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11-05-2009, 07:19 PM
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how screwed am i got clocked on the way to work today
76 in a 65 on highway 20. Damn i know i have to go to court i need to figure out how much my ticket will be. i do not want to go to defensive driving again. yea i had to a few years ago.
76 in a 65 on highway 20. Damn i know i have to go to court i need to figure out how much my ticket will be. i do not want to go to defensive driving again. yea i had to a few years ago.
11-05-2009, 07:29 PM
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11 over isnt bad. Havent been in any trouble since you went to defensive a couple years ago? See if you can get defered adjudication and just pay the fine, then dont **** up for 6 months. Thats what I did with my last ticket.
11-05-2009, 07:35 PM
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Cost of ticket should be posted online shortly. You can pay the ticket online, so you'll see how much it'll be. Plus, pretty sure on the back of the ticket it tells you how the fees are accessed.
Also- if it's been less than 3 years since you took defensive driving, that wont be an option anyway this time around.
11 over isn't bad.
Good luck. Go to court and ask for your options.
Also- if it's been less than 3 years since you took defensive driving, that wont be an option anyway this time around.
11 over isn't bad.
Good luck. Go to court and ask for your options.
11-05-2009, 08:19 PM
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I got a 79 in a 60 a while back. Just asked for a trial and will take my chances on the officer not showing up. If he does I will just ask for defensive driving.. I need to get a discount on my insurance anyways.
11-05-2009, 08:27 PM
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Cost of ticket should be posted online shortly. You can pay the ticket online, so you'll see how much it'll be. Plus, pretty sure on the back of the ticket it tells you how the fees are accessed.
Also- if it's been less than 3 years since you took defensive driving, that wont be an option anyway this time around.
11 over isn't bad.
Good luck. Go to court and ask for your options.
Also- if it's been less than 3 years since you took defensive driving, that wont be an option anyway this time around.
11 over isn't bad.
Good luck. Go to court and ask for your options.
Either way, for the ticket in question. Don't just pay the ticket and let it go to on your record. Take defensive driving/ get def adj etc etc.
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11-05-2009, 11:17 PM
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It has been a little while since i have gotten a ticket but you could take DD to dismiss a ticket once a year. You get the insurance discount for three years after that.
11-06-2009, 12:12 AM
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thats correct, DD once a year to dismiss, although if you have to take DD as a term of the deferment(using a traffic lawyer/def adj) you can do it more than once. anyways, if i had to guess, id say your ticket is prob in the neighborhood of 170, but if you do DD, it'll probably be around 100 total. i always did mine on comedydefensivedriving.com. its nice because it tells you exactly how long each section is, so you can hit play and go watch tv till its time to take a quiz
11-06-2009, 12:14 AM
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but to the OP i mean if you really dont wanna do def. driving then dont do it, pay the ticket and have it on your record... i wouldn't recommend that but that is your only option...
11-06-2009, 12:17 AM
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I did it the day before I deployed. Took me right at 5 hours to finish the "course". Of course I took each section as fast as I could and just waited for the timer to go away and started a new section. Was a complete joke but still far better than sitting in a classroom full of people and wasting a WHOLE day.
11-06-2009, 12:21 AM
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i believe the law is each course has to be at least 6 hours, with a certain amount of time for breaks. think mine was 6 hours with 3- 10 minute breaks so 6.5 hours
11-06-2009, 12:23 AM
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Must of changed it since I took it in 2007.
http://www.asenseofhumordriving.com/Class run time is 4.8 hours but I dont know how many breaks they make you take. It actually wasnt that bad and had some funny parts. Its the one I took BTW.
http://www.asenseofhumordriving.com/Class run time is 4.8 hours but I dont know how many breaks they make you take. It actually wasnt that bad and had some funny parts. Its the one I took BTW.
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11-06-2009, 12:27 AM
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You shouldnt be worried, it coulve been worse, I got clocked at 111 on a 60 about 2 weeks ago after the fudruckers meet... you see the difference??You should take it to a lawyer like 
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11-06-2009, 12:32 AM
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I got a speeding ticket like 2 weeks ago and it didnt list any speeds on the ticket it jus said " speed other than reasonable and proper" its only $100 so im jus going to pay it but do you think my insurance will find out about it i cant have that? btw isnt that f-ing kind of vague oh u were doing a speed that wasnt proper thats bs.
11-06-2009, 12:49 AM
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I got a speeding ticket like 2 weeks ago and it didnt list any speeds on the ticket it jus said " speed other than reasonable and proper" its only $100 so im jus going to pay it but do you think my insurance will find out about it i cant have that? btw isnt that f-ing kind of vague oh u were doing a speed that wasnt proper thats bs.
edit: back when i was 17 i got a ticket for going 73 in a 35... i was late for work on a back road n the cop was coming the other way... 380 bucks later and it on my record... what can you do though, it's not like i wasnt doing something wrong, just sucks that i got caught...
