info with regard to what he's saying, go to Yahoo.com and just do a search for "speeding ticket". You'll get a list of web sites which give a wealth of information about how to avoid a ticket. There are a number of sites which expound on what nvmys2k is suggesting. Good luck in getting out of this one. Sounds like a bad rap to me. Maybe you can follow up later and let everyone here know the outcome.

 

Unless the ticket is going to get your license revoked, just pay the friggin' ticket. After paying a lawyer and/or court costs, you've wasted too much money. Further, if insurance cost is a major concern, then you shouldn't be driving a convertible roadster. I'm 23, so my insurance is high, but hey, that's the price you pay for the total package. Get used to it. By the way, this is not a flame, just a brutally honest post