Monday, April 24, 2017

How to Fight a Traffic Ticket

Before I was even 18, I already had gotten nailed for, 55 in a 25, 100 in a 45, 100 in a 55, running a stop sign, fleeing and alluding, improper lane usage, driving without a license, and resisting arrest. 

Here was my experience.  If you just fight it, in the conventional manor, you will loose.  You will have to pay the fine. They may even double or triple the fine, as "punishment" for fighting the ticket. Things may get nasty enough, that you may have to get, and pay for, an attorney, because the judge will simply deny you your right to speak at all.  You will have to pay for the court's attorney.  You will have outrageous court costs.  Your insurance will go up.

Here is the angle I figured out, that resulted in the smallest battle scars.  On the ticket, there used to be a place you could select that you want a, trial by jury.  Select that. They obviously don't like that, and don't want to go through the headache of getting a jury rounded up. 
After you submit that, some time will pass, and then you should get notified that you have an opportunity to have a "pre-trial" with the judge and prosecutor. Do it.  

Tell them flat out, you know they don't really care about the ticket, and you know traffic violations only exist because it pulls in revenue for the municipality.  Tell them you are willing to waive the, trial by jury, IF, they waive the fine, charge you, "reasonable" court costs only, AND, they put you on court supervision, so the ticket doesn't go into the DMV system, so your insurance doesn't go up.

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