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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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Yep. I was all in a hurry to get down to Rockingham...and I got pulled over on 220 in between Greensboro and Asheboro. Damn state trooper wrote me a ticket for 80 in a 65. I had one ticket 2 years ago that was dismissed after I went to a driving class, but that's it. I'm thinking it's best to just pay a lawyer the $75 to go to court for me. Anyone have any recommendations on lawyers for Randolph County, NC?
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Old Apr 10, 2007 | 11:00 PM
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That sucks, there was a cop every 2 miles on the expressway in NC on my way down there - must have been the holiday..
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 01:35 AM
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getting a lawyer is a good option, but good luck finding one for $75
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 01:40 AM
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north carolina= prayer for judgement if you havent used it already no lawyer needed just tell the da thats what you want granted you are an NC resident of course i didnt look
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 01:51 AM
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I know it sux, but..

Soak it up.

It's not gonna be the last ticket you get.

It's better to be bad.. than good right? More fun.
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 07:58 AM
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I got puleld over at the track friday night. I drove from Savannah to the rock on friday night and went to find where the track was just so i knew where to go Saturday morning, I didnt step foot on the track or even get out of my car. I pulled in to turn around and when I pulled off my back wheels were in a sand spost and the tires spun for like half a second and this ********** pulls me over and says I was hotrodding it and asks why I can leave it at the track, all the meanwhile my 3 year old is dead asleep in the back seat next to the nitrous bottle. I pretty much started cussing this guy out so he just let me go. What a tool.
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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I dont know about up in NC, but I paid a lawyer here in Arlington 50$ to show up with me at the little mini-trial whatever they call it.. I told him I am diabetic, and to lie cheat and steal my way out of the ticket. When we walked into the room he says "Hi Barry, hows the wife and kids doing?" - I got off with 1 month of ticket probation and a small fine.. 72 in a 40 =)

These ticket lawyers pay into campaign contributions to judges, its a back scratching orgy in there.

-Lurius
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Old Apr 11, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by infinitebird
getting a lawyer is a good option, but good luck finding one for $75
Well, with the first ticket - I got aaaall kinds of offers in the mail for $50. This time around, it's up to $75. That apparently is the going rate for your second traffic violation, haha.
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These threads from carolinarides.com may help you. Hope you can get it to go away.
http://www.carolinarides.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=21794
http://www.carolinarides.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=19227
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 04:54 AM
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why dont you just pay the ticket if your guilty and be done with it..just curious..i wouldnt even waste the time going to court
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 3pnt4maro
why dont you just pay the ticket if your guilty and be done with it..just curious..i wouldnt even waste the time going to court
I hope you didn't just seriously suggest that. If I just pay the ticket, my insurance will almost double!!! THAT'S WHY!
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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^^ Damn since when does insurance double because of a ticket? NC ins sucks.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by brad8266
^^ Damn since when does insurance double because of a ticket? NC ins sucks.

That's what i've heard. Especially cause of my age (20)...Maybe I'm wrong, who knows. Either way, I don't want to find out. I prefer to have NO points against me.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 11:25 AM
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I had tons of tickes from when i was 17 until I was 21, my ins never went up much at all. **** I am 24 now and still have a bunch of tickets on record and mine is very cheap now. 100 a month for full coverage on 2 vehicles.
part of it is that some ins companies dont check your driving record unless you are applying for a policy, once you have a policy they dont check it anymore, therefore not seeing the tickets. Although i get most of my tickets out of state anyway, im not sure how the different states report tickets.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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that sucks
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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While living in Indiana and Illinois I got tickets and my insurance never went up...Once we moved to NC my fiance got a notice that her insurance is going up b/c of a ticket she got for turning at a no turn on red almost a year ago in IL!!! And we have the same insurance company we've always had. NC insurance is very picky about tickets for some reason.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 12:24 AM
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Tickets don't hurt your insurance much. Wrecks kill it though. It took me 3 tickets and 2 wrecks to double my insurance. Your insurance MIGHT go up $10-20 a month if that.
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