Need Suggestions for Speeding Ticket!!
12-03-2006, 07:44 AM
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wow... ur lucky. in VA, u go to jail for every mph over 90 - if the cop wants to be real hardcore.
but yea, as with everyone else's advice - get a lawyer. those tickets are gonna be a real pain dude.. reckless alone is harsh. gettn anything dropped, even if its just one charge, will be worth the lawyer cost. i almost got a reckless and it wuld've cost about 9 points just by itself...not to mention the officer wrote me up for speeding as well (tac on another 3 points, plus the 3 i had from sept., and the 3 from back in may).
hope this info helps out.. of course, the point system may be different in every state. this is just my own story.
but yea, as with everyone else's advice - get a lawyer. those tickets are gonna be a real pain dude.. reckless alone is harsh. gettn anything dropped, even if its just one charge, will be worth the lawyer cost. i almost got a reckless and it wuld've cost about 9 points just by itself...not to mention the officer wrote me up for speeding as well (tac on another 3 points, plus the 3 i had from sept., and the 3 from back in may).
hope this info helps out.. of course, the point system may be different in every state. this is just my own story.
12-03-2006, 05:16 PM
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I am in virginia and i have rarely seen anyone taken to jail over it. I think the cops get more joy out of intimidating and harrassing people then actually doing anything. Unless they are a criminal of course then they just seem to wanna avoid them altogether.
12-03-2006, 06:28 PM
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Lawyer.. and a good one, otherwise you're going to get your liscense suspended, and your insurance will either triple, or drop you. If they drop you, you'll have to find someone to pay out the nose for full coverage since the bank that issued your loan will repo your car if you don't. You can't just get liability.. unless you own the car outright.
12-03-2006, 07:02 PM
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Thanks for all the replies. I did get a lawyer who I'm going to see tomorrow. I talked to her on the phone and she said they can only charge me with one of the offenses. For example, they cant charge me with speeding and reckless driving, it has to be one or the other. She also said I would definitely be looking at points, she said she could get it down to 2 or 3 and obviously I will have to take driver improvement classes. The fines themselves she said she could drop to around $500. This is all just speculation until we get everything sorted out, but that's the way she's seen similar cases go in the past.
12-07-2006, 09:05 PM
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man when i first turned 18 believe it or not i got pulled over in a 97 silverado doin 107 in a 45 lol i was an excluded driver on the insurance i had 879 dollars in tickets and all i had to do was pay the fine and take drivers ed i didnt even go to jail but it was my dads truck and let me tell you he was just a tad upset when i told him he had to get me from the court house and get his truck out of impound i guess i was one lucky mo fo
12-08-2006, 02:59 AM
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So my friend got a ticket back in june? july? Well he had heard that if you write a check for like a dollar or two over the limit they will send you a refund check back in the mail and as long as you dont cash the check it wont go on your insurance...he was wrong, dead wrong. His insurance went up 100 bucks from one ticket. I think it was like a 75ish in a 50-55. He is 19 also. Try investing in a cop radar. Stick to roads that are not regularly patroled by cops. I live in Kansas so lots of backroads that are actually decent roads...never cops around 
12-08-2006, 12:44 PM
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I think you are going to get hammered...signing or not signing the ticket in Illinois means nothing...Everyone who dont sign the ticket gets off..I dont think so. The insurance is what is going to kill you...I would be surprised if they dont drop you all together. They do not like insuring cars like ours for that reason..if you took somebody out at that speed, im sure they would max your liability limits with ease.
BTW..In Illinois you would have gone to jail if it was a state trooper..they dont F around.
BTW..In Illinois you would have gone to jail if it was a state trooper..they dont F around.
03-22-2007, 11:13 PM
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Well ladies and gentlemen, I had my court date a couple days ago and the verdict is: NOT GUILTY on all charges. I must be very lucky because the cop DIDNT SHOW UP! HA...thought you all would like to hear that!
03-22-2007, 11:49 PM
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well generally i would say just bite the bullit but WOW YOUR AN IDIOT!! 
thats worse then me, i just got my licence back for minor speeding tickets that racked up points and i though that was bad, i pay 414 a month in insurance because of them, but 1200 in tickets WOW!! i say lawyer and hope hes a good one and the judge isnt a dick 
thats worse then me, i just got my licence back for minor speeding tickets that racked up points and i though that was bad, i pay 414 a month in insurance because of them, but 1200 in tickets WOW!! i say lawyer and hope hes a good one and the judge isnt a dick
03-22-2007, 11:57 PM
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Id try the local section and find the best damm lawyer you can find, Im sure that speeding in that excess is grounds for loosing your license, hell My last ticket I was doin 17 over and I coulda got my license suspended..... Lawyer FTW
At least you were ready, but Luck beats smarts everytime! Be careful... 
