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Originally Posted by tyler20c
Does anyone here know anything about getting a ticket dismissed? I got a ticket for going 64 in a 55 last night and while it's a cheap ticket I don't want my insurance to go up. The officer put the wrong model car (350ZX) and the wrong time (11a.m. Instead of p.m.) does anyone know if these are grounds for dismissal?
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I always show up to court.
They will ask you to plead innocent or guilty. Do neither. Tell them you want to speak with the prosecuting attorney.
They will shuffle you to the back of the line, as it were, and you will get your chance to speak with the attorney.
At this point, I always politely admit that I was in the wrong, and understand that a fee must be paid, but that I don't have the extra $$ to cover driving-school to keep it off my insurance (in my state, they will dismiss 1 ticket per year via a 1-day course at a driving school where they show you videos of drinking/driving accidents and try to make you feel bad). I tell them I don't have the $50 or $75 or whatever, and that I was able swing the money I needed to pay my ticket, but that was all, and I sure can't afford an insurance price hike--gas alone is killer as it is!
At this point, they will either hard-line you and you get the ticket and the driving school (you qualify for that per my state and TX, for your speed, btw, if that means anything)--or they will confer with the judge.
What has always happened in my case is I get charged $120 for a missing gas-cap or some other such nonsense.
The last ticket I did this with was a 41 in a 25 residential area. Hey, it was a huge 2-lane with noone and no cars on it and the bastard was hiding behind a bush and had his motorcycle out of site. I felt cheated.
Good luck!
ALWAYS GO TO COURT! Court fee's for the arraignment are included in the ticket. Make sure you get your money's worth out of the damn thing!
I have only had ONE ticket ever stick, and it was an 89 in a 60 and the cop had been jockeying a desk for 5 years and was itching to draw some blood. The court did allow me to take the driving-course and keep it off insurance. In LA, tickets are cheap. That costme $160+Driving-school=$200 total.