Speeding ticket

[IamR3D88]

Originally Posted by TIREKLR

You have a driving record......I have a race car driver resume!

I like

[WoodBoss]

Originally Posted by stoopid

He doesn't need a lawyer for an 8 over with nothing else on his license.

A clean license with no points is better than taking the points. Plan ahead, he may end up with another ticket he can't get out of. Only dumb arses take the points and pay the fines. Get a lawyer it's really easy and not that expensive, it's money well spent.

But then again with the screen name you have do you think anyone is really going to take your advice!!

[Chevy_cowboy]

Originally Posted by stoopid

Did you even read my other replies?

He doesn't need a lawyer for an 8 over with a clean license. He just sends in his not-guilty plea and deals with the court directly. They WILL knock it down. Even if they don't, he will still have time to bring in an attorney at any point in the process. Spending money on a lawyer when you clearly don't need one is definitely stoopid.

Spend those 30 seconds reading my other replies before posting your smartass comments.

I'd rather pay a lawyer a couple bucks to deal with the nonsense, and not have to spend half the day at the courthouse.

[stoopid]

Originally Posted by Chevy_cowboy

I'd rather pay a lawyer a couple bucks to deal with the nonsense, and not have to spend half the day at the courthouse.

In that case just pay the ticket, since you have money to just throw around.

[yeah, sitting in the court house for 60-90 minutes sucks, but it's not the DMV - half a day?]

[stoopid]

Originally Posted by WoodBoss

I read your replies. It doesn't always work that way every time. Just because you got a bunch of tickets in the past doesn't mean all courts do the same thing.

As stated, a lawyer can be hired if needed but there's no need to retain one BEFORE your first appearance for an 8 MPH ticket, with a clean license no less. That amount over the limit is a joke. The court just wants your money.

[Chevy_cowboy]

Originally Posted by stoopid

In that case just pay the ticket, since you have money to just throw around.

[yeah, sitting in the court house for 60-90 minutes sucks, but it's not the DMV - half a day?]

Yeah, no thanks. Last time I actually went, It was 3pm before they got to my case, I'd been there since 8:30.

Its not about the money, its about the driving record. My drivers license is my livelihood, spending a few bucks to keep it clean is well worth it and far cheaper in the long run than paying higher insurance rates.

[Chevy_cowboy]

Originally Posted by stoopid

Driving record paranoia aside (sounds like they got you drinking the ticket terror kool aid), and looking at the OP's situation, hiring a lawyer is literally a waste of money *unless* he can't/doesn't want to sit in court. That I understand, some people can't take the time due to the nature of their job, etc. Others have enough spare cash to just not be bothered.

What the heck are you talking about? Are you saying you think speeding tickets don't increase insurance rates for commercial drivers?

[stoopid]

We should have a thread about when/when not to hire a lawyer for a traffic ticket. Dispel some myths.

[maddoggyusa]

I really doubt 8 mph over will add any points. And if you have a clean record for 30+ years, I doubt there will be much of an insurance hit.

pay it, move on. fight the next one if it happens again. but if they have traffic school, I'd surely do that.

all the lawyer does is negotiate with the prosecutor. He doesn't do any thing magical. If prosecutor is nice, it gets dismissed or reduced but there's no guarantee. If it was a 20+ speeding ticket, then yea maybe worth getting lawyer. otherwise, anybody can get a small speeding ticket in 30+ years. I wouldn't sweat it.

well I was wrong... looks like it might be 2 points cause speed limit was under 55.

[Red2014SS]

Originally Posted by WoodBoss

A clean license with no points is better than taking the points. Plan ahead, he may end up with another ticket he can't get out of. Only dumb arses take the points and pay the fines. Get a lawyer it's really easy and not that expensive, it's money well spent.

But then again with the screen name you have do you think anyone is really going to take your advice!!

You are right, but no one will listen. Some people just don't get it. I used to post a link to a website where attorneys bid on traffic offenses, but I realized it's a waste of time. Everyone should fight every ticket, but the majority just pay up.

Everyone should also have a good radar detector.

[Red2014SS]

Originally Posted by maddoggyusa

I really doubt 8 mph over will add any points. And if you have a clean record for 30+ years, I doubt there will be much of an insurance hit.

pay it, move on. fight the next one if it happens again. but if they have traffic school, I'd surely do that.

all the lawyer does is negotiate with the prosecutor. He doesn't do any thing magical. If prosecutor is nice, it gets dismissed or reduced but there's no guarantee. If it was a 20+ speeding ticket, then yea maybe worth getting lawyer. otherwise, anybody can get a small speeding ticket in 30+ years. I wouldn't sweat it.

I don't know about every insurance company, but I do know about Geico, State Farm and Liberty Mutual in Kentucky. If you go three years without any moving offenses on your record, you get a safe driver discount. If you get one single ticket for any moving violation (speeding 1 mph over, or rolling through a stop sign), you lose the discount for 3 years from the date. Which is the same as having your rates raised. It is a substantial hit too.

Most good lawyers are on a first name basis with the local prosecutor. They can cut a better deal much easier than Joe Citizen. When it comes to traffic offenses, lawyer fees are money well spent.

[Chevy_cowboy]

Originally Posted by maddoggyusa

I really doubt 8 mph over will add any points. And if you have a clean record for 30+ years, I doubt there will be much of an insurance hit.

pay it, move on. fight the next one if it happens again. but if they have traffic school, I'd surely do that.

all the lawyer does is negotiate with the prosecutor. He doesn't do any thing magical. If prosecutor is nice, it gets dismissed or reduced but there's no guarantee. If it was a 20+ speeding ticket, then yea maybe worth getting lawyer. otherwise, anybody can get a small speeding ticket in 30+ years. I wouldn't sweat it.

well I was wrong... looks like it might be 2 points cause speed limit was under 55.

The flaw in that logic is "if it happens again" you'll have a much more difficult time getting them to reduce or drop a ticket with the previous one on your record. They'll give folks with a clean record a break fairly easily, but if you have a history of tickets, you're fighting a uphill battle. Its much better to keep the record clean.

And any moving violation ticket will affect your insurance rates, no matter how small.

[Red2014SS]

Originally Posted by Chevy_cowboy

And any moving violation ticket will affect your insurance rates, no matter how small.

Exactly!.. Insurance companies don't care if there are zero points involved. All they need is one moving violation and you lose the safe driver designation. Your rates go up for three years and there is nothing you can do about it.

[Tenring]

Originally Posted by TIREKLR

My wifeel kept telling me I was going to get ticket when we bought the camaro and kept giving me grief about getting on it and two weeks in she gets 53 in a 35!!!! Sucks we had to pay the ticket but I cant lie I had to love that she gets one after telling me about my driving haha

Ha Ha.....waiting for wifey to get one here also, when she leaves the house, my son and I always walk out of the garage to listen, after a couple turns she hits the Main Street and we just bust out laughing listening to the roarrrrrrrr.

Once my son turns and looks at me and says with a big grin on his face, I never get tired of listening to that!


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