I got pulled over for going 115mph on the 10 freeway heading West through West Covina.

I had to pay a fine of $350 and had to do 2 days (16 hrs) of community service. They did'nt take away my license, and they did'nt put any restrictions on my license, but it counts for 2 points on the license.

So that was going 115 mph on a 65mph freeway. That's about 50mph faster than i was supposed to.

hehe. GOOD TIMES.

This post has been edited by sphinx_race911: Oct 27, 2003 - 3:46 PM

Get a lawyer! He'll charge you a $100 bucks or so and he'll get that speed and fine reduced by a LOT. He'll save you a lot of points. I recommend always getting a lawyer for a speeding ticket. You'll rarely end up paying much more than what your fine would be anyway, and judges always reduce the offense by a lot for them. A lawyer got a ticket for me (20 over) changed to an improper equipment and no points, and another one did the same for my brother in another county. It is money well spent.

oh, and the reason why i did'nt get a BIG fine was because i did fight the ticket.

I knew from the get go that he clocked me, and that i was done for in court. So the most that I could do was fight it and hope that the punishment would'nt be too bad.

So my case was this.

"It was 3 in the morning and there were a few cars on the freeway. Arround me there were 5 cars. We were all traveling at the same speed. I'm not exactly sure how fast we were going because my speedometer was not working. But i did get it fixed (I showed him a fake receipt that a budy of mine gave me from his shop).Like i said your honor , it's possible that he might have clocked another car, but i still dont understand why he pulled me over if all 5 or 6 cars were going at the same speed. All i was doing was going at the flow of traffic."

After i told him that , he told me that he found me guilty and he also told me what the punishment was going to be. He said there was a fine of $1,000, 2 weeks of community service, and that they were gonna suspend my license for a year. But then he said that because i provided evidence that my speedometer was not working and that i got it fixed, he was going to give me the smallest punishment.

And that was the $350 fine and 2 days of community service.

That's it.

!@#$. i was lucky. >>

Does anybody have any advice on what I should say to the judge?

-Coomer+Oct 26, 2003 - 11:19 PM

I got a ticket for 82 in a 55 after 12(only 16) without my liscence. not having my liscence saved me cuz he didnt realize i was on provisionals untill after he wrote the ticket

im gonna post-pone mine as much as i can and hope the cop doesnt show, i advise u do the same

good luck

o and i just purchased a cobra detector but it was probably a waste of money cuz i dont speed anymore since i got my ticket

o and another thing, dont worry about it now u still got a few months to prepare

-Matthew+Oct 27, 2003 - 5:35 PM

whatever you do dont get a lawyer. it may be smart to talk to one but from my traffic court experience (there quite often) the people who take lawyers get the maximum unless there is something wrong about how the ticket was written out. for example my friend and i both got caught racing each other. both tickets were written out the same by the same officer. we both fought th ticket and had the same judge. i went by myself in a shirt and tie. he went with his lawyer and both parents. i got the entire thing dropped and that poor fool got the whole 9 yards $1000 and 6 month suspension. well the point of the story is just when you go to court dress nice and speak like your inteligent. and the judge will most likely help you out.

well i got a ticket going 85 in a 65 on the 15 north im fighting it there was no pace no radar no nothing the cop just said i was speeding... IM PISSED i have my court date on nov 20 im trying to get them to move it to dec 20th so i can go with out missing classes well wish me much luck >> but i think i got this one licked because my dad's 300zx was what i was driving it is his car not mine and the speedometer is screwed up i was using his car to get back and fourth to work and school for a couple weeks while my car was in the shop because my sister backed up into it and fu$%ed it all up >> i was very upset then this a hole cope comes along and gives me a ticket ... anyway my dad is going to write a letter to the court letting them know of the faulty speedometer and that i was borrowing the car for a couple days while my car was being fixed wish me luck >>

btw i think i know how u can fight that ticket >> hehe just say that the ticket is insaine and you were doing the speed limit and then go and say is it possible you could have radared some on going the opposite way of traffic >> easy way out tehehehe i did my home work >>

This post has been edited by gjunon: Nov 1, 2003 - 5:54 PM