1st speed ticket in a decade
11-18-2009, 07:32 AM
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just got speed ticket on the way to work this morning...
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
11-18-2009, 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ50' post='1057432' date='Nov 18 2009, 08:32 AM
just got speed ticket on the way to work this morning...
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
). To ad insult to injury, I wasn't even in my Porsche, as I was headed to the airport for vacation in my Pilot!Long story short - I did traffic school, and did it online. Cost me about $320, but it stays off the driving record. If you can do traffic school, that's probably easier than trying to fight it, but in many cases a decent traffic attorney can work wonders. If it were me, I'd save the attorney for another time and take this one on the chin.
11-18-2009, 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='1057441' date='Nov 18 2009, 08:50 AM
Got my first ticket in over 20 years earlier this year, for doing 84 on Hwy 85 (which was the prevailing speed, I just happened to be idiot at the end of the line of traffic ). To ad insult to injury, I wasn't even in my Porsche, as I was headed to the airport for vacation in my Pilot!
Long story short - I did traffic school, and did it online. Cost me about $320, but it stays off the driving record. If you can do traffic school, that's probably easier than trying to fight it, but in many cases a decent traffic attorney can work wonders. If it were me, I'd save the attorney for another time and take this one on the chin.
). To ad insult to injury, I wasn't even in my Porsche, as I was headed to the airport for vacation in my Pilot!Long story short - I did traffic school, and did it online. Cost me about $320, but it stays off the driving record. If you can do traffic school, that's probably easier than trying to fight it, but in many cases a decent traffic attorney can work wonders. If it were me, I'd save the attorney for another time and take this one on the chin.
if so, then mine's gonna be in 600-700 range...
11-18-2009, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='1057441' date='Nov 18 2009, 08:50 AM
Got my first ticket in over 20 years earlier this year, for doing 84 on Hwy 85 (which was the prevailing speed, I just happened to be idiot at the end of the line of traffic ). To ad insult to injury, I wasn't even in my Porsche, as I was headed to the airport for vacation in my Pilot!
Long story short - I did traffic school, and did it online. Cost me about $320, but it stays off the driving record. If you can do traffic school, that's probably easier than trying to fight it, but in many cases a decent traffic attorney can work wonders. If it were me, I'd save the attorney for another time and take this one on the chin.
). To ad insult to injury, I wasn't even in my Porsche, as I was headed to the airport for vacation in my Pilot!Long story short - I did traffic school, and did it online. Cost me about $320, but it stays off the driving record. If you can do traffic school, that's probably easier than trying to fight it, but in many cases a decent traffic attorney can work wonders. If it were me, I'd save the attorney for another time and take this one on the chin.
+1 Do the traffic school. You are eligible as long as you haven't done traffic school in the last 18 months. Which means you should be fine. Do the school, pay the fine (which will probably be near what ^^^Swajames paid) and be done with it.
I have been driving for 20 years, got my first speeding ticket ever in 2004, then got 2 more within 2 years - amazing how these things happen. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by MJ50' post='1057432' date='Nov 18 2009, 10:32 AM
just got speed ticket on the way to work this morning...
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
11-18-2009, 08:47 AM
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11-18-2009, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ50' post='1057432' date='Nov 18 2009, 11:32 AM
just got speed ticket on the way to work this morning...
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
60 @ 35 zone...
v1 detected laser but it was too late...
after hearing tom's horror story with fine, i'd imagine mine won't be much different....
any suggestion on how to fight this or reduce the fine at least??
will they allow traffic school???
11-18-2009, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by luigi524td' post='1057487' date='Nov 18 2009, 09:58 AM
60 @ 35 zone...
11-18-2009, 09:01 AM
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Wow, sometimes it is an advantage to live here in redneck land...there are two tiers of tickets in Idaho, an Infraction, with all court costs is $52.00 and no reports to the insurance company. A misdemeanor, $102.50, points and insurance notification. In no case is their a graduated scale for increasing the fine based on speed. So 1 mph is the same as 100.
I agree with my learned college on taking the arrow on this one, and saving the attorney for when things get really tight.
I agree with my learned college on taking the arrow on this one, and saving the attorney for when things get really tight.
11-18-2009, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ50' post='1057490' date='Nov 18 2009, 12:59 PM
did that on that particular road Mondays thru Fridays for last 4 years!
Like they say, timing is everything.
Sounds like traffic school is the way to go.