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Well, in Maine, 30+ above the limit is a criminal offense by default. Add to that reckless endangerment, and you're almost guaranteed to lose your license. And you should. That IS dangerous to everyone around you, and you should not be allowed to do it.
Course of legal action? Own up to it.
If insurance drops her, she'll have to get another company. And she'll have to pay more for it. Big fucking deal. If she doesn't get her license suspended for this, then the law hasn't gone far enough.
9 "not at fault" accidents in two years is a bit of a stretch, as well. If I run across a firing range and I get shot, technically it's the fault of the person who shot me. But I fucking deserve it. There is no WAY a single person can possibly be in that many accidents and have absolutely NO culpability. She's obviously a BAD driver.
You said yourself that this was during rush hour traffic, and she was rushing to get ahead of a car to get to an offramp. At no time is it EVER acceptable to be driving 94 in a 60 during rush hour, and then to swerve across a lane to get to an offramp? Out of the question.
If you're really her friend, you'll let her take the fall for this. She is putting herself in danger EVERY SINGLE TIME SHE IS ON THE ROAD, driving the way she does. If you actually care about her, you should realize that she needs to learn that what she's doing is wrong. If she weasels out of this ticket, she won't learn anything from the experience.
Next time she's going 94 on on offramp and she loses control and kills herself and several other people, she won't be able to get legal help. She'll be fucking dead.
But, of course, you don't want her to "lose everything over a speeding ticket," do you? So go ahead, tell her to get a lawyer, tell her to appear in court, tell her to argue that the cop was out of his jurisdiction, tell her to continue driving the way she does because she's in a hurry. That's clearly the right thing to do.
Just do me a favor, and let me know when she's coming to Maine so I can fucking hide.
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