I got a speeding ticket a few months ago its my third moving violation this year and second speeding ticket. I wasn't on a radar but he wrote that i was going 40+ on 20mph street when it is really a 25mph street. I set up a court date for Feb 4th is there anything i can do? should i extent my court date. any good traffic attorneys in los angeles you guys know about? Have you guys heard of Mr. ticket i found it online but i dont know if i can trust it. Please let me know what i can do. Thanks

 

I have already taken traffic school twice. Do you think my license is going to get suspended if i dont win the case?

 

do a search..there are many good traffic attorneys in your area...if he made a mistake on the ticket (ie the max speed written as 20mph when it is 25mph) there is a good chance an attorney can get it dismissed

 

yeah^^^ since there is a mistake on the ticket theres a possibility your case would be overlooked and dismissed, but thats with an attorney

 

I would take some pictures of the posted speed limit, to show the judge if it does land up in court.
I hope it works out for you.

 

Speeding is a 1-point violation. In California you need 4 or more points within 12 months for them to suspend your license. Sounds like you have 3 so you're OK.

 

I'm not sure if they work in LA, but John Farris has gotten many of my friends out of tickets.

www.trafficattorneys.com

(Knock on wood.) I haven't had to use him.

 

Wait, he guessed how fast you were going without using radar or laser?? If that is so it would never hold up, at least where I live. Get a lawyer for this one, should be an easy case.

 

Go to www.ticketassassin.com and they will instruct you how to fight the ticket by mail. You will still have to pay the fine up front. After you submit your case in writing, the judge decides. The good news is that if the decision is NOT in your favor, you still retain the right to a court trial.

A couple of positives to this approach:
1. The officer does NOT get overtime to fill out paperwork, but DOES get overtime to show up to your case.
2. If the officer does not fill out his/her reply to your written statement within 30 days, you automatically win.
3. You still have a chance that a judge might see things in your favor (you have a much better chance when they are making this decision alone in a room instead of in front of an audience).

GL

 

The court date is this thursday would i still have time to do this?

 

Yes, you could do it if you show up in person before thursday's court time.

Go to the clerk, tell them you want a "Trial by Written Declaration", pay the full fine, fill out the form and then they will tell you how many days you have to submit your letter and evidence. (When you win, they will refund your money)

 

I went to court without a lawyer and the police showed up he said the reason why he wrote the speed limit was 20 is because for the weather conditions and it was foggy which was bullsh*t. The judge said he should be taking my license away if we were according to those weather conditions but he said he will go with 25mph speed limit and im just going to have a point on my license and i cant take traffic school since i have already taken it twice.

 

Humm, 25 MPH, probably residentail, WTF would you be doing that for? Then whine about a ticket. Nice.

 

Next time don't wait til the last minute.

In a letter you could have addressed all those issues. In fact, if it doesn't indicate rain on the ticket, and you recall that it was sunny, then you begin to cast doubt already.

Also, the city is required to do regular evaluations to justify why there is a speed limit on a particular street. If that document is expired, then CA law would call that a "speedtrap" and your case could be dismissed.

 

I don't understand why you would come ask for advice, ignore all of it, then complain more. Just doesn't make much sense. Thank you for the advise medtech, that is definitely something I will remember