Far-Queue posted...rexcrk posted...
Far-Queue posted...
green dragon posted...
Lmao. I thought about going to court to see if I could get it reduced, but I decided it wasn't worth it. The officer said on the ticket that I was going only 5 miles over when in reality i was going 19 miles over.
If that's your first ever speeding ticket, I can all but guarantee they would have thrown the ticket out completely if you go to court and just own up to it and say you made a mistake and won't do it again. Even if the cop gave you a break.
When I got my ticket, my only option was to mail it in pleading guilty or not guilty. I of course wanted to explain myself and would hope that the judge would let me off or reduce my fine since it was my first time, but I also didn't want to plead not guilty when I very clearly was.
That's common with traffic tickets. There's nothing wrong with pleading "not guilty" in order to request a court appearance, even when you know you're guilty. They won't hold it against you, it's how traffic court is set up.
Most judges and magistrates understand that the defendant is trying to catch a break, and that probably upwards of 90% are as guilty as the day is long. But you won't get a court date without pleading "not guilty"
In Maryland or at least Baltimore county where I got my ticket you can go to court without pleading not guilty. When you plead not guilty that means the cop has to go to court. Some people plead not guilty hoping the cop doesn't show up so they get out of the ticket completely.
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Lubricant? I've been using it as hair gel >.>-BTB
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