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**Midnight11** · 05-07-2014, 04:00 PM

He didn't radar me. Was just behind me and pulled me over. I doubt it was really a 100

**Grandpa** · 05-07-2014, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Midnight11

He didn't radar me. Was just behind me and pulled me over. I doubt it was really a 100

So why not fight it?

**DirtyD** · 05-07-2014, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

So why not fight it?

Almost not worth the hassle nowadays.

**Grandpa** · 05-07-2014, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by DirtyD

Almost not worth the hassle nowadays.

BS! Just an excuse for the insurance to jack up your rates. That's always worth the fight.

**DirtyD** · 05-07-2014, 05:24 PM

I said almost. Some cities and municipalities make you jump through some stupid hoops to try and fight it. I just did DD and deffered on my tickets and know not to get caught anymore. My insurance never went up.

**zsommer79** · 05-07-2014, 05:35 PM

Your average ticket cost doesn't seem to cost much more than they did 10 years ago. I think the main reason for it is that for say $400 you might be willing to go waste a day trying get a BS ticket dismissed but for 200 it's not worth the hassle. I was going to fight the last ticket I got in Richardson, cop said she paced me from the feeder on 75 doing 90 in a 60. Got really pissed when I question how she was doing 90 on the feeder at 9am on a weekday. She dropped it to 80mph so I just took defensive instead of jumping through all the hoops.

**Grandpa** · 05-07-2014, 05:37 PM

Meh. I think tickets are part of the hobby in my opinion. There is ways to minimize is by using common sense like the proper time and place but it's still going to happen. I'm good usually for one ticket a year.

**Dominic Toretto** · 05-07-2014, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by SlowGreyGT

Meh. I think tickets are part of the hobby in my opinion. There is ways to minimize is by using common sense like the proper time and place but it's still going to happen. I'm good usually for one ticket a year.

Agreed. And I haven't had a ticket in years.

-Alex

**Midnight11** · 05-07-2014, 11:41 PM

It was he said stuff and had to pay a lawyer and it was gonna be at leAst 3 court dates. Not worth it to me

**NAVAG** · 05-08-2014, 12:04 AM

I got a ticket about a year ago crossing the bridge coming from Rockwall. All I had to do was go online and pay a fraction of the cost and be on probation for 90 days and it drops off my record. Kind of like deferred judification Most traffic tickets in Dallas are handled that way now so that they don't tie up the courts.

I was going with the flow of traffic and my V1 started going ape shit. I turned and saw a cop leaning out of his window with a lazer. I noticed that he didn't shoot for the old piece of shit pickup with the truck nuts hanging from the bumper that was passing me at the time...Sport car discrimination.

**garner** · 05-08-2014, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by NAVAG

I got a ticket about a year ago crossing the bridge coming from Rockwall. All I had to do was go online and pay a fraction of the cost and be on probation for 90 days and it drops off my record. Kind of like deferred judification Most traffic tickets in Dallas are handled that way now so that they don't tie up the courts.

I was going with the flow of traffic and my V1 started going ape shit. I turned and saw a cop leaning out of his window with a lazer. I noticed that he didn't shoot for the old piece of shit pickup with the truck nuts hanging from the bumper that was passing me at the time...Sport car discrimination.

Wish it was that way down here. Here it's court cost plus a special dismissal fee(both together conveniently equal cost of ticket) plus cost of defensive driving

It sucks that we have a new wannabe hard ass prosecutor too. She tried giving me 180 day probation for like 25 over, that got dropped to 90 very quickly

**TwoQuack** · 05-08-2014, 07:50 AM

Get a Valentine1. Blendmount has a great mount for them.
Never just pay the ticket.
Save the defensive driving for when you really need it, as in the 2nd ticket you get this year.
Ask for deferred adjudication. You pay the fine, but if you don't get another ticket in the probation period it'll go away.

**Crimson600+HP** · 05-08-2014, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by garner

It sucks that we have a new wannabe hard ass prosecutor too. She tried giving me 180 day probation for like 25 over, that got dropped to 90 very quickly

She could have thrown you in jail. Sounds like she was being nice to me.

**garner** · 05-08-2014, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by Crimson600+HP

She could have thrown you in jail. Sounds like she was being nice to me.

She would've had to change the charge to reckless driving in order to do that. But if you want to get technical, you can get arrested for doing 1 mph over if the cop thinks it is reckless driving. So actually everybody in this thread could have been arrested.

**TwoQuack** · 05-08-2014, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by garner

She would've had to change the charge to reckless driving in order to do that. But if you want to get technical, you can get arrested for doing 1 mph over if the cop thinks it is reckless driving. So actually everybody in this thread could have been arrested.

A reckless driving charge blows! I got arrested and slapped with one in Snyder, TX. Judge was a total dick. Had to hire an atty. Did 12 months probation with a large fine and it was still on my record as "reckless conduct." Somehow they entered it that way instead of reckless driving. I didn't know it was showing on my record and it came up in a background search which prevented me from getting the position. Later I figured it out and had to hire another atty to "suppress" the information. It couldn't be removed entirely. Definitely not worth the hassles for the way I was driving.