Fight That Speeding Ticket! How to legally beat the system and avoid paying your fine

Surprise! Your local and state governments are trying to raise money the old fashioned way: speed traps! Here's more from Naples News:

Straddling his motorcycle, Dan Escott raises his radar gun and takes aim.

A traffic officer with the Naples police department, Escott hasn’t settled into his nook under a tree off Golden Gate Parkway for more than 30 seconds before he spots a car barrelling toward him at 65 mph, 20 mph over the speed limit. Just after 2 p.m., Escott turns his bike, and speeds west in pursuit.

Several minutes and two tickets later -- one for speeding, one for not carrying a driver’s license -- Escott returns to the tree to do it all over again. Not a day goes by that Escott doesn’t ticket at least one speeder along this stretch of road.

“For some reason, this has always been a problem area for us for speeding,” Escott said. “It’s even gotten a little worse since they took the traffic light out (at the Airport-Pulling Road overpass) ... We’re getting some higher speeds.”

Naples police officers wrote 2,608 speeding tickets in 2007, up from 2,468 in 2006. But that’s nothing compared to Collier sheriff’s deputies who wrote 16,060 speeding tickets in 2007, up from 15,217 the year prior.

The Florida Highway Patrol hasn’t finished compiling its traffic statistics from 2007 but reported writing 6,229 speeding tickets in 2006. Marco Island police wrote 70 speeding tickets in 2007, down from 96 in 2006, officials reported.

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This article is from Yahoo! Finance:

Craig Guillot

If you've ever been ticketed for speeding or running a red light, you already know that the fine you pay may only be the beginning of your cost.
If it's your second offense, that mistake may very well drain a whopping $700 out of your pocket over the next three years. That's because, on average, a driver's insurance premiums can increase by 25 percent after a second violation.
Most traffic courts rely on the fact that nine out of 10 drivers will just pay their tickets and move on. Established to expedite cases quickly and efficiently, traffic courts serve as vital sources of revenue for many counties.
Their desire to get you in and out can work in your favor when fighting a ticket. Attorneys who specialize in traffic court cases have very high dismissal rates based simply on technicalities. In many cases, with a little effort and research you can obtain the same results.

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Wow, talk about hard core! What one man did to try to get out of a speeding ticket from UPI:

British police say a motorist attempted to evade a traffic citation by posing as a friend and telling authorities that he was dead.

Police said Shafkat Munir presented police with a phony death certificate because he was afraid of losing his license after being caught speeding three times within the space of a few weeks, The Daily Mail reported Monday.

They said Munir claimed to be a friend when he contacted police to tell them there was no way he could have been behind the wheel when the speed-measuring camera took a picture of his car.

However, police questioned the alleged "friend" and he eventually admitted to the deceit.

Now Munir, who would have faced a $350 fine and points on his license for the speeding violations, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail and barred from driving for 18 months.

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This program created by Jeff Mulligan. He has done his homework on this subject and offers you all the tips you need to beat your traffic tickets once and for all! The book gets to the heart of the speeding ticket machine that costs drivers around the country hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

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This comes from MSN Money:

By Chris Solomon
Now is a very bad time to have a lead foot.

With the horsepower wars heating up -- even minivans have 250 horsepower these days -- the country's auto-safety regulators are making it a priority to use high-visibility crackdowns and technology such as traffic cameras to target the worst speeders. Speeding is cited as a factor in approximately one-third of all crash-related fatalities, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says.

With federal regulators pressing states to step up their speeding enforcement, lawmakers in Texas, Illinois and California have added surcharges of as much as $30 on top of fines for speeding.

True, a few more bucks won't change your life, but the fine is usually the least of your worries. Even one speeding ticket can begin to turn your name to mud in your insurer's eyes. More than one can cost you thousands of dollars in higher premiums.

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This exchange comes from the Daily Breeze:

Question: How can I beat a speeding ticket?
Answer: There are three knee-jerk reactions that I have to your question: 1) What about traffic school? 2) I hope the police officer does not show up at the trial, and 3) Don't speed in the first place.
The bottom line is if I knew the answer, I probably would have retired years ago after revealing the secrets in seminars nationwide.
There are lawyers who specialize in handling traffic tickets, and quite a few Web sites of interest that address strategies on dealing with a speeding ticket. The South Bay Bar Association has an excellent lawyer-referral service which you can reach at 310-787-9184.
As to Web sites, I am listing just one here because it is informative and does not appear to promote a particular book or product: www. speedingticketcentral.com/California-speeding-ticket.html.
Also, the Los Angeles Superior Court has details on dealing with traffic court. Visit www.lasuperiorcourt.org. Under "traffic," click "general information," then click either "frequently asked questions" or "options for handling a citation."

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From WFMY News 2:

Greensboro, NC -- 2 Wants to Know's Tanya Rivera wanted to find out if you could talk your way out of a ticket and she went to the source. When that officer comes to your window, you have a decision to make: tell a story; drop a name; or beg forgiveness.
"I was really big and pregnant . I said and the cop thought I was in labor." It did help this one woman get out of a ticket, and she said she would do it again if she had the chance. You can only use that excuse a few times in your life, but anyone can conjure up a tear or two.
"Some females do get upset and cry. Some males get upset and they cry," says Greensboro Police Officer Gladieux.
Most men will not ever admit to crying in front of a cop. You should save the drama, crying is just one of the many excuses Officer Gladieux says does not work.
"Now the first thing that you hear when you're a female is hey cry and the police officer will let you off," asks WFMY News 2's Tanya Rivera.

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More speeding ticket news from the Cincinnati Enquirer:

This week's news that a computer systems analyst is taking his $100 speeding ticket to the Ohio Supreme Court on what looks like a technicality probably made readers roll their eyes - especially because it appears he was going 41 mph in a 25 mph zone. Gary Kieffaber says the ticket was invalid because the officer didn't check the box indicating that Kieffaber's speed was "unsafe for conditions." "I can't be convicted based on a document that doesn't support or explain all the elements of the charge," he said. "They failed to show that my speed was improper." Makes you want to say: Hey, you were speeding. Just pay the darn thing, OK?

But maybe Kieffaber has a point. While no rule says that every box or line on a ticket has to be filled out for the charge to be valid, you shouldn't let sloppy or poorly documented citations slide, either. That might call into question the accuracy of the rest of the information on the ticket, especially if it's challenged.