Quote Originally Posted by Doppelgänger View Post
The advice in here is funny. OP- go to the serious discussion section and look through a thread titled "Damn, a speeding ticket"...and read it carefully.

As much we ALL hate getting a ticket, 99% of the time we are at fault. There are times when an officer is wrong, and sometimes they are very aware of it but do not care. This is the great thing about our legal system- you can go in and give your side of the event and even be found not guilty. Be aware, the date on your ticket is only arraignment, not a trial date. Don't get the idea that the officer has to be there on that date. The trial process takes much more than 30 days.

In court, it's not about proving your innocence...it's about disproving the officers story. Do not bother with the "I wasn't doing XYZ" or "I this" and "I that". Chip away at the officers side- "officer so-and-so was sitting xxxx feet into a 40mph zone, xxxx feet away from the 50 zone. He could not properly judge the distance because xxxx", or "the officer was directing his radar gun into a group of cars of which there were several vehicles in the left lane traveling at a higher rate of speed than the vehicle in question". Those are the type of arguments you use...do not bother with sounding like a petulant child bitching the "I ain't do nut'n" crap that they hear day-in and day-out.

Given your display of education and opinion in the original post, you probably won't take my advice lol. You post a diagram but don't explain it and you get defensive right off the bat at the situation. Im sure someone will really understand/use the above advice and know how to, it takes experience to know how to deal with a court date. In your case OP, I'd go plead NOLO and pay the fine.
This is the exactly what I'm looking for. I've never been in court and do not know what approach is best. I hope he doesn't show up and it just gets dropped.

This is what I've come up with:
Have the officer locate on the map my location where I was tagged. If it's within the 50mph zone then I bring up the point of- officer cited me for speeding in a 40, but it's actually a 50. And try to get it thrown out for incompetence. ( I have video's showing where I was pulled over and where the speed limit signs are)
But most likely I was tagged right after the curve. The best defense I can come up for that is- It's 1/4 mile from the intersection where I entered the road(red arrow) to the curve. The Jeep runs a 84mph 1/4. That's in perfect conditions, launching, with no passengers. So yes, I could have been going 61mph around that turn if those conditions were met. But they weren't. I wasn't racing. I never have. My clean driving history shows that I'm not an aggressive driver, or one to speed. Also when trying to find a street it's common to drive slowly. Hence with the previously mentioned evidence it was impossible for me to be speeding. Either the officer accidentily tagged a vehicle behind me, or there was some technical error (makes me wish I never asked to have the radar tested, that way he wouldn't have the calibration papers)

I know it sounds stupid, but it's all I have. thoughts?


Quote Originally Posted by Black R View Post
OP,

Read my advice threads I've posted here.

I recently got off for doing 30 over (85 in a 55) by paying $25 in court costs.

I've also had every speeding charge I've ever incurred reduced or dropped.

I've even gotten out of a street racing ticket before.
Will do. Thanks