Che'_Moderator Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Just pay it and buy a radar detector before you speed infront of a cop again. If your not planning on speeding infront of a cop for a while you dont need the detector. Its a trooper not a state/city cop. He will be in court. They have dedicated court days. Just it up and pay it. If there is a traffic school option take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyINFDoc Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Just pay it and buy a radar detector before you speed infront of a cop again. If your not planning on speeding infront of a cop for a while you dont need the detector. Its a trooper not a state/city cop. He will be in court. They have dedicated court days. Just it up and pay it. If there is a traffic school option take it.I know in my state state police and state troopers are the same thing. I actually belive they phased out all troopers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomin850 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Written declaration and Ticketassasin.com. You are set. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyROTech Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Just pay it and buy a radar detector before you speed infront of a cop again. If your not planning on speeding infront of a cop for a while you dont need the detector. Its a trooper not a state/city cop. He will be in court. They have dedicated court days. Just it up and pay it. If there is a traffic school option take it.i dont recommend paying it, i recommend you fight it in court, you must have a good defense, and btw it will take you a couple of tickets before you get the hang of things in court, yer first time they will prob tear you apart. The calibration thing is hard, it requires alot of patience and as chuck said they group tickets together so the cop doesnt just come for one ticket at a time. You prob have a 20% chance he doesnt show and the laws may be tototally different from where i live so i dont know if the calibration thing will work, here the radar units arent recognized unless they can prove them to be working "thats the short version summed up, highway traffic act doesnt have mention of the unit, or atleast didnt used too), thus you sorta start off with a defense when using the calibration thing. Not to mention the cop is gonna obv say he did his morning tests on the unit, you can though argue (get the manufactures instructions, there gonna make it as difficult as possible to get productions in full also) on the basis he prob doesnt remember the steps required to do it. I have no idea about what you said with the insurance and not having it, you got a ticket for that? Your screwed on that front, here you can get away with the insurance ticket if you goto court and produce a document from your insurance company stating that on the date of the ticket you were infact insured. But i do agree with chuck that you should get a radar detector, especially if your 18... your alot more likely to speed and it will kill your insurance rates (if they report convictions to insurance companies there) alot more than a 40 year old with a good driving record. You may also have the option to try to talk it out before your case starts, do 20 hours community service and/or charitable donation to some city or state office) and some driver education course (pick some cheap ass driving school and take a class and get some cert) and show this and say "would you consider dropping the charges in light of the community service, donation, and driving school". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomin850 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 i dont recommend paying it, i recommend you fight it in court, you must have a good defense, and btw it will take you a couple of tickets before you get the hang of things in court, yer first time they will prob tear you apart. The calibration thing is hard, it requires alot of patience and as chuck said they group tickets together so the cop doesnt just come for one ticket at a time. You prob have a 20% chance he doesnt show and the laws may be tototally different from where i live so i dont know if the calibration thing will work, here the radar units arent recognized unless they can prove them to be working "thats the short version summed up, highway traffic act doesnt have mention of the unit, or atleast didnt used too), thus you sorta start off with a defense when using the calibration thing. Not to mention the cop is gonna obv say he did his morning tests on the unit, you can though argue (get the manufactures instructions, there gonna make it as difficult as possible to get productions in full also) on the basis he prob doesnt remember the steps required to do it. I have no idea about what you said with the insurance and not having it, you got a ticket for that? Your screwed on that front, here you can get away with the insurance ticket if you goto court and produce a document from your insurance company stating that on the date of the ticket you were infact insured. But i do agree with chuck that you should get a radar detector, especially if your 18... your alot more likely to speed and it will kill your insurance rates (if they report convictions to insurance companies there) alot more than a 40 year old with a good driving record. You may also have the option to try to talk it out before your case starts, do 20 hours community service and/or charitable donation to some city or state office) and some driver education course (pick some cheap ass driving school and take a class and get some cert) and show this and say "would you consider dropping the charges in light of the community service, donation, and driving school".And I don't recommend fighting it in court. Written declaration... THEN if you lose Trial de Novo. Basically you get to fight it in court after. You're getting 2 trys. Most cops won't even fight written declaration because they don't get paid to write something and send it in. If you take it to court they car schedule it on their day off and make double time. Now you tell me...would you rather not get paid and do work, or get paid double time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 And I don't recommend fighting it in court. Written declaration... THEN if you lose Trial de Novo. Basically you get to fight it in court after. You're getting 2 trys. Most cops won't even fight written declaration because they don't get paid to write something and send it in. If you take it to court they car schedule it on their day off and make double time. Now you tell me...would you rather not get paid and do work, or get paid double time?I'd rather not havet to pull over dumb ass kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 I'd rather not havet to pull over dumb jerk kids.If you pop people going downhill doing 11 MPH over the speed limit then you need to get out more often.I'll usually have my tickets handled by a traffic attorney. May cost more in the end, but I hate traffic school (already been a few times) and I can't get anymore points for another 3 months. The one time I represented myself in court I ended up getting 3 points for a careless driving citation and had to take traffic school for a 20 MPH over. Had to write a check to the court house that day for over $600, still had 3 points, and also had to take a 4 hr. traffic school. Last time I represent myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 If you pop people going downhill doing 11 MPH over the speed limit then you need to get out more often.Only ones who are 2F2F and cannot handle the "spped" of their new whip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Only ones who are 2F2F and cannot handle the "spped" of their new whip.Don't be an jerk, he already explained he wasn't "accostomed" to it. :monkey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Don't be an ass, he already explained he wasn't "accostomed" to it. Funny. I thought we had speedometers in these cars? Beyond that, "I am not used to the car so I decided to speed". DerrrrrrrrrIf you are not used to a vehicle you do not speed with it. :monkey: :monkey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHEIII874T5M Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Funny. I thought we had speedometers in these cars? Beyond that, "I am not used to the car so I decided to speed". DerrrrrrrrrIf you are not used to a vehicle you do not speed with it. That's like saying if you're not used to a chick you shouldn't tag the hell out of her... I fail to see your logic.Then again, you are a douche transporter so views can vary based on experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 That's like saying if you're not used to a chick you shouldn't tag the hell out of her... I fail to see your logic.Then again, you are a douche transporter so views can vary based on experiences.Says the guy who hit a tree and rear-ended a SUV at triple digit speeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan_B Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Says the guy who hit a tree and rear-ended a SUV at triple digit speeds.BUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s70turbo1998 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 The "i was getting used to the new car" for speeding excuse is kinda comical at this point. Spedometers don't give a ball park figure, so it's really hard to use that as a viable excuse in court. I know when I drove my grandpa's boxster, I didn't hit 120 on the highway cause I wasn't used to the "power"(i am speaking relatively with the volvo haha). from personal experience and from other people telling me stories, anywhere 5 miles per hour over the speed limit you should expect to get pulled over unless in traffic where everybody is cruising. It sucks, yes, but hit shappens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narxs70 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 contact the ticket office and see what they say. the folks here in AR are nice and try to help you out. Good luck. I always try to pay the ticket before hand if they will keep the ticket off of my driving record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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