Damn. Speeding ticket...

[Goodburbon]

I was clocked at 40 in a 25 in Inverness Business Park on the way to my shop.

See, there's no reason that 40mph should be a $200 fine...unless you were doing it through a freaking school cafeteria.

[Ronin13]

One small problem I see here- you mailed it in, so too late for that, but people seem to always do that because they see it could be a good thing to just take the reduced points. 9/10 times the ADA will work with you if you go to court (not to fight it)... Since working in the insurance world I've been lucky to not get popped (knock on wood) but I learned that regardless of what the offense is (unless it's a major- 20+, reckless, etc) it's still a moving violation and will make your insurance rates go up, so I intend to go to court and ask that if they're going to reduce it to a 2 pt ticket, make it a non-moving violation so my insurance doesn't go up on me. Win-win either way, they get their money (which is really what they're after) and your insurance doesn't get dicked up. My advice, try for illegally parked or something trivial like that.

[tmleadr03]

One small problem I see here- you mailed it in, so too late for that, but people seem to always do that because they see it could be a good thing to just take the reduced points. 9/10 times the ADA will work with you if you go to court (not to fight it)... Since working in the insurance world I've been lucky to not get popped (knock on wood) but I learned that regardless of what the offense is (unless it's a major- 20+, reckless, etc) it's still a moving violation and will make your insurance rates go up, so I intend to go to court and ask that if they're going to reduce it to a 2 pt ticket, make it a non-moving violation so my insurance doesn't go up on me. Win-win either way, they get their money (which is really what they're after) and your insurance doesn't get dicked up. My advice, try for illegally parked or something trivial like that.

I got it today. 169 bucks is a chunk of change but not what I would miss out on by not being at work.

[TFOGGER]

I will say I've never received a speeding ticket I didn't deserve. I think of it as a velocity tax.

[Ronin13]

I got it today. 169 bucks is a chunk of change but not what I would miss out on by not being at work.

True, but think about how much your insurance will go up... for 3-5 years, depending on the company. I'm just about to have my 2010 ticket fall off.

[tmleadr03]

I will say I've never received a speeding ticket I didn't deserve. I think of it as a velocity tax.

Truth. I was going over the limit. It is what it is.

[CroiDhubh]

If you go to court and speak to the assistant DA you can likely have the ticket reduced to 0 points if you agree to go to traffic school.

We used to do this kind of thing at Silverthorne, but you had to pay twice the amount, minimum, you couldn't have anything in your record for the past two years, and you couldn't get any other moving violations for the next two years, or else all points were reinstated.

[tmleadr03]

We used to do this kind of thing at Silverthorne, but you had to pay twice the amount, minimum, you couldn't have anything in your record for the past two years, and you couldn't get any other moving violations for the next two years, or else all points were reinstated.

Unless traffic court is on the weekends I don't have the time.

[mountainjenny]

I think Ronin has the right approach here.

I got a ticket about a year ago going 69 in a 45 mph construction zone. The cop was "nice enough" to mark the ticket at 59 in a 45 construction zone to reduce my double fine fee to $400 and some odd dollars. The trouble I had with the ticket was the construction zone wasn't marked on the side of the road I was traveling. The construction was 4 lanes and a median away, off the shoulder, on the opposite side of the highway. I would gladly slow down for safety, but I had no idea I entering a construction zone and there were no signs.

I went to court and told the ADA my side of the story. He said, you know you are about the 6th person to tell me a very similar story, all tickets from the same cop. How does defective windshield, no points, sound instead? I took the non-moving violation in a heartbeat.

Now if I felt like I really deserved the ticket I might take a different approach, but I think the courts will work with you to reduce fees and points either way.

[mountainjenny]

Unless traffic court is on the weekends I don't have the time.

Good point!

Time spent in court might not be worth the hassle.