ticket for speeding in construction zone
09-05-2006, 10:07 PM
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ticket for speeding in construction zone i got this on 121 N tonight coming fom downtown fort worth. I was going 80 in a 65 and it was a construction zone. I have a traffic attorney that I use in Fort Worth (James Mallory). But seeing as it was in a construction zone I worried I won't be able to keep it off my record. Defensive driving and deferred ajudication (sp??) are not options when the citation was received in a construction zone. Just wondering if anyone had any experience with something similar to this. Calculating the fine that I would have to pay outright to satisfy the penalty and have it go on my record it's like $356 or something. Looks like the law finally caught up to me 
09-05-2006, 10:45 PM
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i've heard before that it's only considered a construction zone when people are acually out there working. so if you got it at night and there wasn't anyone working maybe it will just be a regular ticket...?
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09-06-2006, 11:48 AM
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yea i know....i already hired a lawyer this morning. I know im gonna get bent over but i broke the law and thats how it goes. Im just trying to see if i can keep it off my record. Guess I will find out soon enough
09-06-2006, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by TEX02SS
yea i know....i already hired a lawyer this morning. I know im gonna get bent over but i broke the law and thats how it goes. Im just trying to see if i can keep it off my record. Guess I will find out soon enough
09-06-2006, 08:51 PM
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i know that you can do DA on tickets but NOT in fort worth when it is in a construction zone with workers present. Atleast thats what the municipal court website says. I have done DA and defensive driving numerous times in the past and am very familiar with ways to keep tickets off my record. As luck would have it I received ANOTHER ticket today for 59 in a 45. I flew past a cop as he was driving going the same way as me...not to mention i got one last week for 51 in a 40. Its just not my week--that makes 3 speeding tickets in less than a week actually. I guess it just goes to show you that driving fast will catch up to you eventually. Im thinking I will just do DA on the one i recently got and hope that my lawyer can get the other two dismissed or atleast DA or defensive driving. By the way, yes, I know i'm an idiot 
09-06-2006, 10:20 PM
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Damn bro! Not your week huh? Well I got the exhibition of acceleration, speeding, and running a stop sign (should be a yield sign, seriously ) all in a months' span. Know what I did? Parked the car in my parents garage back home and drove a car that cannot exceed 75 mph until my DA was up, 
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) all in a months' span. Know what I did? Parked the car in my parents garage back home and drove a car that cannot exceed 75 mph until my DA was up, .
09-06-2006, 10:32 PM
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your right no defferred in a construction zone...it happen to me in corpus...the ticket was like $152 and i paid em $165.....they sent me a $13 check back and i threw it away....its been 2 years and it's not on my record.........yet........
09-06-2006, 11:23 PM
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do police departments/municipal courts have the ability to see if you are on probation or are taking/have taken defensive driving to get tickets dismissed in other cities?
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