cmaster
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My advice is to mark the ticket not guilty and wait until the magistrate calls you. Usually, they'll give you a break even if the officer had not. Sometimes, the break could be just a 5 mphs over the speed limit instead of listed speed.Last Friday at 10pm returning home from a Super Charger and was getting both verbally and physically harassed randomly by some guys (late 20s to 30s) in a newer Camaro RS. They threw stuff at my vehicle, one even exited at a stop light to confront me. I was able to maneuver away but because their car was so fast it made it impossible to lose them. Long story short I was coming over an incline and at the bottom of it were 2 police SUVs pulled to the side. I was boxed in from moving to the left and went by doing approx. 67, only to see the Camaro take a sharp left which led to another highway entrance. I slowed down and veered towards the breakdown lane only to get pulled over. I was shaken to say the least.
I was eventually mailed a citation for doing 80 in a 55 (speeding 90/17) and fined for not moving over for a parked police vehicle (89/7A). My question or advice is: my car is actually speed locked at 70mph, I've never bothered to disable it because I work remote and only travel locally and was part of the reason I couldn't lose the Camaro). The ticket states it was "estimated" and being a Step 9 driver with an immaculate record (only second ticket in almost 35 years) I want to know if you guys think not only should I fight it (speeding 90/17 is more serious than 90/18 I've found btw) but spend the money to hire an attorney with more experience arguing this?
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
However, I'm not sure what you marked on your citation. If you mark as "guilty", then, I just suggest you just get an attorney. They'll reverse the verdict. And, can sometimes get the charges dropped.
In many jurisdiction, if you marked the ticket as not guilty, and the officer said they tracked you without a radar, chances are, the magistrate will give you a call and dismiss the ticket. If not, they'll just bring the fine down to probably 5 mph over the limit so the court can make some money. It's really the burden of proof that the police officer needs to show up at a summons if you contested the ticket. If he can't prove it, judge will dismiss the ticket. But, before trial, the magistrate will either dismiss it or bring the charges down.