How can I beat my speeding traffic ticket?

Tala

1. Go to court on the assigned date of your ticket.
2. Tell the traffic ticket clerk/cashier that you will plea not guilty. He/she will assign another date for you to appear in court.
3. Go to the assigned courtroom on your second date of appearance.
4. The prosecutor will give you a choice to reduce your ticket to a non-moving violation for a fee.
5. Pay the fee, go to traffic school if required, and you will not have any points on your record. No insurance hikes, no traffic record.
6. Hiring a traffic attorney is a waste of money, you will pay almost or over $200 for the attorney to do the above steps for you. Only hire an attorney, if you have numerous charges on your ticket, or can't attend court due to work.

Never plea guilty and pay the ticket on the first court day. Pleaing guilty on the first court date will automatically add points to your record. The court is willing to bargain with those who fight the ticket, just to avoid trial. It's legalized extortion.

Candidus

In most jurisdictions you are allowed to take a defensive driving course in lieu of having the driving infraction on your record. Contact the clerk of court to see if this is so in your area.

just me

I got a speeding ticket one time and i asked for a jury trial. The court did not want to go to that much trouble so the charges was drop ed.

STEVEN F

One speeding ticket won't increase your insurance unless its not the only one. I've never heard of a traffic ticket effecting your credit. I look at my credit report at least twice a month an have never seen any reference to my driving record. (I average one speeding ticket every 2 years.) Unless you drive for a living, I doubt any employer will care about a single speeding ticket. Just pay the ticket and be done with it.

slicktop80

You can hire an attorney and they can try and tie the cite up by having it moved from municipal court to district court etc..., but you might still have to pay the fine. Check with the court and see if you can take a driving safety course to dismiss the ticket, In Texas you can do that for a moving violation once every 2 years. If you can, this will dismiss the ticket and you can give the certificate to your insurance and actually get a percentage discount. If you pay the fine, you will get points on your license, your insurance will go up until the cite rotates off, it will stay on your record for 3 years (in Texas, that is.) Relax, this is not forever. Yes it will cost you some up front, but it will come off of your record after a couple of years, and won't even show up at all if you can take a drivers safety course. It's not the end of the world. Relax, and slow down.
Yeah it is true that cops give people breaks. It's not fair or legal, but it still happens.

crazy in Texas

Did you know that there is a coda that police officers have to meet on tickets? There is. Each police officer has to turn in a certain amount of tickets per month. Your insurance should not go up. Not unless you have other tickets. Usually if it's a first time ticket they offer for you to take a driver defense class, and they dismiss the ticket. But the class will cost you. But, at least the ticket wont be in your record. This happen to me, just the same thing. I took the class. And knock on wood.... I have not a ticket in years. Good - Luck to you.

tgace

Officer Discretion...

Long and sensitive topic. First thing to know is that police officers typically arrest for crimes (misdemeanors or felonies) upon probable cause or for petty offenses committed in their presence. The only time I am "mandated" to arrest is for domestic violence offenses.

Simple traffic violations (less than misdemeanors, like DWI, suspended DL etc.) are left pretty much up to the officers discretion. Nothing illegal about it. Ive given people breaks quite often, and if I happen to stop another cop for an offense that I would have no problem giving a "non-cop" a break for than yeah I give him a break. Your best bet on the scene is just being polite. As to "quotas" Ive never had one. Some officers at their yearly performance review may be told that their summons numbers are low, but Ive never been given a "quota" I had to hit. Other depts may vary.

planedws

with a hammer.

bsure32

Go to court and ask for a reduction ,or a plea of nolo contender.

greatpanisdead

I wouldn't worry about it. Speeding tickets aren't nearly as bothersome as the mainstream culture has made them out to be.

Show up at your court date, and the officer will ask you what you are willing to pay. If you weren't going too fast, he'll probably even let you off without any points.

You cant just make it vanish...just say ur not guilty when u go to court. Ask for traffic school if youre found guilty it wont stay on your record.

cpdcodethree

Somebody has been feeding you BS about it staying on record for life...about the job unless you want to get a cdl ive never heard of a misdemeanor traffic ticket affecting them get a job...About troopers cutting breaks that really doesnt pertain to YOUR ticket...Man up and pay it!...chance it will not make it to your record if you plead guilty and pay....happened to me before my career.

ogswpd

You can't beat a traffic ticket. See if you qualify for traffic school. Each agency may be different. My agency requires that you not have any traffic offenses within the last year. If you qualify, you will pay a fee(fee is usually cheaper than the fine), once you complete the class the charge is dismissed and never gets reported so your insurance company will not know.

As far as the points go, the agency doesn't decide how many points you get. That is decided by the state and it's a set guideline. If you don't qualify for traffic school, the judge can give you additional time to pay the ticket and even reduce the amount of the fine and or court costs. Of course I'm speaking of personal experiences from TN.

If you are found guilty of speeding, it will not stay on you record for the rest of your life. It can be off your record in a matter of a few years, 10 years at the most.

34th B.G. - USAAF

You can't.
You can get a lawyer, take him to Court with you and try to plead it down. You can probably get it knocked down if you agree to go, and complete, a driver safety class.
Don't tell me the Trooper was unreasonable. Maybe he wasn't happy with your lack of driving skills.

swarr2001

First a few questions: why would this stay on your record for the rest of your life? What on earth were you doing - going over 100? Did you cause an accident? Were you fleeing and eluding the officer? Troopers give tickets to anyone who breaks the law. They do have some discretion, so my guess is this is not your first offense and you endangered other motorists or the trooper. They tend to be very reasonable men and women. From personal experience, you aren't telling us the whole story.

kristycordeaux

Don't speed and you won't get tickets.

DaShadow

You should have ran like i did

rico3151

Get real! I just retired from 27 yeas of law enforcement and I save d state trooper *** many times during my career. I received a careless driving citation for a minor accident. I hadn't had a moving violation in 35 years prior to that. As a result, I can't get a job driving commercially. So forget the BS about not citing other law enforcement and friends. Anyway, if you got a righteous citation, be a stand up guy, accept responsibility for what you did and pay the ticket. I hated whiners who knew they were wrong and would not stand up for it. Don't be a Chicken $hit!

Albannach

Pay it. You've already admitted you were speeding. Tickets of this nature usually drop off of your driving record in a set number of years.

Affect your credit rating? How!?!?!?!

As to what troopers "do" for their friends and relatives is not relevant. That is not germain to your particular offense.

Pay it and get on with your life.

vim

Kind,

Your question does not make much sense.
You admit you broke the law by speeding.
Appear in court as a responsible person, pay
your ticket and move on with your life.

Staying in your record the rest of your life?
Affect your credit?
Car insurance will to up the roof (cars have low roofs)

Really, cool down, don't be so dramatic,
and do your duty.

lucky_j_2003

hope you can't you broke the law now pay the ticket

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