Top 5 Worst Speeding Ticket Defenses
by: Ace Smith
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 Time: 12:40 PM
Everybody gets speeding tickets. It's inevitable. No one goes exactly at or under the speed limit. It's just too difficult. And while we're speeding around we never think about it. Until we get that ticket and see the large amount of money the state or the city wants out of us as punishment. Then we think we can beat it.
The good news is, there are ways to beat a speeding ticket. I should know, I'm a Seattle traffic lawyer. I spend a large part of my day helping people get out of traffic tickets. And I'm pretty good at it. But some things don't work. Here are the top five.
They haven't calculated the speed limit in the correct way. I must admit, this one was even new to me. I've only heard it once, but I thought it was novel enough to put on here. The rule isn't that you must go the correct speed limit, but the posted speed limit. So if it says 30, you have to go 30.
Going with the flow of traffic. This is obviously a classic. Either some judge felt bad for someone on a particular day and dismissed a ticket for this or the idea just caught on for some strange reason. Take this one to court. The judge will listen like they care, then find you were speeding.
Avoiding some impending disaster. While this one actually makes sense in some respects, it usually falls on deaf ears. Whether it was the two semi-trucks that were about to sandwich you or a the swerving driver in front of you, this one's usually a loser. Be prepared to answer the question, "why didn't you slow down?"
The cop got the wrong car. It must have been anyone except for me. This one is a loser for several reasons. First, cops are trained to do this. Second, if there was enough traffic to cause confusion you probably wouldn't be able to speed. And third, the judge will believe the cop over you every time. This is a loser.
It couldn't have been me because I don't speed. Again, this, along with number four, is a cardinal sin of speeding ticket and traffic ticket violators - calling the cop's truthfulness into question. It just doesn't work. If you aren't lying the cop has to be. And judges know, like we all know, that no one goes the speed limit all the time.
If you want to beat your ticket you have to use the law. That's why speeding ticket lawyer's are so good at it. We don't attack the cop. We just use what the cop said to show the court why the infraction can't be found.
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