pqn628

I got a 450 dollar speeding ticket last Thursday. 81 in a 55 (going southbound on GA400). This is not considered super speed. Super speed is 75+ on a 2 lane road or 85+ on any road.

The crappy part is this was the only day i drove to work in 2 weeks...i normally take Marta to work. I didnt even realize how fast I was going because the GS350 is so damn smooth =)

Anyways...I'm sure some of you have been in this situtation and I wanted to ask for some help.

Did anyone hire a lawyer or did you go take the defensive driving course class and showed up to court hoping the judge will reduce the ticket?

DuWerke

iTrader: (3)

Best bet is to speak with the County Solicitor about it. If this is your first offense, they might be able to knock it down. But in this economic ecomony, not likely.

But it's worth a shot, the worse they can say is no.

ATLex

You should go to the court and see what they say last time I got 24 over and inproper lane change I payed 420 to dekalb county when I went to court they said that the people willing to pay they will drop 10 miles of the ticket for them! I did that! You can also plea NO Law and don't get any points on your license if you didn't used it in past 5 years!
Good Luck!

LexFather

If you have no other traffic violations in 5 years go to court, talk to solictor, plead no-lo, they will reduce fine and you get no points.

If you take a DD course before your case with no lawyer the judge will likely drop your fine but you may get the 3/4 points. Talk to solicitor again tell them you took the course.

It also depends on county. Cobb county is tough, Fulton is more lenient.

pqn628

End result...talked to the solicitor and she dropped the ticket and asked me to take a 4 hr driving class. No points!

veritek

Nice. glad it worked out for you!! Thanks for sharing.

Denver

iTrader: (13)

dang, they got me too last thursday. 81 in 55 on 85 going to sugarloaf.

pqn628

Before taking to the solicitor, i called a couple lawers and they said gwinnett is a tough county and north fulton is one of the easiest to work with. Shoot me a pm and I'll let you know exactly what I did to get it dropped.

I do have a clean record though. Last ticket was over 11 years ago.

Shibumi1

no radar detectors or laser diffusers?? just curious.. Ga is pretty bad on speeding.. i wont come thru atl without my K40... fyi i'm definitely a super speeder.. ol habits die hard

CJITTY

exactly. ..with my laser/radar detector..never an issue..but I dont do more than 75mph within the city..ask santa for a detector, pay attention and avoid the drama next time

MzKaylee

wow!!! dangg

Dawa

iTrader: (5)

i was about to castigate you for "speeding massively" but 81... "isnt that bad"
especially over here in socal.
i actually just beat a speeding ticket where i was supposedly going 81 in a 55 as well (irony)
in LA last year on my bike. i beat the ticket. dismissed.
here you go
http://www.r6-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54247
long story short, you want to push the **** as far to the right (in terms of time) as you can. if you push it back enough, the cop's memory might get fuzzy and he wont even show up in court to fight you because he wont remember ****. in my case it had been almost a year since the ticket.

but also be ready to fight the ticket, in case he does show up