Please help...16 year old...Got ticket for 94mph in a 65.
#32
1. YES an minor can do traffic school.. same rules..
2. your ticket is +25, therefore you can NOT take traffic school
3. Try the trial by written decleration before you do anything. go look it up online or osmething
4. I got a ticket going "+90" on a 65 and it was a tad over $300 with traffic school
5. Do EVERYTHING you can to fight this ticket..
2. your ticket is +25, therefore you can NOT take traffic school
3. Try the trial by written decleration before you do anything. go look it up online or osmething
4. I got a ticket going "+90" on a 65 and it was a tad over $300 with traffic school
5. Do EVERYTHING you can to fight this ticket..
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Didn't bother reading all the posts, but i came across this through some other threads. They seem like they know what's going on, look into them.. good luck bro
http://www.ticketassassin.com/
http://www.ticketassassin.com/
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I can't tell you how to beat the ticket. But if you go into the courtroom and plea "no contest", the courts are usually more lenient on you, and you can usually get away with a smaller fine - up to half of what the original fine is.
VERY IMPORTANT: Do not get that confused with a "guilty" plea...
A guilty plea means just that - you are admitting you are guilty.
"No contest" basically means that whether you are innocent or not, you just don't want to fight it for whatever reason you may have, and will accept the consequences.
More technically, according to Wikipedia - In both criminal and civil trials in the United States, a plea of "nolo contendere" means that the defendant neither admits nor disputes the charge. This is also called a plea of no contest or, more informally, a "nolo" plea. "Nolo contendere" is Latin and literally means "I do not wish to contend." Spiro Agnew famously approximated it as "I didn't do it, but I'll never do it again." In making such a plea, a defendant accepts that he or she may be found guilty by the court without ever admitting to the act(s) charged.
VERY IMPORTANT: Do not get that confused with a "guilty" plea...
A guilty plea means just that - you are admitting you are guilty.
"No contest" basically means that whether you are innocent or not, you just don't want to fight it for whatever reason you may have, and will accept the consequences.
More technically, according to Wikipedia - In both criminal and civil trials in the United States, a plea of "nolo contendere" means that the defendant neither admits nor disputes the charge. This is also called a plea of no contest or, more informally, a "nolo" plea. "Nolo contendere" is Latin and literally means "I do not wish to contend." Spiro Agnew famously approximated it as "I didn't do it, but I'll never do it again." In making such a plea, a defendant accepts that he or she may be found guilty by the court without ever admitting to the act(s) charged.
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Originally Posted by Strtsk8r321
^ WHY and HOW would I fight this ticket? If I do fight it and lose will the results (fine, insurance, points) be any different? And how could I fight it, what would I say?
edit: if you lose, worst that happend is what you got the ticket for.
Good luck
Last edited by G35Gnome; 05-20-2006 at 07:54 PM.
#45
I find it funny that the kid has admitted that he was speeding- and everyone is encouraging him not to be accountable.. wtf? What ever happened to taking ur licks?
Strtsk8r321 - u seem like a good kid. i didn't hear you make any bs excuses or get pissed at the cop doing his job/ good 4 u. Not sure if ur in the OC or not/ but will tell u that OC judges don't like to hear stories. So, if u decide to go to court, here's what u can do:
go to court to plead 'no contest'. Ask the judge (since this is ur 1st offense) if he'd be willing to reduce ur fine and/or let u go to traffic school since ur a good kid, do well in school, 1st offense.. blah. If the cop doesn't show, you're golden. If he shows, ur only there to ask for lenience - NOT to say that u didn't do anything wrong. (and u might even say that). The judge may see that ur not trying to squirm out and avoid accountability- and may give u a break.
U should go in believing that the cop will indeed be there (CA has a deficit remember) and so prepare for that scenario.
Also, i hear what ur saying about passing the car. Seems reasonable to me. In time u will learn to scan for cops before making that move (assuming the move was safe, btw).. otherwise- miss the exit, get off and get back on and make it next time. Look at it this way, u get to drive ur G for an extra 2 min.!!
Best of luck.
Strtsk8r321 - u seem like a good kid. i didn't hear you make any bs excuses or get pissed at the cop doing his job/ good 4 u. Not sure if ur in the OC or not/ but will tell u that OC judges don't like to hear stories. So, if u decide to go to court, here's what u can do:
go to court to plead 'no contest'. Ask the judge (since this is ur 1st offense) if he'd be willing to reduce ur fine and/or let u go to traffic school since ur a good kid, do well in school, 1st offense.. blah. If the cop doesn't show, you're golden. If he shows, ur only there to ask for lenience - NOT to say that u didn't do anything wrong. (and u might even say that). The judge may see that ur not trying to squirm out and avoid accountability- and may give u a break.
U should go in believing that the cop will indeed be there (CA has a deficit remember) and so prepare for that scenario.
Also, i hear what ur saying about passing the car. Seems reasonable to me. In time u will learn to scan for cops before making that move (assuming the move was safe, btw).. otherwise- miss the exit, get off and get back on and make it next time. Look at it this way, u get to drive ur G for an extra 2 min.!!
Best of luck.