Need advice on a reckless ticket in VA

dad

There is a number on your ticket for the Virginia Traffic code you broke. Google the number + Virginia traffic codes or laws , see what your up against!

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Jordo!

I've gotten a traffic lawyer before -- if you can find one who is good, knows the judges, etc, it's worth it.

No guarantee he'd be able to get you off, but the odds are worth taking the chance, especially if you will rack up a lot of points for the ticket.

Anyway -- that's the reason to do it: To avoid getting the points. You may or may not get stuck with the fine, but the lawyer should at least be able to keep the points off of your record.

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b1adesofcha0s

Just wondering, how much would s good lawyer for a traffic ticket cost?

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frost

Depends on what all you want them to do for you. Just showing up to court can cost $100-300. Contesting the ticket, a few hundred bucks up to a couple grand.

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frost

I have some experience in this since I have fought several kinds of tickets. A couple of my favs include "displaying fictitious plates" here in AZ, and doing 114 in texas.

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PapoZalsa

"displaying fictitious plates"

What you do, altering a number on the plate?

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frost

Naw, totally dealership's fault. They stuck the wrong plate on a the car. (So my volkswagen had a saturn plate on it).

Edit: It was my first day with the car. Cop thought it was a stolen car, pulled me over with all my friends and had us all sitting on a curb in 110 degree heat.

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frost

I've watched an ***-load of court cases and never seen a cop come without the calibration records. Sounds like you have a bunch of slackers

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Red__Zed

Most tickets don't get contested in VA because there's a lot of money here, and a penalty for contesting the ticket. We also happen to have very strict calibration requirements-- some departments require that the gun be calibrated between issuing tickets.

I've found (mostly from helping friends) that if you start requesting information in advance, you will usually get a phone call from the officer offering to work a deal with you

frost

That might be a big difference, no penalty for fighting tickets here. So our officers might automatically plan on fighting tickets. I also don't get the impression that our cops or courts put much effort into settling tickets outside of court. I'm not sure how often they are required to calibrate though. I'd find it very hard to believe it's anywhere near that frequent though.

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BennytheBlade

In East Texas, there is a good chance the officer wont even show up for court. They have like 1 officer for every 1000 square miles.

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b1adesofcha0s

My mom got out of her last speeding ticket because the officer didn't show up.

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Jessobear

So if you wanted to find a lawyer, how would you even go about doing that? This isn't the kind of thing I keep abreast of.

I'm pretty sure points don't matter at all to me because I don't live in VA and have an out-of-state license. When I got the one previous speeding ticket in VA, there were definitely no points involved (I had an IL license at the time). I just paid the fine and went on with my life.

Red__Zed

VA now has reciprocity with pretty much everyone but TN. More importantly, insurance will find out.

For a lawyer, get a referral. What country was the ticket in?

Roadster4Us

Double check this just to be safe...

Out of State Traffic Tickets and Reciprocity

Forty-five states and the District of Columbia participate in the Driver License Compact (DLC). Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin and Tennessee are the only states that don't participate in this interstate compact.

Started in 1960, the DLC, which champions a motto of "One Driver, One License, One Record," is used by participating states to share information on moving traffic violations. So say for example, you receive a speeding ticket or some sort of traffic ticket in Minnesota, your home state of Vermont will be notified. The violation will then go on your driving record. Depending on your state, this could be in the form of points which could ultimately affect the status of your drivers license. If however, you get ticketed for a moving violation in one of the non-participating states like Georgia, for example, your home-state DMV may or may not be notified.

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