on the way back from the airport on 40 i got pulled for doing 80 in a 65, cop didn't use his radar gun(i have a radar detector and he admitted to following behind me for a while,) and i know for a fact i was doing 70 and that my speedometer is correct(looked down as soon as lights turned on, speedometer said 70, he claimed at the time he pulled me i was doing 80 and accelerating)

i can't afford the ticket or a lawyer at this point(well if i want to make rent next month that is)

any ideas for what i can do?

11/7/2008 4:31:15 AM

don't speed?

11/7/2008 5:01:23 AM

call up the DA and ask if he can reduce it to 9 over.

11/7/2008 6:39:22 AM

don't speed

ask the DA to reduce it to 9 over

they don't have to use a radar gun to get you for speeding, and they'll believe him before they believe you

11/7/2008 6:41:08 AM

going 70 in 65 isn't really speeding

if you go 65 in a 65 then that just sucks

11/7/2008 6:50:22 AM

1st appearance: you claim to hire your own lawyer
2nd: continuance
3rd: continuance
4th: represent yourself, request discovery (they'll also give you a continuance)
hire a cheap lawyer, go with "deep freeze tactic"
5th: not guilty, continuance
6th and on: before long, either the cop won't show, the da won't care or the judge will be tired of the bullshit

result: dismissed

knudsen, glick, maybe sparrow, clay, shackelford, possibly vanderweet. $250-$500.

11/7/2008 6:51:40 AM

^you could spend that much and just hire a decent lawyer from the beginning and not worry about it anymore.

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"and i know for a fact i was doing 70 and that my speedometer is correct"

not that it matters anymore since you can't get equipment violations in wake county, but how do you know for a fact that your speedometer is correct. Unless you have had it tested / calibrated, that is just arrogance.

11/7/2008 7:07:39 AM

eff'in search first off jesus

11/7/2008 7:07:52 AM

One time I didn't send in my speeding ticket to the courts so they sent me a note a month later saying my license would be suspended. It would of been my 2nd ticket under the age of 17 so I would of had my license suspended (this was right before summer and I needed to drive to work).

So I signed and dated the back of my speeding ticket for three days after the ticket (in the spot where it asks if I want to go to court about the ticket). I made copies of the ticket and went to the DMV to tell them that I had never received a letter that told me my court date. He apologized, did some stuff on the computer and then told me I would be receiving a letter about a court date soon.

That move bought be 6 months but I still got to keep my license for the summer. The DA ended up letting me off anyway.

11/7/2008 7:28:39 AM

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"eff'in search first off jesus"

11/7/2008 8:52:04 AM

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11/7/2008 8:58:19 AM