Speeding ticket: should I try to get out of this?
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2018 2:21 pm
I seem to go about 5 years without any hassle, then I'll get 2 in 6 months under atypical circumstances (long road trips, late-night outings doing someone a favor).
So the first ticket (October) was thrown out, because the court date fell on a holiday. I was ecstatic, because I was going to have to lend myself money via credit card/PayPal to cover it.
Then I find out the paperwork on the second one had never shown up to court. It had been 6 weeks, so I thought the Universe was being unusually generous with me. Then I call in and find out the cop turned it in during the final week and I was going to have a $188 ticket (because he's a fucking state trooper and it costs triple when they're involved).
I inquired about traffic court with the clerk, who informed me the judge won't dismiss the ticket, even if I complete traffic court. It will just lower my speed on the ticket (72 in a 55). ----Basically I got walled off from my exit by slow drivers who were bunched together. I couldn't pass them or merge until the slow driver in front of me completed his fucking 5-min snail pass. Then I accelerated, so I couldn't be blocked from my back-up exit and be 5 miles from a turnaround point.
Of course there's a fucking state trooper hidden behind a weed-covered guard rail in the median and he nails me at top speed, while I overtook this semi-truck. And of course all the dickheads behind me stayed in the right, so there was no one blocking him from being able to pull out of the ditch and into the highway.
I needed a matter of seconds to pull off this pass and then make my exit, without any further hassle. I was speeding for 10 secs and this fucking ticket represents about half of my paycheck (shitty seasonal job that's about to expire). ----Should I bother with explaining I'm coming off a layoff and about to go back on a layoff and appeal for a delayed payment? I know nothing about this judge, except that he's been doing it for 10 years and he throws out tickets, if they fall on holidays. He could be really uptight and a stickler for rules, or he could consider my income/debt ratio and give me a deferment or perhaps even a reduction.
I'm trying to figure out if I should write a paragraph to this judge, or just eat my turd sandwich courtesy of the state trooper office. If I get back a patronizing, obnoxious, self-righteous lecture from the judge, I think I'd hate that more than my bullshit ticket.
So the first ticket (October) was thrown out, because the court date fell on a holiday. I was ecstatic, because I was going to have to lend myself money via credit card/PayPal to cover it.
Then I find out the paperwork on the second one had never shown up to court. It had been 6 weeks, so I thought the Universe was being unusually generous with me. Then I call in and find out the cop turned it in during the final week and I was going to have a $188 ticket (because he's a fucking state trooper and it costs triple when they're involved).
I inquired about traffic court with the clerk, who informed me the judge won't dismiss the ticket, even if I complete traffic court. It will just lower my speed on the ticket (72 in a 55). ----Basically I got walled off from my exit by slow drivers who were bunched together. I couldn't pass them or merge until the slow driver in front of me completed his fucking 5-min snail pass. Then I accelerated, so I couldn't be blocked from my back-up exit and be 5 miles from a turnaround point.
Of course there's a fucking state trooper hidden behind a weed-covered guard rail in the median and he nails me at top speed, while I overtook this semi-truck. And of course all the dickheads behind me stayed in the right, so there was no one blocking him from being able to pull out of the ditch and into the highway.
I needed a matter of seconds to pull off this pass and then make my exit, without any further hassle. I was speeding for 10 secs and this fucking ticket represents about half of my paycheck (shitty seasonal job that's about to expire). ----Should I bother with explaining I'm coming off a layoff and about to go back on a layoff and appeal for a delayed payment? I know nothing about this judge, except that he's been doing it for 10 years and he throws out tickets, if they fall on holidays. He could be really uptight and a stickler for rules, or he could consider my income/debt ratio and give me a deferment or perhaps even a reduction.
I'm trying to figure out if I should write a paragraph to this judge, or just eat my turd sandwich courtesy of the state trooper office. If I get back a patronizing, obnoxious, self-righteous lecture from the judge, I think I'd hate that more than my bullshit ticket.
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