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Originally Posted by RickRay
I got caught on I-87 in Champlain NY just before crossing the CDN border(500 FT) doing 70 in a 55. First speeding ticket in more than 15 years or so...  No luck for me....I have to sign it and mail it in and then I get the Fine by mail.
Do you think if I went to court it would be better off  |
If you have time always go to court! 95% of the time I have gone to court the penalty amount was reduced and the points are dropped. I got so many tickets with my first car growing up I thought, well if I just pay them right away I'm good.......wrong as hell. At one point I had 14 points in DC and the limit was 7!!
The woman presiding over my hearing when she suspended my license pulled me aside after my hearing and told me "boy stop paying all those tickets right away, always go to court because half the time the officer won't show or we will at least drop the points....never just pay the ticket....and you may want to drive like a normal person too"
I'm telling you I have seen some of the funniest crap and dumbest people in traffic court in DC, it's entertaining as hell!
I once drove to Hamptov VA, (2-3 hrs ride) to fight a speeding ticket, 73 in 55, and the cop didn't show in court and everyone that was there for a ticket from this cop had their cases dismissed. When the judge announced this in court the place went wild cheering!!! The judge starting slamming his gavel and threatened to cite all of us for contempt...I am almost died from perma grin going back up the road.
