im not from around the area, but i got stopped on highway 64 in norfolk for going 21 over. well, everyone was doing about the same speed, cop decided to stop me and give me a reckless, and i live in nova. court date's jan 11th, is anyway to lower the charge? just call the number and pay it? or drive 3 hours down there and goto court?

 

I bet the cop won't show up to court, since you are from NoVA. I'd go just incase he doesn't show up. Tell the judge what happened and he might drop the reckless and you just will pay the speeding ticket.

 

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no.

 

No? Quite often cops don't show up to court. I've had a few friends have their tickets lowered because of a cop not showing up. He has an even better chance if its his first ticket, which he didn't say if it was or wasn't.

 

I got 4 tickets in my 5 years in Norfolk and went to countless cases for my sailors. The officer has shown up everytime. They alot time in their work day for this- its set aside. Its not like he is on patrol and says "damn! I should be in court right now!".

 

I exagerated the often part, but it has happened to probably 3 of my friends. Maybe one person had it happen twice or something, I can't remember now, but its happened multiple times to my friends. It does happen, you've just been unlucky enough for it to not happen to you. Maybe its a VaB thing though, since 90% of my friends live in VaB.

 

the only way they have gotten lucky is probably by continuance.

continue as many times as humanly possibly for whatever reason. thats the only way the cop will have to work around YOUR schedule and may not have time in his day to service you.

 

Your best bet is to get your car's speedometer calibrated, and to take the certificate with you to court. If it's off more than like 5 mph, they will give you an improper equipment ticket instead of speeding, which is a moving violation, and adds points to your driving record.

 

it was a state trooper that pulled me over, do they goto court less than county cops? and yea its my first ticket

 

They schedule the same court date for any tickets given within a certain period of time, so no he won't miss your court date. You should really get your speedo calibrated and bring it to court, dress nicely, and let the judge know you thought you were going slower than what you actually were. It will be dropped to improper driving, you won't have to go to driving school, and there will be no points put on your DMV record...