Speeding Ticket Question... Please Help!!!?

[darik]

OK, so I got a speeding ticket, 79 in a 65. The Officer seemed very kind after I gave him my excuse (even though of course there is no good excuse to disobey the law) and cut me some slack because he said he clocked me going faster than that, I believe him. He told me he had to give me the ticket and more than once said that if I get my speedometer calibrated and its off by just/at least one mph high or low, and that if I send proof of that along with the cost of the fine; the judge/whoever-takes-care-of-this-type-of… will let the charge be reduced to defective equipment and there will be 0 points against my record. IS THERE TRUTH TO THAT? I realize that not all places, county's, states, judges, might not do this, but he said that the place that I have court, whether I go to court or pay the fine through mail that that would happen. Now, I have always been told, and everywhere on the internet says that if you send in the $ its automatic guilty at full charge and receive full punishment at that charge. He said that I could mail the check to the address on my ticket along with the speedometer calibration proof and that it would be dropped to defective equipment carying 0 points. I much prefer to mail rather than go to court as it probably will not fit in my schedule to go to court, do to my busyness and the location I received my ticket. My question basically is, in all reality CAN THIS BE TRUE? I'm just afraid I'm going to mail this stuff in and be informed later that there's too many points on my license and I now do not have one. (because I am at my max, any more points against me and I lose my license)

[wahchintonka48]

Maybe, but just go to the judge and admit you were wrong. Most states will make you take a defensive driving course to get rid of the points on your license.


EDIT: If you are at your max, you probably shouldn't be driving, you menace ;) :P SLOW DOWN!

[aethelbert35]

some what truth to a broken cable but you wil have to show proof it wax fixed
but chances are it wilkl not get reduced

yes you can mail it in and take chances
that o more points wil be added

don't beleive to much you read on the "net"

[joachim]

In general, that is NOT TRUE.

It is your responsibility to maintain your vehicle to keep it legal to be on the street. Whether the judge lets you off for that is up to them, but I wouldn't count on it.

Plus, if you already have that many points on your license, the judge is going to most likely say that you need your license suspended. Apparently you're having a tough time following traffic laws. Driving is a privilege, not a right.

It sounds like you're grasping at straws to maintain hope that your license won't be taken away. I wouldn't count on this strategy working. You can try, but there's a good chance it won't work.