While in court I've seen people get off for the gun not being calibrated that day. And what is this overtime you speak of? They have to be in court anyways...

I'd goto court just to see if it was done. If not done you could get off. If you have the time goto court.

 

to the guy who got the ticket your not gonna get out of the ticket unless the officer does not show up. The only thing you can do is get your speedometer calibrated and hope its a couple of miles an hour off, once the judge see's that he will either lower the speed on your ticket or drop the speeding and give you a defective speedometer ticket. the good thing about the bad speedo ticket is that unlike the speeding ticket its only a non moving violation.

 

As far as people getting off of radar tickets, you can get off if the officer could not prove your speed with speed tracking (tracking someone's speed for a few seconds before pulling them).

Officers get overtime if they go to court. Ask any police officer, and no they do not have to go to court, unless they are needed there by some enforcement action they took. Cops don't just hang out at court.

 

I was actually under the impression that both parties had to be in court in order for the case to even proceed.

 

Wrong.

They are on a court schedule. That's why if you get a court date, the cop usually has more cases there at the same time.

If they don't show up, then some penalty is enforced by the dept.

 

i got stopped by a trooper last night in manasshole.. 80/60 (1st ticket ever)

 

Personally, I would go to court.. Not to try to get out of it, but to get it reduced. Most of the time if you go to court, dress nice, and show respect to the judge.. they will reduce it to 1-9 over. You will appreciate having a 1-9 over instead of a 10+ over on your driving record in the long run, and it will even save you a few bucks on your fine usually.

 

In your fine you are paying court costs no matter what. Might as well go to court. The judge may lower the fine or give you driving school. It doesn't hurt to try. Just don't go in there with an attitude.

 

exactly. It never hurts to go in there and be polite. I got a speeding ticket in poquoson, it was a 38 in a 25. I just explained how i was visitng a friend and wasn't familiar with the area didn't realize that the speed limit had changed from 35 to 25. The judge was cool so he reduced the ticket to the minimum charge(something like 30 or so in a 25). I paid the costs and went on with the rest of my day.

 

i just have my radar detector on at all times haha