Beating the system, my ticket.

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I received a speeding ticket in January and was able to get a deffered disposition. I went to go pay the ticket today and then i officially started my deffered disposition for 90 days. But heres where I'm curious at. I got another speeding ticket in february from another city, between the time i got my first ticket and today when i paid and got my deffered disposition. The terms are as long as i don't get another ticket from today on until the next 90days it should be off my record. Technically I haven't broken the terms, have I?
 
First, slow down! Read the signs.

Then, read the fine print again. And after that, talk to a traffic ticket lawyer.

Disclaimer: Laws in your city/state/province/country may be even stranger than mine.
 
Tip # 1 Like was said, SLOW DOWN!

Tip # 2 Call the police station of the officer who gave you the ticket, and find out when he's on duty, and when he's off duty. Schedule a court date for his off date. He wont show, and the judge will toss out your ticket when you state you were not the driver who was speeding, and the cop you gave you the ticket by mistake. Since he ain't there to say anything, the judge will toss it out.
 
I've heard an interesting story regarding getting out of speeding tickets. It only works if you don't have to appear in court and can pay your fine by mail.

But rumor has it, you send them your payment, but it is in a slightly greater amount than the actual fine.
The court will have to refund your overpayment, and the case is not settled until you cash the check from them. Hence your court case remains open and is never closed so it wont show up on your record.
 
boombexus
I've heard an interesting story regarding getting out of speeding tickets. It only works if you don't have to appear in court and can pay your fine by mail.

But rumor has it, you send them your payment, but it is in a slightly greater amount than the actual fine.
The court will have to refund your overpayment, and the case is not settled until you cash the check from them. Hence your court case remains open and is never closed so it wont show up on your record.
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I've heard that before. I think a photo radar took a shot of me over the weekend, so I am expecting a citation from the pig.... I mean, from the Police soon. Maybe I should try it out, see how it goes. :p j/k
 
I don't know how to beat a photo ticket.

I've had one photo taken of someone that I lent my other car too. They passed through a toll booth and didn't pay the fee. Camera took a pic of the rear of the car with the license plate in full view. Can't tell who the driver is, but it was my car anyway, so I got the ticket.
I thought about trying to overpay a little bit, but after I had done some research, the toll booth wasn't state owned, it was privately owned. They just take your money and it's not reported to the state.
 
boombexus
I don't know how to beat a photo ticket.

I've had one taken of someone that I lent my other car too. Passed through a toll booth and didn't pay the fee. Camera took a pic of the rear of the car with the license plate in full view. Can't tell who the driver is, but it was my car anyway.
I thought about trying to overpay a little bit, but after I had done some research, the toll booth wasn't state owned, it was privately owned. They just take your money.
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I did once. Long story, but basically the car was registered under my mom's name. More recenlty(even this was close to 4 years ago), I got busted by a red light camera. They sent me a cool picture of my car from multiple angles. You can clearly see the look on my face, and it looked like this: :eek: I think these cool pics costed me like $300. :(
 
boombexus
But rumor has it, you send them your payment, but it is in a slightly greater amount than the actual fine. The court will have to refund your overpayment, and the case is not settled until you cash the check from them. Hence your court case remains open and is never closed so it wont show up on your record.
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Doesn't work in Florida, as two people I know have tried this trick.

As soon as the court issues a refund check for an overpaid ticket, your ticket's good as paid for. Whether you cash the check or use it as a bookmark makes no difference to them.

My trick was to continue to delay judgement for "work reasons" when taking a speeding ticket to court. Of course, you have to give plenty of advance nowadays, or you'll get a warrant for your arrest!

Basically, I can only now afford to speed. And I don't drive as far or as fast as I used to. I guess it all works out.
 
boombexus
I've heard an interesting story regarding getting out of speeding tickets. It only works if you don't have to appear in court and can pay your fine by mail.

But rumor has it, you send them your payment, but it is in a slightly greater amount than the actual fine.
The court will have to refund your overpayment, and the case is not settled until you cash the check from them. Hence your court case remains open and is never closed so it wont show up on your record.
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http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/ticket.asp

I don't have anything to say on the original ticket as I've never had a speeding ticket and don't know much about American law.
 
azndrifter318
I received a speeding ticket in January and was able to get a deffered disposition. I went to go pay the ticket today and then i officially started my deffered disposition for 90 days. But heres where I'm curious at. I got another speeding ticket in february from another city, between the time i got my first ticket and today when i paid and got my deffered disposition. The terms are as long as i don't get another ticket from today on until the next 90days it should be off my record. Technically I haven't broken the terms, have I?
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If Texas has similar rules as in Washington, one of those two tickets (or both) is going to show on your record. The second one, if the state only allows you to differ a ticket once every several years, or both, if they throw out the differal since you got another ticket shortly after receiving the first one. Chances are slim to none that you'll escape with no harm done, unless you can get the judge to throw them both out.
 

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