First ticket

[svx_commuter]

Rob You should sell your SVX it's not worth lossing your license. Get an Escort.

[Chicane]

I recieved way more tickets in my neon than I did in the SVX.

- Rob

[SHISVX]

Beast

i am currently enrolled in a criminal law class and we actually did a little short thing of how to handle a ticket for driving offenses...

instead of getting into a long bs convo about why i think you should do this...i am just going to tell you, if you want reasons, pm me and i will explain, or i can just visit ya at work and hand you the book

since this is your first ticket, go to court...go see the prosecuter and tell him that you are a student...working...living at home...tell him about your finances and how that you know you did wrong and you are not denying that, you just need a little break...the more honest you are, the better your chances of getting some points taken down are. then do what he tells you, which is to probably plead guilty and the judge will give you the lesser of the charges. dress nicely and professionally. if you want more info, or what ever...pm me

good luck

Kelli

[Chicane]

What happened to being a nurse?! No offense, but I think I'd rather take 'ticket advice' from someone who's walked the walk than an ex-nurse. I'm not trying to tick you off either, I'm just saying pleading guilty isn't going to get you any breaks, even if you do tell them about your finances.

- Rob

The first stupid part about the "Point System" is doing the crime, The second is getting caught (doohhh).

Looking at your record you should take advice from wherever it comes!

Collins
Stop drop and roll

And yes... currently I have no points.

[petesvx2]

I dressed nice for my summons...among a bunch of hillbilly connecticut rednecks, I got off! pays to make a good first impression. I would go talk to the prosecutor. The cop also probably made note of your attitude when he pulled you over, if you were nice with the "yes sir" "no sir" thing, then that could help you too.

just my .02

[Chicane]

I wore an italian suit to my last court date.... talked to the attourney and told them that I was not speeding, that I was being passed by a black lincoln navigator, that I had just gotten married, and could not afford another ticket. I was extremely polite. The result? SAME FINE. They dropped 2 measly points.

**** this stupid point system. If I get the opportunity, I'm going to steal from the state to get them back for all this BS.

- Rob

Ahhh Youth!

When I was your age, ya dang whipper snapper, I found that they ALWAYS kept the fine the same... even if you got it knocked down to loud muffler. Points was all you could hope to get reduced unless the officer didn't show for court. And altho' I've heard stories, that never happened to me.

Spend the money, Get a V1 and drive with great attention. it's worked for me for the last 15 years.

Syracuse to Birmingham 4 times averaged 75 MPH, with stops.

Collins

[lee]

Originally posted by BurgundyBeast
On the back of the ticket 4-98 is the statute listed for all speeding infractions. Online however 4-98 is listed as 1-14 mph over and 4-99 is listed for 15-19 over.

P.S. What exactly does pleading "no contest" mean? I have never heard this term before.

A no contest plea - also known often by its Latin name "nolo contendere" - means that you agree to accept the punishment without formally acknowledging that you are guilty. It does go on the record, in the sense that the court record for the case will indicate a no contest plea. A credit or background reporting agency and anyone who looks at the public court record will see and can report the plea - but they can see a guilty plea too, so....

You have to do some research on your state laws, but some state laws allow this plea but then do not record points like a guilty plea automatically invokes - so either way you pay the fine, one way just avoids points. Of course if your state doesn't use points, then there's really no difference.

[Subafreak]

Or you could just do what I did with my first ticket, write F#@k You in blood right across the front of it and send it in.





















Of coures that only cost me another $100 on top of the original $525 so.

[SHISVX]

Originally posted by Chicane
What happened to being a nurse?! No offense, but I think I'd rather take 'ticket advice' from someone who's walked the walk than an ex-nurse. I'm not trying to tick you off either, I'm just saying pleading guilty isn't going to get you any breaks, even if you do tell them about your finances.

- Rob

i don't know how this works in other states, but in NJ, if you have points on your liscence, that makes your insurance go up. so the judge marking down points saves a lot of money for the person who got the ticket. and maybe they didn't give you a break...but they would someone else

i am going to be a nurse, i am going to take my NCLEX in July of 2005, thanks very much. i am also going to have an associate degree in Criminal Justice, but my education means nothing here, this is more of a common sense issue.

sure you may have walked the walk more then me, and that explains why my record is clean and yours is not.

Kelli

[Chicane]

Originally posted by SHISVX


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Kelli

If you drive fast, like I do, your record will not be clean. That's just the way it is. And I'm just saying your advice to 'plead guilty' and go for the emotional side of the judge will most likely be a complete and utter failure.

Sure, it might work for you, because you have boobs, and you're attractive.

If you are a guy, and you lack breasts, you are SCREWED if you plead guilty.

That's all I'm saying. :P

- Rob

[SHISVX]

hey rob, do you know what a plea bargin is?

go ask a prosecutor...if you don't

i was not telling him to go for the emotional side of the judge, because the judge could really care less, the prosecutor on the other hand might care.



just because you have a dick doesn't give you the right to act like one and the fact that i have boobs makes no difference for a female judge.



i follow traffic and when there is no traffic, i do 5 over and the cops don't mess with me. i would rather not drive wreckless and risk the lives of others on the road, they have tracks to drive fast.

Kelli

Originally posted by Chicane


If you drive fast, like I do, your record will not be clean. That's just the way it is. And I'm just saying your advice to 'plead guilty' and go for the emotional side of the judge will most likely be a complete and utter failure.

Sure, it might work for you, because you have boobs, and you're attractive.

If you are a guy, and you lack breasts, you are SCREWED if you plead guilty.

That's all I'm saying. :P

- Rob

Rob,

If this is the front you put up when you're getting a ticket and you haven't learned YET. Maybe you should listen to Kelli.

You speed in front of cops, you get tickets, you plead guilty, you get a fine and some points, but it's NOT your fault... Great logic Han Solo. YOU ARE THE GUY the points system was designed for. But that's OK, as long as guys like you are filling quotas, Kelli and I can get where we need to be at the speed we want to go.

Go speed racer go.

Collins
Devo's got a song about all this I think.

[SHISVX]

actually quotas are illegal in NJ, but local stations make their officers meet them..doesn't that sound good?

Kelli