beating a speeding ticket
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Originally Posted by all18wheels
yeah, this is going to put a bite in my financial situation too.
but, oh well its just money, i'll make more tomorrow :wink: mess you up. One can always find a way to recoup the money lost.
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Originally Posted by zipy46
Originally Posted by all18wheels
yeah, this is going to put a bite in my financial situation too.
but, oh well its just money, i'll make more tomorrow :wink: mess you up. One can always find a way to recoup the money lost. i had a perfect record until this and i want to keep it that way. my job is cool with it, i work for a small company. heck, i didnt even get written up or fired. and ive only been the 3 months. but they told me to watch out for myself so i dont lose my license. what im bummed about is, if i wanted to find a local job in a year or two, i can nolonger say i have a perfect record. lets just hope this lawyer thing works for me.
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Originally Posted by all18wheels
Originally Posted by zipy46
Originally Posted by all18wheels
yeah, this is going to put a bite in my financial situation too.
but, oh well its just money, i'll make more tomorrow :wink: mess you up. One can always find a way to recoup the money lost. i had a perfect record until this and i want to keep it that way. my job is cool with it, i work for a small company. heck, i didnt even get written up or fired. and ive only been the 3 months. but they told me to watch out for myself so i dont lose my license. what im bummed about is, if i wanted to find a local job in a year or two, i can nolonger say i have a perfect record. lets just hope this lawyer thing works for me. Its just the way the game is played...companies don't 'want' to fire people...the 'system' is what boots a fellow out. Good Luck to you
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well, i got the bill from the court. im suprised. even though i was sited for 63 in a 45 downhill, i am being charged with a 10+ and a fine of $380.
i though it would be much worse. im still going to fight it to avoid points. i will keep you posted on the success (or failure) of fighting and winning.
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I was one of the IDIOTS who got caught on I-70 in Indianapolis last year where trucks of a certain size were not allowed. The OTHER drivers who got caught were to lazy to take the detour, I DID pickup a load in Indianapolis. Which didnt matter to the cop who pulled me over when I showed him the bills. When I asked him, WHY trucks were not allowed he told me: The lanes are too small for the case an AMBULANCE would have to pass while I-70 was under construction and they had no emergency lane. I said: Good one, then why do you guys pull ALL those trucks over were there is NO EMERGENCY LANE????? (Next to me where about 10 other trucks pulled over.) I said this is just a BIG MONEY MAKING SCAM!!! I got an ugly look and he left. So I decided to fight the ticket in court. The fine was something over $200 and they didnt decide if it will be points or not. I fought it with a lawyer from the truckstops, which told me they get over 90% of their tickets dismissed. I of COURSE was in the under 10% bracket. Now the fine was ANOTHER 450$. I will make sure I wont use their service ever again!
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Originally Posted by unclehotte
I was one of the IDIOTS who got caught on I-70 in Indianapolis last year where trucks of a certain size were not allowed.
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Re: beating a speeding ticket
Originally Posted by all18wheels
well, i got nailed
coming down the final grade on I-5 north freeway. it goes to 45 then 35 mph. drifing along, my speed was up to 63. i didnt realize i had just crossed into the 45 zone. theres CHP waiting there for me. about a half mile or so past the 45mph signs i get a ticket , the full 63+ in a 45 22407vc anyone ever used a lawyer to beat a ticket like that. i'll be calling one. how much should this cost me in fees. can i actually beat this? til now, i had a perfect 10 year MVR :cry: thanks, mike The speed limits on the Vine have been in place for a lot of years...my first trip across the Vine was 1981...and the speeds were the same then...just not as many lanes each direction then, as there are now.
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Most of the lawyers that advertise can get it knocked down. All California, and all the other states/counties, want is the $$'s. Couple of years back I got a ticket in Texas, going West bound down that long straight hill before Fort Stockton for 89/70. Got hold of this guy over the internet and he came back with it would cost me the bail plus $400, no points just didn't have to get a ticket in Pecos County for the next six months.
What pi$$ed me of was the front pilot, who was trying to get outa the way, and the rear pilot, that was trying to keep up, didn't even get a warning |
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