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cameron7710
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 Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject: my first speeding ticket (got lucky as hell) |
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well its finaly happend. i got my first speeding ticket. its for doin 42 in a 30 (but i could have sworin the speed limit on that road was 35). and as far as the being lucky part what happend was i got stuck behide some asshole in a 05+ stang that was pumping there breaks and doing 20 mph so i tryed to pass in the oncoming lane but the ass hole just punch the gas and i had to fall back because cars where geting closer in my lane so next time i had a straight shot i fell back a bit and got some speed on him before trying to pass.it worked but he did try to block again so by the time i was infront of him i was doin just over 60 as i was coming around a bend and then my radar detector started making a bit of noise so i hit the break pretty hard and sure enought a cop hoped out the bushes infront of me and waved me over to the side the road and told me he got me at 42 so i was pretty happy cause i figured that for 7 over i would just get a warning but i guess it was 12 over so that cost me 150$ wich sucks but is probley a hole lot better than 30 over in a 30 zone plus i did just unlawfuly pass that mustang. and lucky the mustang turned off when the road forked off right before the bend and right befor the cop hoped out the bush so he didnt get to get his laughs watching me get pulled over.so i think i got pretty damn lucky with this. but is still sucks cause its my first ticket that was for my driving the only other 2 were for not having proof of insurance and no front plate wich this cop did tell me i needed the plate but he sayed he would give me a warning on that
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popballz
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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that sucks you got a ticket but cool its not for going 30 over which would of been wreckless driving.. i slowed way down before i got caught last time too! except the cop saw me slow down. lol
your not just paying the $150 are you? if you go in to court they will atleast derferral(sp?) it.
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cameron7710
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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| popballz wrote: | that sucks you got a ticket but cool its not for going 30 over which would of been wreckless driving.. i slowed way down before i got caught last time too! except the cop saw me slow down. lol
your not just paying the $150 are you? if you go in to court they will atleast derferral(sp?) it. |
well im not just gona pay the ticket im at least going to try to get a deferral but i might fight it cause i went back to that road and the speed limit on the whole road is 35 othere than the little streech i got caught on. so i think i might be able to get it at least droped in price cause im totaly broke and even if i did the deferral dont u have to pay like 150$ anyway?
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nonsensekid20
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Luke, any input? hahaha
sounds like you got really lucky though. What would've happened if you didnt have the radar detector?  |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Get a lawyer. Get it tossed out. Deferral only is good once every seven(?) years. Save it for something really stupid, don't blow your load on this peanuts stuff and then get popped for a good one once you've used it.
Also, if you plan on having insurance, don't agree to a reduced fine. Insurance rates go up regardless of how reduced the fine was by mitigating circumstances. All or nothing for those guys. |
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popballz
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| aaron_sK wrote: | | Save it for something really stupid, don't blow your load on this peanuts stuff and then get popped for a good one once you've used it. |
good tickets are gross misdameaners.. different court 
at least that what i was told, and i got 2(derferrals) within 3 years
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cameron7710
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| nonsensekid20 wrote: | | What would've happened if you didnt have the radar detector? |
haha well i probley would have got hit doing 65 then fying past the cop cause the only reson i knew it was a cop hoping out infront of me was because the radar detector was goin off if i did have it i would have speed right by think its just some dumbass walking. then the cop that was waiting in the car probley would have chased me down
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91camaro_rs
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| Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| nonsensekid20 wrote: | Hey Luke, any input? hahaha
sounds like you got really lucky though. What would've happened if you didnt have the radar detector? |
differal means you pay the ticket and it doesnt go on your record, you have to pay it on the date you go to court and you get another differal in 7 years, but if you get another ticket within the seven years both tickets will go on your record.
my advice, pay a lawyer to take care of it, its worth the price i have had 4 speeding tickets 1 which happened to be negligent driving to the 2nd degree, $550 ticket, all of mine got dismissed, my record is clean, insurance is hella low, and i still have a differal, just pay a lawyer its worth every penny
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cameron7710
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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well im to broke for a lawyer but i think i am going to contest the ticket because i was back on that road to day and i noticed that there was no speed limit signs from where the road starts to where i got pulled over. so i think i can get out of the ticket
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91camaro_rs
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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haha good luck, ive contested one myself and for me it was kinda hard, and walking in the courtroom made me nervous as hell
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iansane
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| cameron7710 wrote: | | well im to broke for a lawyer but i think i am going to contest the ticket because i was back on that road to day and i noticed that there was no speed limit signs from where the road starts to where i got pulled over. so i think i can get out of the ticket |
Glad you didn't get popped for the full speed you were going. However, just because there wasn't a sign doesn't mean there wasn't a speed limit there. There is little to no chance that defense would work in front of a judge. Depending on what county/city you were in, they'll have on the books a fallback speed limit that you should always assume it is unless otherwise posted. Most often 25 in city limits and 30/35 outside city limits. I also suggest a lawyer. Most take payments nowadays if you let them know you're financially strapped.
First things first, go down and request discovery to get the officers notes.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| cameron7710 wrote: | | well im to broke for a lawyer but i think i am going to contest the ticket because i was back on that road to day and i noticed that there was no speed limit signs from where the road starts to where i got pulled over. so i think i can get out of the ticket |
Way to nut up 
Too bad the judge couldn't read this thread. If there was a speed limit sign would that have kept you from passing someone right before a blind corner at 30 mph over the limit? I kind of doubt it. |
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aaron_sK
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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| cameron7710 wrote: | | well im to broke for a lawyer |
Your think you're broke now, just wait till your insurance goes up.  |
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cameron7710
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 10:27 am Post subject: |
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| rjmcgee wrote: | | cameron7710 wrote: | | well im to broke for a lawyer but i think i am going to contest the ticket because i was back on that road to day and i noticed that there was no speed limit signs from where the road starts to where i got pulled over. so i think i can get out of the ticket |
Way to nut up
Too bad the judge couldn't read this thread. If there was a speed limit sign would that have kept you from passing someone right before a blind corner at 30 mph over the limit? I kind of doubt it. |
well first off i didnt pass in the coner i passed befor the coner and second it wasnt a blind conor i could see all the way around it and there was no one but the mustage in sight. the only reson i could see around the bend and still got pulled over was because they had there cruizers parked way back off the road and the cops were hiding in a bush.and then the only reson i was speeding and wasnt doing the speed limit was because the dumbass in the mustage that wanted to go 20 then trys to block me when i try to go around him
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:02 am Post subject: |
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lol i just got a ticket in the mail today for going over the narrows bridge without my good to go pass (i forgot to hold it in the window)
good thing i have pre-paid legal 
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| That one doesn't go on your record though. |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:21 am Post subject: |
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true, but im not gonna pay $52, all i gotta do is make a phone call and they will take care of it for me
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popballz
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| 91camaro_rs wrote: | | true, but im not gonna pay $52, all i gotta do is make a phone call and they will take care of it for me |
is there some type of limit on that? does it only work on traffic infractions or for anything you get caught doing anything in a car?
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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pretty much anything...
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