Should I appeal this ticket?

[who_cares973]

appeal that son bitch

[darkshark]

Don't appeal for the sole reason that he got your information wrong, here in California they even have a big poster in the front of the courtroom stating that it doesn't matter what information the officer got wrong, he still gave YOU the ticket, and YOU signed it which means you acknowledged that the information written was correct, so it becomes less of his problem and more of your problem.

[EnR]

I never had to sign the ticket, I don't think we do that in Canada.

[virus003]

Tickets are beyond ****ing expensive these days.

A few months ago, my dad got a 400$ ticket for apparently running a red light, and it was caught by one of those traffic cameras, if you beat the yellow, and it turns red, you're gone.

The worst part is the mailing part, it's like a gut shot, especially if you didn't even know you got caught by the camera.

I'd fight it.

And by the way the cop that you're dealing with sounds like an idiot lol

[DotKritic]

Originally Posted by virus003

one of those traffic cameras

Houston flipped the switch and now - surprisingly - the cops are getting off their asses and sitting at traffic intersections.

[eastsideman09]

Originally Posted by darkshark

Don't appeal for the sole reason that he got your information wrong, here in California they even have a big poster in the front of the courtroom stating that it doesn't matter what information the officer got wrong, he still gave YOU the ticket, and YOU signed it which means you acknowledged that the information written was correct, so it becomes less of his problem and more of your problem.

I did sign the ticket, but what the cop told me was the my signing of the ticket states that I understand my options. He didn't say anything about confirming the information on the ticket, but I suppose that's a given...

[freekilltwo]

i was given a ticket back in the spring for "97 in a 55" at rush hour on the main highway thru the area, so i contested it because i was doing no more than 80 definatly, when i walked in the courtroom probably 80% of the people in the building were there to contest tickets from this officer, so when we talked about it before we went infront of the judge he didnt even take time to get my story and he instantly offered to drop it to 20 over instead of 40 over, point is sometimes just showing up the officer wil want things to end sooner and theyll give you a comprimise

[MrRubix]

don't bother appealing, you have no case

[robertsona]

my dad gets tickets about every month and appeals every single one of them its hilar


its what im going to do too

[dogseatfood]

I gotta two hundred dollar ticket for spinning out of control, I thought about appealing. I'm just lazy as hell, so I'm paying it. *shrug*

[HoneyMelonCalibrator]

Definitely appeal the ticket.

[MrRubix]

I've had a few friends appeal tickets over the past year and the cop has always showed up. Like Dark said, these are hard times, and it's less likely that you'll see no-shows at the current moment.

Your argument itself doesn't hold any water because there's almost never a good excuse for speeding (there are few exceptions, but yours isn't one of them). You're making it sound like you *had* to be going that fast. Believe me, you never *need* to break the limit, and the argument will never win under appeal.

I think appealing is a waste of time at this point but you can always bank on the cop not showing up, so it wouldn't hurt to try. But if he shows up, I think you're pretty much out of luck.



EnR: You technically broke the law and got a pretty decent reduction as it stands. You're not likely to get rid of the ticket.

[freekilltwo]

if you both show up see if you can at least explain it and get him to take off the "following too closely" hit and just take the speeding, that much will definatly help just make sure you have a good case otherwise the cop is just gonna laugh at you

[Cavernio]

DotKritic needs to realize the internet is made up of women AND men. You're insulting half the world, just hope you realize.