Quote Originally Posted by ed1380 View Post
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?



Will do. Thanks
Your best bet is to talk to the solicitor before the judge comes in to take people's plea and ask them to look into dropping the speed below 14mph so it doesn't go on your driving record and affect your insurance. If you have a perfect record they are usually willing to help you out by lowering the speed. The fine will not be as high and you will get no points and they will get some money out of you it's a win win so to speak.