[quote]masse wrote: So yesterday at around 9 PM I got fucked doing “67 in a 40mph zone”. I didn’t have my license on me so the ticket went up $50 totalling $270.
Now, I work for minimum wage and will be a college student next year. I don’t have that kind of money, especially to pay for the insurance.[/quote]
If you are poor, you shouldn’t fucking speed. Also, how did you “get fucked”? Sounds to me like you did the crime.
Based on the rest of your post, there is no way you’re going to “get out of” the speeding ticket. Next time stop risking the lives of others so you can get an adrenaline rush by speeding. Loser.
[quote]johnny_law wrote:
BarneyFife wrote:
I have had two tickets. One for failing to maintain single lane, and one for 39 in a 30. It never caused my insurance to go up. Maybe other insurance is different, but with the insurance I have (state farm), it didn’t go up.
I believe states have laws(I know for a fact Florida does)that governs whether or not an insurance company can raise your rates base on certain citations and based on frequency of citations.
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mass driving pts. are worth 7% to the compulsory rates and 5% to the collision. everyone starts @ 15 pts. deduct one point for every year of incident free driving and you lower your rates. the lowest you can be is a step 9. add points to record and your rates increase. minor infraction like speeding or inspection are 2 pts. operating to endanger/oui 5 pts.
pleading guilty is not just the speeding fine but the increased rates for @ least 3 years. so for a 2pt infraction you’re talking about a couple hundred bucks fine plus 14% surcharge to compulsory rates and 10 % to the collision for the next 3 years. plus you have to drive on eggshells the whole time.
after 3 years of incident free driving you get a clean slate, as far as insurance is concerned, and got to step 14. infractions still stay on your driving record though for 6 years, i believe.
I had a family friend, a doctor, who always carried a bag of blood in his glove compartment. Whenever he got stopped for speeding he would produce the blood, and exclaim…“I’ve got blood, I’m rushing to get it to the hospital”…lol…after awhile that blood bag was more coagulated than Bill Clinton’s morals.
On the other hand, something more practical for the rest of us…Some states allowed motorists to change the venue of their ticket to the court of the county seat…sometimes, many miles away from the place of the violation. If the distance between the two locations proved time consuming the ticketing officer became more likely to be a “no show” on the day of the hearing. The motorist then received the advantage of presenting his case without the officer’s dissenting voice. Please check the law of your state on the availability of this option, it varies wildly, and PM me with an address to send my bill. Unmarked USD preferred.
Ask for Deferred Adjudication, which will mean the court waives the ticket as long as you behave for 90 days (may be 180 in some places). The pisser is that you will still have to pay the court costs — though most will give you at least 30 days to pay.
If they don’t have that ask to take Defensive Driving.
Both of these will save your insurance costs from going sky-high.
[quote]Petedacook wrote:
I have personally gotten off several speeding tickets with a speedodometer calibration. [/quote]
I think it’s time you got it fixed so you don’t break the law anymore.
As for the hoping the cop doesn’t show up aspect, I know several cops in different precincts that have debunked this (in NJ at least). I’m sure it happens somewhere, but these guys all confirmed to me that court appearances are part of their shift work and they get gigged for missing appearances.
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
Petedacook wrote:
I have personally gotten off several speeding tickets with a speedodometer calibration.
I think it’s time you got it fixed so you don’t break the law anymore.
As for the hoping the cop doesn’t show up aspect, I know several cops in different precincts that have debunked this (in NJ at least). I’m sure it happens somewhere, but these guys all confirmed to me that court appearances are part of their shift work and they get gigged for missing appearances.
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in mass it doesn’t matter if the cop shows or not if the ticket is there to represent him. if it was state police they have assign a representative officer to show for everyone, everyday. there is no way in mass. to pay the fines and not have it show on your insurance. the only way in mass. to get off is for your paperwork to not show in court. for that you need a connection.
After the cop had failed to present the radar logs (oopsie daisy!), I decided to have a little fun:
“And why, then, Officer X, does your department have you keep those radar testing logs, if not to present them in court when requested by the defense?”
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I’ve personally gotten off of speeding tickets by asking for radar logs. Officers are required to callibrate radar guns at the start of their shift, however few of them do. If it isn’t calibrated, then they can’t rightfully issue a ticket.
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The faulty odometer is good in NYS. Not sure where else though.
I just got a ticket for 82 in a 65 and lack of registration. The fines were 294 and 93 dollars respectively. The officer told me I’d get no points if I paid it before the date on the ticket.
So would you all think I’d be better off just paying it? If I get no points does that mean it will have no effect on my insurance?
Should I take it to court just to get the regisration payment off of it? Would court fees just offset that?
Speed limit laws are bullshit. They tell you to drive a certain speed wear your seat belt and in some states don’t talk on your cell phone. And those are just a few of the intusive laws related to driving. We could move into the area of “no smoking” laws sweeping the country.
It’s not that I like smoking, speeding or any of it. I’m jus sick of the government making more laws.
Someday the government will tuck me into bed and and read me a bedtime story.