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Originally Posted by ZekeZeke14
I got a speeding ticket a few weeks back. The cop cited me as going 100 in a 65, estimated. And fined me $350. Then tacked on "failure to keep right" for another $100....Making the total fine $450!
The thing is, when I speed I tend to keep a very close watch out for cops. I'm a young guy, so I saw this cop about a 1/4 mile away (I was coming down a large hill and he was waiting at the bottom). Naturally, I slowed down to 65 long before I got anywhere near the cop car (I was only going 85 or so). As I passed him, I noticed he had a radar pointed at the road.
However, on the ticket, he wrote down that the speed he calculated was only estimated. From this, I can deduce that I had managed to slow down to the speed limit by the time I came within the range of his radar.
When I first noticed the cop, I did not stomp on the brakes, but slowed down slowly because I had seen him so early I figured I had plenty of time. Perhaps because I slowed down for so long he thought I was going faster than I was (like the 100 mph he wrote on the ticket).
I admit to speeding, yet the ticket itself is incorrect. I appealed it obviously (do not have enough money to throw it around like that). Is there any chance I might be able to not argue that I was not speeding, but merely argue that the ticket is incorrect?
Any help is appreciated guys, looking for a good defense I can argue. And please no derogatory remarks I cannot tell you how much I regret this already, I don't need other people bashing me as well. Just looking for help. Thanks
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Ummm, I can only hope the cop reads & prints out this post and brings it to court with him. You're totally admitting your guilt on a public forum in case you were oblivious to the fact. Slow down before you kill someone. If you want to go fast, take it to the track.
And we wonder why our Camaros are such cop magnets. Thanks, dude.