In my state, if your found guilty, you would pay the fine, and appeal it thru circuit court. When that date comes along, 90 percent of the time, the cop doesn't show up, bam.....dismissed. Done this twice.
Do you get your money back if its dismissed?
im about to fight my recent ticket in court, i did some research on google and found a lot of interesting articles giving advice. my recomendations, push the court date back as far as possible, when in court ask to see the calibration log of the officers radar/laser gun, if he cant provide it move to have the evidence dropped, if it hadent been calibrated in a month or two then call him out and say that you were not speeding and his gun must have needed to be calibrated, guns can easily bee off up to 5 mph if they are not calibrated (ask any pitching coach), ask the officer specific questions about what happend (how many other cars were on the road, what color was my shirt, who was in the passenger seat, etc,), find out the exact speeding laws of the state u got your ticket in, in Texas and most other states all speed limits are not absolute unless deemed absolute by the local city govt, if the law says that speed limits are not absolute then a ticket can only be written if you are driving so much faster than the posted speed limit that you are driving "unsafe and causing danger of collision with another vehicle", you need to prove that you were not driving unsafe and not putting anyone else at harm. remember its court, you are innocent and its the officers job to prove you are guilty!! hope this helps! I hate speeding tickets, 75% of them are a TAX SCAM, they should be called tax collectors not police officers!
Good luck!!
I know a handful of people who have fought tickets.The ones that went in with a lawyer won.The ones that did all kinds of research and went in on their own lost.The judge hurried up their arguments and didn't even pay attention to their facts.QUOTE]
My experience also.
Being smart and having good arguements doesn't cut it often. You might get lucky, but you might not.
Go to court and hope the cop doesn't show up.
I know a handful of people who have fought tickets.The ones that went in with a lawyer won.The ones that did all kinds of research and went in on their own lost.The judge hurried up their arguments and didn't even pay attention to their facts.QUOTE]
My experience also.
Being smart and having good arguements doesn't cut it often. You might get lucky, but you might not.
I had a 105 over the posted limit on a sport bike about 8-9 yrs ago. I had a great attorney that was a former state cop . paid him $500. He kept moving the date til right before christmas. I got supervision with 8hr traffic school(never went). This never even went on my driving record.
Good lawyer WITH CONNECTIONS is the way out.
Anyone know how to beat a speeding ticket, this is the 1st one i've ever had and I'm 32 and don't like it!
Ive beat a few speeding tickets,,,I just didnt stop