Got my 1st speeding ticket...

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Re: Got my 1st speeding ticket...

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Kuja wrote:If you get a speeding ticket, you can usually plead "Not guilty" and then plea bargain it down to a pair of parking tickets or so. You still pay money, but you don't pay as much and your driver's lisence doesn't take a hit. Win-win.
wow, i wish i could do that here!

I just got done last night for "Vehicle sideways when driving at 50 - 60 km/h" $210, a side street at 11:45pm sat night :( He was really cool about it. I didn't see the police car of the other side of the lights and slid around the corner. He followed me and caught me doing it again, and only gave me one ticket and subtracted no points.
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Kuja wrote: NOTE: My apologies for resurrecting the thread, I'm just doing it to answer Ur's question.

If you get a speeding ticket, you can usually plead "Not guilty" and then plea bargain it down to a pair of parking tickets or so. You still pay money, but you don't pay as much and your driver's lisence doesn't take a hit. Win-win.
What does the court get out of it? How do they justify lowering a garaunteed speeding ticket to a couple of parking tickets?
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Which town were you in when you got the ticket Kuja?
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Re: Got my 1st speeding ticket...

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StimNeuro wrote:What does the court get out of it? How do they justify lowering a garaunteed speeding ticket to a couple of parking tickets?
Lower offense rate, I suppose. Fewer speeders on record.
Which town were you in when you got the ticket Kuja?
Orchard Park.
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Kuja wrote:
Which town were you in when you got the ticket Kuja?
Orchard Park.
Yeah, Orchard Park is notorious for tough cops right? Or am I getting my suburbs mixed up again...
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Captain_Cyran wrote:
Kuja wrote:
Which town were you in when you got the ticket Kuja?
Orchard Park.
Yeah, Orchard Park is notorious for tough cops right? Or am I getting my suburbs mixed up again...
Well, maybe. I've been stopped twice, once for weaving around (I was driving home from work and fucking exhausted; the officer thought I might be drunk) and for speeding. I've only gotten one ticket. I've heard that OP has tough cops too, but I don't really have a standard of comparison...*shrugs*
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