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Speeding ticket - should I plead guilty and pay?
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:50 am
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:50 am
Got a speeding ticket in EBR about a week ago. Should I pay the fine and plead guilty or pay the fine and take the class to keep it off my record?
What is the insurance cost impact? This is my first ticket in 10+ years.
What is the insurance cost impact? This is my first ticket in 10+ years.
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Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:51 am to TigerWerm
Depending on your company and if you shop around alot, it won't hit your record and impact your insurance.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:52 am to TigerWerm
I'd go to court and if you have an otherwise good driving record, you'll more than likely get it reduced to a non-moving violation by the ADA...
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:55 am to TigerWerm
I believe I've gotten two or three speeding tickets and none of them have ever hit my insurance.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 10:56 am to TigerWerm
Just go talk to the ADA. They'll reduce it.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:03 am to TigerWerm
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take the class to keep it off my record
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:08 am to TigerWerm
Call the number on the ticket and see what options they give you.
I got a ticket in Texas last year and was able to set something up over the phone to pay the fine AND get the ticket dropped off my record without ever going to the court house.
I got a ticket in Texas last year and was able to set something up over the phone to pay the fine AND get the ticket dropped off my record without ever going to the court house.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:15 am to TigerWerm
First of all...
Drop your insurance, you're throwing away money.
Secondly, the cops have so much more important shite going on than your speeding ticket. If you just don't worry about it and give it some time, they'll forget about it and the whole thing will blow over.
quote:
What is the insurance cost impact?
Drop your insurance, you're throwing away money.
Secondly, the cops have so much more important shite going on than your speeding ticket. If you just don't worry about it and give it some time, they'll forget about it and the whole thing will blow over.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 11:23 am to TigerWerm
I'm going through same thing in NOLA. I haven't had a speeding ticket in probably 15 years. There is an old school zone on N. Claiborne where the regular speed limit is 30 and the school limit is 20. There is a sign, but, there are no lights. The school zone has not been enforced in years. This is because the school for which it was created did not reopen after Katrina.
Well, last week, the cops decided to set up a speed trap at 8am (during school hours) and got a TON of people pulled over, including me, for going 30 in a 20 school zone. I could not believe it. I've driven past this intersection for three years and there is never a single kid crossing the intersection, never a crossing guard, and never a police officer out there, because, again, THERE IS NO SCHOOL. Myself and the tons of other people who got tickets that day just assumed the lazy arse city never took down the signs.
So, apparently, a couple of months ago, an in-home day care center (no signs, no indication that it is a day care center, just somebody watching kids in their house who wants to be able to collect government child care assistance checks) opened up 2 blocks from this intersection and the police are using that in home day care center as reason to enforce the school zone.
I think this is total BS... yet I admit I was doing 30 in a "school zone". I've gone back and forth if I should just pay it, but I'm leading towards pleading not guilty and going to talk to the ADA about it. It was clearly a stunt by the police. I drive through about 6 legit school zones every day going to work and I always go 15-18 mph through all of them. Meanwhile, down this stretch, I have driven 30 MPH for years.
Well, last week, the cops decided to set up a speed trap at 8am (during school hours) and got a TON of people pulled over, including me, for going 30 in a 20 school zone. I could not believe it. I've driven past this intersection for three years and there is never a single kid crossing the intersection, never a crossing guard, and never a police officer out there, because, again, THERE IS NO SCHOOL. Myself and the tons of other people who got tickets that day just assumed the lazy arse city never took down the signs.
So, apparently, a couple of months ago, an in-home day care center (no signs, no indication that it is a day care center, just somebody watching kids in their house who wants to be able to collect government child care assistance checks) opened up 2 blocks from this intersection and the police are using that in home day care center as reason to enforce the school zone.
I think this is total BS... yet I admit I was doing 30 in a "school zone". I've gone back and forth if I should just pay it, but I'm leading towards pleading not guilty and going to talk to the ADA about it. It was clearly a stunt by the police. I drive through about 6 legit school zones every day going to work and I always go 15-18 mph through all of them. Meanwhile, down this stretch, I have driven 30 MPH for years.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:06 pm to LSUFanHouston
If you meet with an ADA you might want to discuss this NOLA ordinance with them.
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Sec. 154-534. - School zones.
(a) Within the limits of all school zones where authorized signs, signals or combinations thereof, designating them as school zones are erected, and within 100 feet upon every designated approach to and within those intersections designated as "School Crossings" and where authorized signs designating such "School Crossings" are erected, it shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to exceed a speed limit of 20 miles per hour during the following hours unless posted otherwise:
(1) 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
(2) 2:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
(b) When and where so designated by the traffic engineer, the speed limit shall also be applicable during any other hours provided, however, such hours are properly posted and the motorist is given proper warning thereof by flashing lights or other appropriate system designating same.
(c) This regulation shall only apply on days when a school that the zone applies to is open for instruction during the regular term.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:08 pm to TigerWerm
Dress like you're going to eat at Flemings and go talk to the ADA.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:09 pm to LSULaw2009
Pro Tip - Call and find out if you can prevent it from hitting your record. It's just a phone call. If they say no, who cares?
Pro Tip #2 - You can always pay your fine and send in $10-15 extra. They should cut you a check and try to mail you the money.
Just don't ever deposit it. I have heard that when this is done, they don't "close" the ticket out as a result and you can avoid having it on your record*
*-The last part may be total BS.
Pro Tip #2 - You can always pay your fine and send in $10-15 extra. They should cut you a check and try to mail you the money.
Just don't ever deposit it. I have heard that when this is done, they don't "close" the ticket out as a result and you can avoid having it on your record*
*-The last part may be total BS.
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:12 pm to TigerWerm
Always choose the class when you can
Posted on 12/12/14 at 1:13 pm to crimsonsaint
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Just go talk to the ADA. They'll reduce it.
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