Always Fight A Ticket

I have seen some instances where tickets were raised from the pre-set amount to higher amounts and then appealed and reduced. Here is where I'm coming from on this, and with the other person in a different thread: had a friend who got a speeding ticket, her first ticket ever, she was 21, on her way home from the bar, designated driver, 4 other people in the car. Cop stopped her for 45 in a 35, she didn't realize the limit had dropped, she broke down in tears, she had never been stopped in her life. Cop wouldn't cut her a break, wrote he for 45 in a 35, 3 pts and $150.00 fine. She went to court, sobbed to the judge, explained to him the details of the night, the judge not only wouldn't budge on the ticket, he hammered her with the fine $750.00, made her take a drivers course and refused to drop anything once she completed it. Even the DA, who had initially given her a plea to Failure to Signal (1pt), and court costs only, if she would go to the driving class the DA would drop the ticket to obstructed windows (0 pts) and court costs was shocked.

Her old man hired her a lawyer and they appealed the conviction to the County Court. The court ruled that the judge violated her rights by fining her such an excessive amount when the charge, her attitude, etc. did not warrant it, the judge at that court not only dismissed the excessive fine, but dismissed the original charge and wrote a scathing rebuke of the original judge.

 

that judge and cop should be punched in the face.

 

Unbeknownst to me, my cdl was suspended because i didnt fill out the self certification form when i renewed my medical card. I have a ticket and a court date and possible misdemeanor charge. Is this difficult to get off my record?

 

Mine has been suspended twice in the last 3 years due to the ###### system once. I sent it in from work via fax, got the confirmation. DHS lost, or never received it. Drove unknowingly on a suspended license for 1 year and never got caught. Lost my license in the wash. When I went to get a duplicate they told me about my medical card. I fixed that. It could have taken 2 weeks to fix it via the slow system. I went straight to the main office (who didn't return calls!) and got it fixed right away. The next time I was off following shoulder surgery and the company wouldn't let me take the physical. It expired during my recovery period. IT COST ME A JOB LATER THAT YEAR THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG BUMP IN PAY AND BENNIES EVEN THOUGH I EXPLAINED IT TO THE EMPLOYER.

You probably need to pay a lawyer to get it reduced to a tail light out. Something like that. This can haunt you for a very long time if not.