6 Myths Debunked That Won’t Help You Win Your Speeding Trial

June 22, 2009 by admin
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No1 I wasn't actually speeding and i have notes to prove it!

You can't hope to challenge the officer's recollection of events. If there were other cars around at the same time he will say there you were the only one and he will be believed. (You don't think the court is going to take your word or the word of a biased witness against an officer of the law do you?)

No2 There is a mistake on my ticket!

It would have to be a fatal flaw not just an immaterial mistake for you to get out on this count. If the license plate # is wrong but the officer still identifies your car he wins. If he spells your name wrong you still lose. If he says you were in a black pickup and you were in a white van then you could win!

No3 Try to get your case postponed hoping the officer won't show up!

If the officer does show up what do you do then?? There is a book available that advocates you try to find out when the officer is on vacation and trying to schedule the trial for then. Seriously though this is extremly unlikely to work.

No4 Claim "Speeding out of Necessity" or some other excuse you think can't fail!

You had better have someone seriously ill on the backseat to make this one work!

No5 Plea Bargain to go to traffic school

These folks go through heaps of these cases and have heard all this before. Most pleas fall on deaf ears. If they are willing to negotiate they will ask you!

No6 Trip the officer up through clever questioning

If you are really really clever you may catch him out this way but remember he is trained and does this all the time, also the court is on his side so highly unlikely.

If you really want to beat your speeding ticket you will need to have sound preperation and researched proven legal Strategy.

Cameron Scott