Speeding ticket advice?

Question

I was driving what i thought was 45ish in a 35 and went around a corner a motorcycle cop was coming at me at about the apex of the turn and he flipped around an pulled me over. First he said he got me going 53 and when he turned around he got me at 48. if that makes sense. he wrote on my ticket that i was going 53 in a 35 so (18mph over) but than made a note of (16 mph over the limit)

any grounds to fight this. seems way to inaccurate

Answer 1

If there is just one thing wrong on the ticket you can fight it saying that the information is false. For the person above me, you could have fought it too, because you weren't speeding at 8:15 AM, so, that is false and makes the ticket false.

Also, if the officer can't do simple math, how can he stop actually criminals?? Ridiculous. I thought they had to at least have a little brain...

EDIT: Also, they used to be able to subpoena the records for the radar from the police unit and if they're not able to produce the records they are required to drop it. So that's something you should look into as well.

Answer 2

Just pay the fine. It's not worth the fight and you won't win anyways. Thanks Ken for the explanation

Answer 3

ok so first he said you were 53- 18 over, then 48- 13 over, then 16 over? What a nut? Well I dont know how to fight it but go to defensive driving don't pay the fine because if you get 6 pts in one year theyll charge you like 200 dollars a year and will worn you when its due the 1st time but not tell you the other 2 years and if you forget they can throw u in jail and they dont allow you to pay the entire fee all at once...but neway i dont think u can fight this

Answer 4

Nope... I just got my first one after 20+ years of driving

87 in a 65 1 point on my Driving Record and a $272 fine..

On my ticket it states that he pulled me over at 8:15am when it was 8:15 pm makes.no difference I was speeding even though he put down the wrong time..

Whether it was 18 or 16 MPH over the limit you were still speeding

Answer 5

The inaccuracy results from one of two things.

1. You saw the officer and slowed down before he checked you the second time.

2. A cosine error cause by the position the officer was sitting at. Without getting too technical.....Basically the angle the officer points the gun at you is going to effect a reading.

Think of it this way. You are traveling on a giant clock and roughly in the middle heading directly at the 12. The officer is standing right on the 12.. If he points a radar gun at you, it is not going to have any error because there is not a noticeable angle. If he stands at 1 o'clock, the radar is going to be a few MPH off, 2 o'clock it's going to be even more off and if he is at 3 o'clock, the reading will only be a fraction of your actual speed.

I bring this up, because a curve is very likely to create an angle.

But don't expect to get out of a ticket on the basis of a cosine error....The error is *ALWAYS* in the speeders favor, no matter the angle. So the radar is reading lower then your actual speed, not faster.

As for the actual note, my only guess, he was being nice and knocked it a few MPH to save you a few bucks if you plead guilty.

Answer 6

If you were driving on your own it would be very hard to to prove different unless you had some way of proving what speed you were doing, I dint think you are quite sure your self. I am afraid  you don't have any grounds to stand on and once the police officer has written the ticket, you have to cop it sweet and pay the fine..

Answer 7

that is probly just a note so when the prosecuting attorney asks him about the stop he can say i clocked the individual traveling 53mph in a 35 zone.  i got turned around and clocked the individual again and was traveling at 48mph.  he has you speeding twice.  so that rules out the possibility of clocking the wrong car twice.  i make notes like that on all my tickets.  ill even put the direction i was traveling and the direction the car i clocked was traveling.  because defense attorneys will get a ticket thrown out over stupid things like not being able to remember vividly a stop that happened over a month ago and about 150 stops ago.  take it to court and youll probly just have to pay court costs on top of your fine.

Answer 8

You might could but the only way to find out is to try.Have you ever thought about a defensive driving class to get the ticket dismissed and lower your insurance at the same time ? That is , if you can't beat the ticket in court.I'm not sure if that is an option though if you go to court first but check it out.

Answer 9

don't speed