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Received a ticket today for driving 37/35

Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:10 pm
Posted by winston318
Oklahoma City,OK
Member since Sep 2009
3204 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:10 pm
Wife looked up the cost and its $172.
Is this what cities are doing now to earn more money. With all of the crime going on they have traffic stops in the business district. I was tempted to fight it but was told that I would need a lawyer. I guess ill pay the damn thing instead of paying a lawyer $1500
Posted by Roger Klarvin
DFW
Member since Nov 2012
46651 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:11 pm to
No you didn't
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
19616 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:11 pm to
Who told you that you’d need a lawyer?
Posted by Rekrul
Member since Feb 2007
8278 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:12 pm to
Well you were going 37 and the limit is 35, stop breaking the law a-hole
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
13786 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:12 pm to
tPOS
Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Member since Feb 2017
12458 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:12 pm to
quote:

Wife looked up the cost and its $172.
Is this what cities are doing now to earn more money. With all of the crime going on they have traffic stops in the business district. I was tempted to fight it but was told that I would need a lawyer. I guess ill pay the damn thing instead of paying a lawyer $1500



Why would you need a lawyer? Just go to traffic court and "represent" yourself. It's a ticket. Odds are the judge will kick it because come on 2 MPH?

Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
28936 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:12 pm to
quote:

Is this what cities are doing now to earn more money.


Did you just fall off the turnip truck?
Posted by winston318
Oklahoma City,OK
Member since Sep 2009
3204 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:13 pm to
quote:

Who told you that you’d need a lawyer?


A person at the city attorneys office. They said that if I come to court and plead not guilty that I will need an attorney going forward.
Posted by Errerrerrwere
Member since Aug 2015
38993 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:15 pm to
Walk in and dispute it. They will probably drop it down to something minimal. Then pay the fine and be done.

I mean, thts what happens to most white males...
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 10:16 pm
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
128588 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:15 pm to
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driving 37/35
Thug life!
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
19616 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:16 pm to
That person was either misinformed or lied.
Posted by Big12fan
Dallas
Member since Nov 2011
5340 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:18 pm to
Here's an idea. Pay off the fine with Krispy Kreme Donut gift cards.
Posted by TopJimmy
Heart of Dixie
Member since Nov 2011
1354 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:19 pm to
If you can, show up to your court date. The ticketing officer will rarely (if ever)be there. (instant dismissal) If the officer IS there, ask for radar tuning records.

It's a lot of trouble but you will get that ticket dismissed. No lawyer, just a bored judge with no complaintant, and will dismiss such a paltry ticket anyway.

Edit: My Father was a state trooper. He never showed up in court unless it was a criminal case. He HATED it.
This post was edited on 3/28/18 at 10:21 pm
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
91238 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:20 pm to
Move to Birmingham. Near as I can tell, no speed limit of any kind is enforced there.
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:20 pm to
quote:

They said that if I come to court and plead not guilty that I will need an attorney going forward.


Apparently that person skipped 6th Amendment day
Posted by Terry the Tiger
Cypress, Texas
Member since Jul 2009
3494 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:21 pm to
Wife looked up the cost and its $172.
Is this what cities are doing now to earn more money. With all of the crime going on they have traffic stops in the business district. I was tempted to fight it but was told that I would need a lawyer. I guess ill pay the damn thing instead of paying a lawyer $1500

Well it is the end of the month so they do have their quotas to reach. They say they don't have quotas, but they have something no matter what they call them.

When I was growing up in MS, the federal government threatened to cut off highway money because the state was not issuing enough tickets. I said that was bullshite. What if all of your residents actually obeyed the laws? You still lose your highway money?

Then, I got a ticket for doing 77 in a 55 when I had my cruise control set at 55. When I mentioned it to another friend, he said that he got a ticket for doing 78 in a 55 by the same state trooper. I challenged the ticket, but the judge took the officer's side. She said that that was the first time that he has been in front of her. Then my mother told the story of my friend, and the officer's face turned bright red and he stormed out of the courtroom. After he left, the judge forgot what she told me 5 minutes earlier and said that she has had many problems with him in the past but still sent me to defensive driving.

I still respect the police, but just not that one.
Posted by indianswim
Plano, TX
Member since Jan 2010
19616 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:22 pm to
I got a ticket 15 years ago in Claiborne Parish doing 20 mph over the speed limit. I was guilty. I wrote a letter to the DA letting him know I was traveling to Shreveport to see my mom before she woke up from neck surgery.

Because I had a clean record, they wiped it clean, no fine. You don’t need a lawyer to fight this.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
146533 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:23 pm to
Every state needs to pass a law that if the speeding is less than 10 mph over the limit, the money goes to the state and not the local jurisdiction

local speeding tickets virtually disappear when this happens
Posted by HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Member since Feb 2017
12458 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:23 pm to
The dick move is to "accidentally" have your military ID fall out when you get pulled over and asked for your DL. I got stopped for doing 86 in a 55 a few weeks ago. "thank you for your service Colonel , drive safe" LOL

Posted by starsandstripes
Georgia
Member since Nov 2017
11897 posts
Posted on 3/28/18 at 10:24 pm to
quote:

Apparently that person skipped 6th Amendment day


Which is worse than skipping lugnut day.
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