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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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I have been making a left turn at this same intersection for the past 2 years. Now they put a 1' by 3" sign that says "No Left Turn". I didn't even see it. Now I have to pay $115, but here is the question.

The officer told me I can plead "Nolo Contendere" and he would put me in for a recommendation for traffic school if I took it to court.

Do I need a lawyer there as well or not?
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 07:23 PM
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One of these fix-a-ticket lawyers might come in handy. I think for about 100 bucks they do everything for you and you don't even have to go in person.
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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 08:05 PM
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yes they will take care of it 99% of the time, but u may have to pay them and nearly 200 in court costs...

i beat a ticket, but had to pay lawyer 150, 193 in court costs, and 95 for advanced driving school (8 hrs)...

so instead of 150 for ticket and the 30 bucks for the 4 hour course i paid over 400 and had to take an extra 4 hourse in driving school..

so now its not on my record at all, but i still got screwed over...

ohh i was clocked doing 86mph in a 70 by air patrol on I-75... it pissed me off because people were flying past me.. i asked the cop why i got pulled over when people were obviously going faster and he said "thats part of owning a sports car" (this was in my 95 3.4L)
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 01:59 AM
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I went WOT out of a toll booth right infront of a cop, got a 98 in a 70 and failure to stay within a single lane, my laywer got it dropped 100%, no court costs or driving school at all.
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Old Jan 16, 2007 | 05:38 AM
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Cpos are crooked, I got a ticket in T-ville said I was going 70 in a 55 all BS went to court had a friend in the car, went with me to court, the judge sided with the cop, I don't know how I was going 70 when I was slowing down for a for a truck that had just come off a red light, I have 30 day to appeal, I'm looking into getting a lawyer and sticking it to the bitch judge, I didn't know that you could get a accurate pace measurement in 1/10 of a mile, what a bunch of ****!
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