I just received my very first speeding ticket but I did not sign the ticket. Can I get out of the ticket?

thanson73

By signing the ticket, you promise to appear in court to resolve the matter. By not signing the ticket no such promise was made by you.

This does not make it all go away. The courts will still set a court date for you. If you do not show up, then you will be found guilty and a warrant for your arrest will be made. The charge on the Warrant will be "Speeding."

Had you signed the ticket and made the promise to appear, then the courts would add another charge of "Failure to Appear" to the warrant. So by not signing the ticket all you do is avoid the second additional charge if you do not show up in court.

However, the reason people are arrested is not a a punishment. You are arrested because the officer has to make sure you are taken before the courts due to a crime you have been accused of committing. By signing the ticket you promise to go before the court. It is essentially a bond. By refusing to sign you are stating that you are not going to go to court and therefore the Officer has every right to arrest you on the spot to ensure you are brought before the courts.

Meeeee!

no.

LEO53

Go to court and tell the judge..."I didn't sign the ticket, dismiss it now"....see what happens...

Slartibartfast

No, you will not be able to get out of this one BUT you can get out of the next one.

It's quite simple really.
Don't speed.
And no, this is not a joke.
Those speed limits are there for a purpose.
Stick to them.
No matter how close that idiot in the white van is behind you.

Under Pressure

Nope. You do not have to sign for the ticket, you sign to say you understand what it's about. Because you failed to do that lets you off nothing.

CoolBabe

No. Your ticket is now "in the system", regardless of whether or not you signed it.

nickynoodles33

nooooohoooooo!!! - don't avoid it!

Bob J

No just pay the damn fine and stop speeding. It's much healthier.

El Scott

Nope. It is optional to sign the ticket or note. I don't have violators sign their tickets for Officer safety reasons.

Go fish.

Scouse

Noooooo!

delete

Doubt it if they have photo evidence.You will probably be asked to attend the court now and have extra court costs!

RayN-is-back

Just pay the ticket "iron side" and save yourself a lot of trouble and money. Iron side was a very old T V series and he was always coming up with tricks

A little bit angry

i really dont think so

teala

Try these sites to find out -
http://www.appealnow.com/
http://www.parkingandtrafficappeals.gov.uk/
http://www.parking-appeals.gov.uk/welcomeEN.asp

Good luck.

Rob

signing the ticket is only agreeing to show up in court usually with-in 11 days, the only way to get out of it is to hire a lawyer that will keep postponing the court date until finally the officer that wrote it dint show up for court that particular day, how ever that normally cost as much as the speeding ticket.therefore the cheapest way out of it is to go to court and ask the judge to let you take a defensive driving class and that will reduce the fine amount and keep it off your driving record plus taking the defensive driving class will give you a certificate of completion and that will lower your insurance but no not signing it will only piss the judge off. So get a radar detector or just SLOW DOWN

Bonnie C

As far as I know, you only sign the ticket if you're in another state and it's what's called "promise to comply", in lieu of taking your driver's license for bond...you're promising to abide by whatever you're supposed to do....be it pay a fine by mail, go to court, etc.

mafiaboss_nz

I am assuming this ticket was issued by a police officer and not sent via a speed camera.

When persons sign the ticket they are signing to say the details on the ticket are correct not admitting guilt to the offence so by not signing it does not negate the fact the offence happened or not.

When i issue tickets if a person does not sign it or refuses i just write 'refused to sign' on it. I cannot force them to sign the ticket and in most cases arrestting them for not signing is too extreme, thefefore the ticket is still dealt with in the normal manner signed or not.

The courts are aware some people will refuse to sign the ticket as those people think by signing it they admitting to the offence which they are not but it will still be dealt with, so either pay the fine or go to court to dispute the ticket in the first place.

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