Got a ticket last night...

1990LXDropTop · #1 04-11-2004, 06:56 PM

I don't feel like typing it all out again, so here is the thread: http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=450197

blackwidowden · #2 04-11-2004, 07:14 PM

see.. i dont know how the rules are where you live.. but here in jersey.. just for showing up in court.. they drop the ticket lower. example.. i had a 6 point ticket.. and just for showing up, i made a deal that id plead guilty if they knocked it down to 4. there was no way i was going to get away with it, and i was kinda in the same boat as you.

Robs71Nova · #3 04-11-2004, 07:24 PM

Not trying to be a smartass or anything, but as many tickets as you seem to get the 1st thing id do is try to make friends with one of the cops in your area..

. Now as for the ticket, I read where you already mailed it in and you are gonna fight it and i think thats totally the right decision. Just showing the iniative to fight the ticket is gonna show the judge you care and thats gonna count for something. As for the cop showing up, im not POSITIVE, but im pretty sure that the cop can't write you another ticket for "street racing" 5 months after the fact, especially when he didnt even actually have you clocked on radar. He might be able to give testimony or something as to your racing if he were to show up, but if he is as good natured as you made him out to be, i highly doubt theat he even shows gonna show up.

Rob

1990LXDropTop · #4 04-11-2004, 07:40 PM

Thanks for the input guys. I feel better and better about it with every positive reply. And BTW, great idea about getting to know one of the cops because that just reminded me that my dad is friends with the cheif of police in Springfield, MA, where I was pulled over! But.... I already mailed it out so I doubt that SHE can help me now. I'm just going to admit to it in court saying I got caught up in the moment and apologize. I really wasn't going that fast. Sure the speed limit is 35mph, but the speed of traphic on the street is in the 45mph range. I just simply downshifted to 3rd, speeded up a bit, then slowed right back down. There is no way in he ll that it was a race. The cop is out of his mind. I didn't want to make things worse by argueing with him though, so I just let him think what he wanted. I was already nervous as hell because my car is very loud and I was afraid he was going to say something about the exhaust because he was kind of hinting around about it.

blackwidowden · #5 04-11-2004, 07:49 PM

lol. i woulda told the cop.. if i was racing.. you wouldn't have caught me.

GTStang · #6 04-11-2004, 08:54 PM

Ok well your definetly not going to get charged with street racing now. Street Racing in Mass is not a civil ticket it is a criminal charge in which you need to goto criminal court and have a lawyer. So don't worry about that.

Next your not going to get off that ticket you have no real excuse and as far as estimated speed the state of Mass views that an officer through years of radaring is fairly accurate in estimating the speed of a car. Bottom line is hope the cop don't show-up and you will automatically get-off. Otherwise they will knock some cash of and call it a day. Save a few dollars cause when the insurance premium hits you'll need it.

1990LXDropTop · #7 04-11-2004, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GTStang

Ok well your definetly not going to get charged with street racing now. Street Racing in Mass is not a civil ticket it is a criminal charge in which you need to goto criminal court and have a lawyer. So don't worry about that.

Next your not going to get off that ticket you have no real excuse and as far as estimated speed the state of Mass views that an officer through years of radaring is fairly accurate in estimating the speed of a car. Bottom line is hope the cop don't show-up and you will automatically get-off. Otherwise they will knock some cash of and call it a day. Save a few dollars cause when the insurance premium hits you'll need it.

My friend just told me that the cop won't show for the first court hearing. It is only if I appeal it again after the hearing that he has to show. When I went to court two years ago, every case in the court was for a citation for speeding. And there were no cops at all there for any of the people who went before the judge including myself. I'm not worried about it. When the time comes, I will go to court and hope for the best. If I have to pay it, then I have to pay it. But hopefully I will get it reduced. I'm more concerned with my insurance than the actual ticket.

SIKCRX · #8 04-11-2004, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by blackwidowden

lol. i woulda told the cop.. if i was racing.. you wouldn't have caught me.

dude you stole that from me, i clearly posted that last night. btw, im 91-4ourbanger

and what the hell is that in your avatar? cuz it sure is ugly.

blackwidowden · #9 04-11-2004, 09:46 PM

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dude you stole that from me, i clearly posted that last night. btw, im 91-4ourbanger

lol. im not a dude. im a.. ... b*tch?

hehe and if i did steal it, i didn't mean to heh. i just joined these forums literally like 2 hours ago. dont wanna step on any toes though.

SIKCRX · #10 04-11-2004, 09:50 PM

i was just givin you a hard time "bitch" lol.
dont take half of the things i say on these forums seriously.

GTStang · #11 04-11-2004, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 1990LXDropTop

My friend just told me that the cop won't show for the first court hearing. It is only if I appeal it again after the hearing that he has to show. When I went to court two years ago, every case in the court was for a citation for speeding. And there were no cops at all there for any of the people who went before the judge including myself. I'm not worried about it. When the time comes, I will go to court and hope for the best. If I have to pay it, then I have to pay it. But hopefully I will get it reduced. I'm more concerned with my insurance than the actual ticket.

Yea the first time you goto a clerk of courts in which there is a cop choosen to go that day and just reads the report of what happens. The second time you go infront of a judge and the cop who cited you has to be there. If you care about your insurance you need to get off. Only way you will get off is to pay a local lawyer of the area cause it's all inside handshakes and winks.

1990LXDropTop · #12 04-11-2004, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by GTStang

Yea the first time you goto a clerk of courts in which there is a cop choosen to go that day and just reads the report of what happens. The second time you go infront of a judge and the cop who cited you has to be there. If you care about your insurance you need to get off. Only way you will get off is to pay a local lawyer of the area cause it's all inside handshakes and winks.

What would you do if you were me?? I'm a step 16 and pay $150 a month for insurance (12 months a year). I don't care if it goes up like $10-$20 a month.

rerun · #13 04-11-2004, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKCRX

dude you stole that from me, i clearly posted that last night. btw, im 91-4ourbanger

and what the hell is that in your avatar? cuz it sure is ugly.

yea, that sounds stupid enough for you to say it...

as for the ticket i really don't see what you have to fight. you openly admited to the cop that you were speeding. if your lucky you might get a few bucks knocked off like stated before. just don't get your hopes up. what you should have done is asked for his read out on his rador gun when he asked you how fast you are going. that is his ONLY means of hard evidence (unless he has a video camera). he could have writtin you up if he didn't have the read out but then you would have a solid means to fight it.

good luck buddy.

blackwidowden · #14 04-11-2004, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SIKCRX

and what the hell is that in your avatar? cuz it sure is ugly.

...

that coming from someone who (judging by their alias on these forums) drives a honda.. AND thinks its pimp.

i rest my case.

1990LXDropTop · #15 04-11-2004, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by rerun

yea, that sounds stupid enough for you to say it...

as for the ticket i really don't see what you have to fight. you openly admited to the cop that you were speeding. if your lucky you might get a few bucks knocked off like stated before. just don't get your hopes up. what you should have done is asked for his read out on his rador gun when he asked you how fast you are going. that is his ONLY means of hard evidence (unless he has a video camera). he could have writtin you up if he didn't have the read out but then you would have a solid means to fight it.

good luck buddy.

You don't see what I have to fight? What have I got to lose? If I had decided to just pay it, then I would of had to come up with $250 in less than 20 days. By fighting it, it will give me more time to pay it and I will have to chance at lowering it. The worst that can happen is I have to pay the ticket in full amount of $250. They can't make it any worse.

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