opinion on speeding ticket
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just my luck guys last night coming home i get stopped in pembroke pines for speeding
i was traveling northbound officer traveling southbound , he i guess heres me accelerating travels southbound for another 1/8 mile makes a u turn , by this time i am at pines and palm making right turn so he had to travel about 3/4 mile maybe more to get to where i am at , so i make right turn after signaling i travel another 1/2 mile east bound on pines to turn into my development , i travel another 1/2 mile or so into my development , make another left turn then right turn onto my specific street and he then comes racing behind me ..
he issues me a speeding ticket which says in one area on palm ave (mind you its about 2miles from where he stopped me) i was estimated by sight doing 80 in a 40 then in the other part of ticket it says estimated 85 is the speed .. officer traveling opposite direction , 9:30 at night , can he really estimate my speed with no other cars around just based on sound
i say sound because he also issued ticket for modified exhaust so he heard my exhaust while accelerating and assumed i was speeding , he had no radar , no laser onme and again clearly wrote on tkt estimated speed by sight
he also issued a tkt for me failing to signal right turn from palm to pines mind you he had to be at least 1/2 mile back and had no clear shot at night to clearly establish it was me the actually turned for i did signal
now why did he not stop me on pines seeing that he accused me of speeding and failing to signal , why did he not stop me after turning into my development which was another 1/4 to half mile , why did he not stop me there
so do you guys think this scnerio will hold any water and he issued me tkt for modified exhaust
i was traveling northbound officer traveling southbound , he i guess heres me accelerating travels southbound for another 1/8 mile makes a u turn , by this time i am at pines and palm making right turn so he had to travel about 3/4 mile maybe more to get to where i am at , so i make right turn after signaling i travel another 1/2 mile east bound on pines to turn into my development , i travel another 1/2 mile or so into my development , make another left turn then right turn onto my specific street and he then comes racing behind me ..
he issues me a speeding ticket which says in one area on palm ave (mind you its about 2miles from where he stopped me) i was estimated by sight doing 80 in a 40 then in the other part of ticket it says estimated 85 is the speed .. officer traveling opposite direction , 9:30 at night , can he really estimate my speed with no other cars around just based on sound
i say sound because he also issued ticket for modified exhaust so he heard my exhaust while accelerating and assumed i was speeding , he had no radar , no laser onme and again clearly wrote on tkt estimated speed by sight
he also issued a tkt for me failing to signal right turn from palm to pines mind you he had to be at least 1/2 mile back and had no clear shot at night to clearly establish it was me the actually turned for i did signal
now why did he not stop me on pines seeing that he accused me of speeding and failing to signal , why did he not stop me after turning into my development which was another 1/4 to half mile , why did he not stop me there
so do you guys think this scnerio will hold any water and he issued me tkt for modified exhaust
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Hey Ed! I replied over in SF.com as well
"I honestly think you have a solid chance at taking it your self but, with one of these lawyers it's in the bag for sure!"
-Ron
"I honestly think you have a solid chance at taking it your self but, with one of these lawyers it's in the bag for sure!"
-Ron
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why would getting ticket clinic be a disadvantage you r the first to make this statement , in fact over on sf forums they state its better to get the lawyer for they know the statues to quote , i think for 69 fee its worth the peace of mine to ensure its done correctly
When you hire a ticket lawyer he won't show the judge or whoever pictures of signs and limits just to show. if the cops show usually the lawyer would except the charges but without points.
Yes, forget the lawyer and just show up by yourself with some pictures of a street sign. 
Listen to one guy out of the whole thread. Forget the rest of them, they have no idea what they are doing and never got a ticket.
Listen to one guy out of the whole thread. Forget the rest of them, they have no idea what they are doing and never got a ticket.
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I have to go to the ticket lawyer this Friday because I got a ticket about three weeks ago by this damn Pembroke Pines bike cop on Pembroke Rd right before 72nd Ave. I was on my way to work when I was pulled over.
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just go fight it... as long as you have a good argument and evidence (pictures, maps, etc.) you will cast a reasonable doubt and they will dismiss.
The cop tells his story first and its your job to take notes and refute anything he saids that is inaccurate. You should not point out the discrepancies in the ticket until the officer is done speaking. Seeing as he doe not have a radar or laser quote in the ticket is to your advantage. There not hard recordable evidence of you speeding.
All the lawyer is going to do is go speak with the judge and get you a reduced fine. All those guys work together in the courtroom. Only time you need a lawyer is if you're too lazy to go to court or have a bad ticket record.
The cop tells his story first and its your job to take notes and refute anything he saids that is inaccurate. You should not point out the discrepancies in the ticket until the officer is done speaking. Seeing as he doe not have a radar or laser quote in the ticket is to your advantage. There not hard recordable evidence of you speeding.
All the lawyer is going to do is go speak with the judge and get you a reduced fine. All those guys work together in the courtroom. Only time you need a lawyer is if you're too lazy to go to court or have a bad ticket record.
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