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raging moderate · 01-31-2010, 01:13 PM

I got one of those a couple of weeks ago. I went in and talked to the judge, and he dismissed it on the spot with no further fines or anything. I told him the situation, he laughed and shook his head. Not that that'll happen in your case necessarily, but I think they know that "too fast for conditions" is kind of a bullshit ticket.

In most places you can either talk to the hearing officer or the judge directly. I wouldn't hire a lawyer b/c it's probably not worth your time or money.

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the situation was, I had a blowout while driving down the highway and lost control of the car. Went off the road and slid into the guardrail. I was out of the car inspecting the damage when the cop drove up, ticketed me for "unsafe speed", demanded that I get the car towed, and then proceeded to leave me stranded in the middle of BFE (I was five hours into a six hour journey for work). I ended up having to get my wife to come pick me up and miss work even though the car would have been driveable. Quite the mess.

01-31-2010, 01:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
raging moderate Insane Location: Whatever house my keys can get me into	I got one of those a couple of weeks ago. I went in and talked to the judge, and he dismissed it on the spot with no further fines or anything. I told him the situation, he laughed and shook his head. Not that that'll happen in your case necessarily, but I think they know that "too fast for conditions" is kind of a bullshit ticket. In most places you can either talk to the hearing officer or the judge directly. I wouldn't hire a lawyer b/c it's probably not worth your time or money. edit: the situation was, I had a blowout while driving down the highway and lost control of the car. Went off the road and slid into the guardrail. I was out of the car inspecting the damage when the cop drove up, ticketed me for "unsafe speed", demanded that I get the car towed, and then proceeded to leave me stranded in the middle of BFE (I was five hours into a six hour journey for work). I ended up having to get my wife to come pick me up and miss work even though the car would have been driveable. Quite the mess. __________________ These are the good old days... formerly Murp0434 Last edited by raging moderate; 01-31-2010 at 01:16 PM..