Finally got speeding ticket on Hwy 17 -- may not be worth fighting....
04-20-2007, 08:25 PM
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Finally got speeding ticket on Hwy 17 -- may not be worth fighting....
Came around a right-hand curve, in the left lane with a car ahead of me on the right. Saw the cop off to the right just as I got a radar detector chirp. Slowed down big time, and stopped passing the other car, falling in behind him.
Cop said his reading was 70mph. Said he saw my nose dip as I braked. Said I was going faster than the other car when he tagged us, so it doesn't matter which of us produced the signal.
I know I can go to court, and perhaps he won't show... but he struck me as the principled type. I know I can try to get calibration certs on the gun. I know I might be able to challenge the fact that his reading was changing rapidly, but he would argue that I was slowing down upon seeing him, so of course it was changing.
65 in a 50. I'm confident I'll get traffic school. And, it's my first in 17 years. So I'll probably just do that.
Advice?
Cop said his reading was 70mph. Said he saw my nose dip as I braked. Said I was going faster than the other car when he tagged us, so it doesn't matter which of us produced the signal.
I know I can go to court, and perhaps he won't show... but he struck me as the principled type. I know I can try to get calibration certs on the gun. I know I might be able to challenge the fact that his reading was changing rapidly, but he would argue that I was slowing down upon seeing him, so of course it was changing.
65 in a 50. I'm confident I'll get traffic school. And, it's my first in 17 years. So I'll probably just do that.
Advice?
04-20-2007, 08:47 PM
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Fight if possible. Costs them money to counter-fight. More than they make off your ticket.
Given all the traffic on 17, and the angles involved, there is plenty of scope for error that a good lawyer will exploit.
