need legal advice for traffic ticket

vtec to vvel · 08-22-2015, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by DeliriousClam

This and invest in a decent radar detector.

even if you get the most expensive/self-proclaimed best radar detector, you're still f*cked b/c radar detectors can't detect lasers until it's too late. if anything, you should advise on getting a radar jammer (which btw is illegal)

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Originally Posted by kenchan

my Z's rate is like 250 or something for 6 months.. and the rest of the 6months i suspend it during hibernation so $17 or something during that period.

so i guess i will look for a easier less paying job. lol

damn, imagine if i only had to pay $17/month for car insurance....

and i swear, you always make the comical remarks in every thread LOL

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Originally Posted by mishuko

admission of guilt and showing some remorse is usually grounds enough for the officer to be more lenient. feign ignorance and or be a d1ck wad and you're going to get the thick end of the pole.

glad you didn't get sent to the slammer

not necessarily. admission of guilt = more for the officer to us against you if you took it to court and the LEO showed up.

btw, LEO's are paid to show up to court, so unless they have another important matter to attend to, you can expect them to show. also, the LEO will be more worried about whether the ticket will stick or be dismissed.

when i was in high school, i unfortunately got stopped and i was already annoyed about something. i flat out told the LEO to hurry up with everything b/c i didn't have time for his sh*t. of course, he decides to take his sweet @$$ time, so out with the questions to ensure all his i's were dotted and t's crossed. in the end, his radar gun wasn't calibrated prior to his shift, and that was what ultimately got me off at the stop (i.e. never got the ticket).

DeliriousClam · 08-23-2015, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by vtec to vvel

even if you get the most expensive/self-proclaimed best radar detector, you're still f*cked b/c radar detectors can't detect lasers until it's too late. if anything, you should advise on getting a radar jammer (which btw is illegal)

damn, imagine if i only had to pay $17/month for car insurance....

and i swear, you always make the comical remarks in every thread LOL

not necessarily. admission of guilt = more for the officer to us against you if you took it to court and the LEO showed up.

btw, LEO's are paid to show up to court, so unless they have another important matter to attend to, you can expect them to show. also, the LEO will be more worried about whether the ticket will stick or be dismissed.

when i was in high school, i unfortunately got stopped and i was already annoyed about something. i flat out told the LEO to hurry up with everything b/c i didn't have time for his sh*t. of course, he decides to take his sweet @$$ time, so out with the questions to ensure all his i's were dotted and t's crossed. in the end, his radar gun wasn't calibrated prior to his shift, and that was what ultimately got me off at the stop (i.e. never got the ticket).

Where I live you only have to worry about laser on highways. And yes radar jammers are illegal but laser jammers (erm sorry "parking sensors") are not. They will get you into a lot of crap if you can't use it smartly though.

FairladyZ10PG · 08-18-2015, 05:34 PM

I know someone who had 3 tickets dismissed using tickethitman.com

I'd give them a call

Spooler · 08-18-2015, 07:50 PM

Do what you have to do to get the ticket decreased. Next time, set the dang cruise. It happens to everyone. When I was way younger, I was one point from getting my license suspended. Radar detectors just tell when you are getting caught. Your eyes are
you best defense.

Bshields22 · 08-18-2015, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jhtran13

never got a traffic ticket before in my life before I bought a Z lol

Need some advice from fellow 370z members here:

My situation: I got a rolling stop sign ticket in Texas 1.5 months ago, paid the fine and did defensive driving. Today, I got a speeding ticket 16 mph over the speed limit, but i thought it was less than that.

Whats the best scenario to go about this; i really don't want my insurance rates to rise cause it would be rather painful.

You're talking to the (somewhat proud...but not so much) guy who lost count of how many speeding tickets received AND with a clean record.

DMV only allows you to do traffic school every 18 months, or at least thats the rule in ever-so-liberal CA. So therefor another traffic school is not an option.

You have 2 options in fighting a ticket.

#1 You fight the ticket in person. 1st you will have an arraignment which tells the court they will need to subpoena the office. Then you will have your "day in court". 2 scenarios here:

A. The cop doesn't show up and you win automatically, or as the court says, your bail has been exonerated (refunded), one of the best phrases you'll ever hear lol

B. The cop shows up and you have to defend your reasoning as to why you feel you are not guilty. Usually the strategy in fighting a ticket is poking holes in the plaintiffs accusations. AKA creating reasonable doubt.

If you loose in fighting a ticket you can submit what is called a Trial de Novo (this is in CA at least). This is basically an appeal in which case a new judge will review the case and you and the officer will be called to appear in court once more.

Sometimes if the timing is right you can push back everything every step of the way to the point where by the time the case is officially closed, it has been another 18 months which makes you eligible for traffic school once more.

Option #2

Trial by Written Declaration.

This allows you to mail in your defense. You will then hear your verdict in the mail. If you loose you can also do a Trial de Novo.

njobe89 · 08-19-2015, 08:09 AM

go to court and speak to the prosecutor. ask if he can change the ticket to something that won't show up on your record when the insurance searches for it. if he says no, sucks for you lol. every time i went and asked they did it. i end up paying more for the ticket, but the insurance never sees it and i don't get any points on my license.

or you can plead nolo

08-18-2015, 05:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
FairladyZ10PG A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SoCal-IE Posts: 1,890 Drives: PGraphite m6 Rep Power: 256	I know someone who had 3 tickets dismissed using tickethitman.com I'd give them a call __________________ ///MPPSK///M Performance FRONT SPLITTER///M Performance KIDNEY GRILLS///MPerformance CF MIRRORS///MPerformance CF SPOILER///AC SCHNITZER

08-19-2015, 08:09 AM	#6 (permalink)
njobe89 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2014 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 5,227 Drives: 2013 370z BS 6MT Rep Power: 174285	go to court and speak to the prosecutor. ask if he can change the ticket to something that won't show up on your record when the insurance searches for it. if he says no, sucks for you lol. every time i went and asked they did it. i end up paying more for the ticket, but the insurance never sees it and i don't get any points on my license. or you can plead nolo __________________ 2 plus 2 times 2 = ? ... hint, it's not 8 Stillen CBE, Stillen Gen 3, TP's, Uprev tuned - 324whp/264tq

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Spooler A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Ga Posts: 14,144 Drives: 2013 Nismo 370z Rep Power: 2684394	Do what you have to do to get the ticket decreased. Next time, set the dang cruise. It happens to everyone. When I was way younger, I was one point from getting my license suspended. Radar detectors just tell when you are getting caught. Your eyes are you best defense.