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How To Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket

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Did you just get a speeding ticket in the US? What a dumb question, why else would you be reading this, unless ofcourse you know someone personally who got one. Do you want to know how to get out of a speeding ticket you received, from that officer with nothing to do but sit in the middle of the road and chase after you to issue you a ticket.

If you don't mind let's play with a few figures for a while. It has been estimated that over 115,000 speeding tickets are written every single day in the United States. That's approximately 42,000,000 speeding tickets handed out every singe year i.e. roughly 21% of all licensed drivers!

If we do some simple math based on these statistics, to put this in perspective, we get $6,296,250,000 i.e. 6.3 billion dollars in yearly fines. As you can see speeding tickets are big business, and that also means that, those bored officers with no lives we talked about earlier will always be around to make sure that you pay, for putting your foot down on that accelerator pedal.

Taking into consideration, all possible situations you could receive a traffic ticket for, speeding tickets are known to be the most unfair ticket that you could ever receive. Many factors come into play when it comes to speeding tickets, many factors such as faulty radar and laser readings, incorrect speed estimates by police officers, inadequate training of officers to handle speed reading equipment, broken speedometers, traffic conditions and more.

These irregular factors are what you should take advantage of and contest your ticket. Most people don't know this, but you don't have to go to court the first time you contest your ticket. You can simply mail in a not guilty plea and select the trial option. Make sure to send out the bail together with your written plea. You have even more options, you may choose to appear in court for your trial or request a trial by written Declaration. Whatever you choose, the court will mail out the acceptance of this to you.

In most states, you have four weeks to return the form. The police officer that gave you the ticket also has the same time period to submit his written statement to the judge. The judge will then look at the information provided for your case and inform you by mail of the court's verdict.

The court will keep the bail if you are found guilty. If you receive a not guilty verdict, you will be refunded in full. If you receive a guilty verdict, don't worry it is not the end of the world. You still have the right to request a new trial, this time request a court trial. This will give you a second chance get out of a speeding ticket.

Hopefully, if there is a God out there, the traffic cop will have forgotten all the details of the incident by then, and may not even show for the scheduled court appearance. They maybe busy with other police work on the date set, for all you know. Do you know what it means when the cop is a no show? It means your case is dismissed! That is how to get out of a speeding ticket. There are other loopholes, you can take advantage of too, do your homework and choose one that you are more comfortable with.

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» left by Danny Smith (1 year 231 days ago.)
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This article is inaccurate at best. The reasons cited (no pun intended) for speeding tickets being "the most unfair" of all violations, are ridiculous. Challenge a ticket and you'll hear testimony of dates and times of radar gun and speedometer calibration (unless perhaps you live in a one-cop town). Also, traffic citations do not require "written statements" that are issued to the judge; the citation is the court document of record. Furthermore, the information on the citation, coupled with the officer's notes on the back of his copy, will no doubt refresh his memory sufficient to testify in court. The best bet you have to beat the ticket is the officer has a court date at another court of higher priority (criminal court, for example), and simply cannot appear. The chances of this happening is greater in a major city and less in small towns where all court actions are in one building--if not one courtroom.
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» left by Anonymous (70 days 5 hours ago.)
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This is true, but simply arguing a ticket often times leads to a dismissal. Tickets are big business, but court hearings are even more costly. If a judge doesn't want to waste court time on anything, it is a speeding ticket. So, argue and you will get at least a reduction, simply because the officer only has his word and what he saw on his radar gun. This isn't very good evidence and in any court of law, is just an eyewitness account. Furthermore, I do agree, that miscalibrations are irregular but due happen every day. If this happens, typically the officer will tear the ticket up. I once got a speeding ticket and received a letter a few weeks later saying the ticket was no more, the officer hadn't calibrated his gun correctly.
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