Damn, got a speeding ticket

muncybob
muncybob Posts: 3,039
edited August 2012 in The Clubhouse
After a very long day of helping my daughter move into her new house I was pulled over late last night on my way home. I really had thought maybe a tail light was out or something like that when he stated I was going 40mph in a 25 zone. I said I didn't think I was going that fast and had hoped since my record is clean he would just give me a warning but no, $111 fine but no points.

Ticket shows radar was used to clock my speed. I had heard that those guns were not accurate below a certain speed. Wife wants me to fight it but if I lose then there's more costs. Should I just take my lumps and pay it?
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited August 2012
    Pay the ticket and pay attention to what you are doing. You thought you were not speeding but, to be truthful, very few people can sense the difference between 25mph and 40mph.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2012
    Pay the fine and move along Bob.It sucks but if there are no points i'd say you are getting off easy.
    Your clean record saved your but on the points i'd bet.Traffic tickets are a money machine that they need to work.Cops were everywhere in Central PA yesterday so maybe it was a statewide crackdown.
    Could have been worse IMHO.
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  • devani
    devani Posts: 1,497
    edited August 2012
    I would just pay....to me it's not worth time taking time off and going to court for a couple of hours...plus they treat you like dirt
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2012
    BTW Bob my legal advice just cost you another $50.
    Nothin's free!
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited August 2012
    Why would it cost you more money to fight it? Court fees?
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited August 2012
    He would need an attorney and court costs. He lookimg at another 150-300 easy.

    Pay it and move on.
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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited August 2012
    Yeah pay it. You could try to "go" to court (without a lawyer) and talk to the prosecutor before the trial. Then ask if you can take a defensive driving class to reduce the penalty. May or may not work.
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  • mudwrx
    mudwrx Posts: 367
    edited August 2012
    Laws must be different in each state, as here I believe a ticket for any moving violation automatically effects points on your insurance. If it's just a fine, I would pay and be thankful the insurance does not increase for the next 6 years.
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,747
    edited August 2012
    Its a money maker. Many states are now setup so that less than 15mph over is no points, not reported to insurance. Georgia is the same way. Radar is extremely accurate and there is not much you do to argue it. Just pay and move on.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    edited August 2012
    maximillian wrote: »
    Yeah pay it. You could try to "go" to court (without a lawyer) and talk to the prosecutor before the trial. Then ask if you can take a defensive driving class to reduce the penalty. May or may not work.

    yeah and then that traffic school takes 6 hours and is boring as hell. When I was a young and poor grad student I would do anything to get out of paying the fine. Now its just not worth the time. Consider it as donation to public safety. If only it was tax deductible!
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,047
    edited August 2012
    Considering its no points, I would take my lumps and move on. The only thing I have taken to court is a speeding ticket that I received that had 3 points and a large fine. The judge, considering my otherwise clean record and my admission of guilt, reduced it to 1 point and kept the full fine. I was fine with that.

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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited August 2012
    All of these things differ state to state. Find a local ticket lawyer. Usually, the consult is free and here in Texas, is almost always CHEAPER than the ticket.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited August 2012
    Every state differs. Tejas, you can pay the fine and pay to take defensive driving.
    Or just plead guilty and eat the fine and points. Or do neither and get a friendly visit.
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  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,506
    edited August 2012
    I've had 2 speeding tickets in 25 years of driving. I just think about all the time I've saved over the years by not going the speed limit & the cost doesn't seem so bad, LOL. I don't know you financial situation, but $111 wouldn't be worth fighting to me.
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  • Timothy Smith
    Timothy Smith Posts: 764
    edited August 2012
    I got a ticket recently while driving on a business trip.

    Bummer, but I figure I richly deserved it for all the times I drove faster than the speed limit but did not get a ticket.

    I did drive straight to a Walmart and buy an inexpensive radar detector to help prevent me from getting another ticket.

    It seems like radar speed traps are everywhere now. It's just a matter of communities wanting to generate revenue.

    I went to court just to get a break on the points, and judging by the number of people in the courtroom
    like me with speeding tickets in that small community, one cop, in one car, with one radar gun, can generate a lot of revenue.
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited August 2012
    I fought the law and the law won.
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    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited August 2012
    Mad cause you broke the rules and got caught?
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  • ViperZ
    ViperZ Posts: 2,046
    edited August 2012
    If you were in Ontario, I'd say fight it all the way. We get screwed up here - pretty much any ticket (well, 2nd ticket in three years) will make your insurance skyrocket. People fight every ticket nowadays here just because of the insurance hike (for at least 3 years!), not because of the ticket itself.
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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,532
    edited August 2012
    I know some states offer a 'reduced violation' I recently got a 15 over in a 45 (had just dropped from 60), and had a dealer 'calibrate' my speedo, they reduced it to an equipment violation, the crappy side? The improper equip ticket was more than my speeding ticket, didn't go on my record or points though. I don't know if your state offers anything like that, try calling your local DA.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2012
    Pa. is notorious for speeding tickets. I really doubt you have a chance of getting out of this. I'd just pay, and have when I was living down there. Especially if it was a Pa. State Police stop!

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,513
    edited August 2012
    A speeding ticket with no points....really? If true, just pay the damn thing and move on.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2012
    F1nut wrote: »
    A speeding ticket with no points....really? If true, just pay the damn thing and move on.

    Amen.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2012
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2012
    If it had points, I would fight it just to get a break but in this case....pay it and move on.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited August 2012
    Well if you live in a county like the one I do. You pay cash.....and the ticket somehow never shows up on your record at all. And if ya got ****.....well there just might be no fine at all. Needless to say our judge has been in office for the better part of his adult life.
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited August 2012
    My **** never me me out of a ticket.
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited August 2012
    Perhaps you need a pushup manzier. I said "****" not "moobs"! ;)
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  • jon1redleg
    jon1redleg Posts: 242
    edited August 2012
    I got a speeding ticket once years back. Cop said I was doing 40 in a 25 zone, I just turned at a 4 way and was heading up hill ! Funny thing was I was only one at intersection and out of nowhere came flashing lights.
    I payed the pre-trail to rid it from record $ 130.00. I found out later that the cop was sitting at her parents house
    with lights off at top of hill in their drive way. NOT COOL!!!!
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,717
    edited August 2012
    No points, just pay it.

    Points ? Then find a local Traffic Law Center or whatever local strip mall traffic "law center" franchise joint you have locally, pay max of $200, and go home and have a beverage.

    They'll get almost anything changed into an "Excessive Vehicular Noise" (non-moving) violation.

    The Traffic Court judges are lawyers, but they don't care what your story is. They are there as part of the money generating revenue stream. Don't interrupt the stream.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,039
    edited August 2012
    brgman wrote: »
    BTW Bob my legal advice just cost you another $50.
    Nothin's free!

    Well, as I use to get told many times while an "account adjuster" years ago...the check's in the mail! :)
    Yep, my name really is Bob.
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