Eric-BlackMSP said:
Fight it if you want, I never fight tickets, its dishonest unless you seriously did not deserve it.
-Eric
No, its your right. You don't just go there to "fight" a ticket. They will usually reduce it. Remember, you are basically pleading guilty at that point. You ARE innocent until PROVEN guilty.
My biggest issue is that many of the local PD's are using tickets, like this, as revenue. For example: We were testing the fixes on my friends FD one night. I got 50 feet from the 55 mph zone(I was traveling in a 45mph zone) and went from 20-60 to make sure the boost was holding properly(there where SERIOUS vacuum leaks on this car). Next thing I knew there where 6 local cops surrounding me(there are only 7 in this small-ass town).
I had already pulled over because I was looking for a place to turn around. They TRIED to charge me with doing 70 in a 45(2nd gear doesn't go to 70, it goes to just under 65), evading arrest, not wearing my seatbelt(I ALWAYS wear my seatbelt, this time was no exception), expired tags(still had 1 more month on this car), and a few more(I can't remember the rest). The other one I DO remember is when I asked "Where are all the other patrol cars here?" He asked if I was threatening him and wrote me a ticket for assult an officer.
Needless to say, I did none of this. I got out of everything except for doing 5 over in court. Yeah, they gave me a ticket for 5 over. They gave me the "option" of taking 2 points and a $50 fine or $200 and no points. I took neither. I fought it too, and won. Why? Because all they wanted was the money from the ticket. The insurence companies now see warnings too and will raise your rates on warnings, so I'll argue EVERYTHING.
There's also a chance that the cop won't show up, which the ticket will be thrown out.
This is NOT dishonest, its your RIGHT. EVERYONE should fight tickets, then they won't give BS tickets like this because the court would be too full.
