I went 145mph south on I-81, that was crazy! I am glad that there were no coppers around.
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Andy, Don bes makes a good point. Some jurisdictions dismiss the charges if the police officer fails to show up on the original court date while other jurisdictions will give the State numerous opportunities to get the officer into court.
Fighting a speeding ticket is a losing proposition. You go to court to get a reduction. 70/55 is points against the old insurance. 64/55 and your in the clear. Just ask for a reduction.
Fighting a speeding ticket is a losing proposition. You go to court to get a reduction. 70/55 is points against the old insurance. 64/55 and your in the clear. Just ask for a reduction.
Rural communities are a tough one, Andy. From experience, you have more options in urban areas -- due to conflicts for the officer's time/attention, scheduling issues, and other higher priority things going on in town besides traffic violations. (Take it from someone who is still on "warrant status" for speeding in Nebraska years ago 
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If your driving record is pretty clean for the most part, and you don't have anything else financially pressing for your time, showing up may be worth it. In addition to the fines of course, there's the high likelihood of increased insurance premiums for 3 years. You might get it talked down.
Some states/counties have regulations you can look up where you have the right to request a court reporter and various other officials at your hearing. The advantage of doing that is to sometimes use the system against itself -- to create so many coordination complications between people/resources that they cannot reasonably re-schedule your hearing within the maximum allowed before they have to toss out your ticket (e.g., 90 days).
But again, the pitfall of rural tickets is that seems to almost never happen.
Whatever you choose, good luck, Andy.
).If your driving record is pretty clean for the most part, and you don't have anything else financially pressing for your time, showing up may be worth it. In addition to the fines of course, there's the high likelihood of increased insurance premiums for 3 years. You might get it talked down.
Some states/counties have regulations you can look up where you have the right to request a court reporter and various other officials at your hearing. The advantage of doing that is to sometimes use the system against itself -- to create so many coordination complications between people/resources that they cannot reasonably re-schedule your hearing within the maximum allowed before they have to toss out your ticket (e.g., 90 days).
But again, the pitfall of rural tickets is that seems to almost never happen.
Whatever you choose, good luck, Andy.
BULLSHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We get paid court time to show up (4 hours for being in court for a half hour or less)
What they may do, however, is drop the charge down to a parking violation, no points on your license, and you pay a fine
The fine money goes to the town, and most places use that money for a variety of services. Up here, many towns use that money to buy new police vehicles and equipment. That means ppl's town taxes are lower if their town police write a lot of tickets
We get paid court time to show up (4 hours for being in court for a half hour or less)
What they may do, however, is drop the charge down to a parking violation, no points on your license, and you pay a fine
The fine money goes to the town, and most places use that money for a variety of services. Up here, many towns use that money to buy new police vehicles and equipment. That means ppl's town taxes are lower if their town police write a lot of tickets
Well, just spoke with Burke's father, who is actually a lawyer, and he said for all the trouble caused by taking it to court, ie time and further expenses, might as well just go ahead and pay the fine. He said unless your license would be taken away, or you have multiple violations, just pay the fine because they are supposedly stiff on first-time offenders.
But anyway thanks for the advice Greg, Vinny, Pado, and everybody who tried.
But anyway thanks for the advice Greg, Vinny, Pado, and everybody who tried.
