court date coming up

[Aothachos]

Originally Posted by markitect

You realize if you have your copy of the ticket then you can prove he tampered with it, and get it thrown out?

For the OP, if you dispute the ticket and the cop isn't there as a witness you usually get off. Get there early and look for the cop, if the cop is there talk to the prosecutor and see if he will let you plea down. But these are US standards, if the ticket will be $800 you might want to find a lawyer.

Yea i think it would cost total of 800$, not on the spot though. Surcharges and all that crap haha. I could careless what people say that i broke the law, everyone breaks laws everyday, whether if its the simplest thing from throwing a gum wrapper on the ground or taking your dog for a walk and crapping in the park without picking it up. Rules are meant to be broken, but anyways.

I have a feeling the cop won't show up, but theres a good chance, odds of him showing up idk 2:3. So i have a small chance of getting out of it. If he does show up I can always talk down the ticket, i had a couple friends do worse than i did, 90 in a 30 and such and they talked down the ticket to a lower speeding ticket and community service.

I wasn't in no hurry either, on that highway everyone usually does around 85-90mph average going out east, because out east on long island is kinda dead, mostly woods. Things are meant for a reason. If he doesn't show up I can look at it as a warning, but I learned my lesson awhile ago haha. Who knows, I wouldn't be surprised if I get another letter in the mail saying they post poned the court date again. They've done that so many times already for no reason.

The country makes 10's of millions of dollars each year only from speeding tickets and I'm pretty sure about 3/8 of members speed all the time and probably a handful get caught.

I bet this happens to everyone, when your doing the speed limit and theres an ass on the highway driving crazy, diong 80 90 mph zipping in and out of traffic and passes a cop and the cop doesn't do nothing ive seen that plenty