Broke the Cardinal Rule...

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10-4, speeding 52 in a 30 a block before the school zone. You bad boy. Shame on you. Fight the ticket. Follow grumpy and his advice.

 

You need an attny that knows the ADA, what works in that court. Sometimes the officer has to agree to a reduced charge, non moving violations are not so easy as they used to be. The whole deal will probably be worked out in the hallway, that's when you had better be prepared with alternative reduced charges.
Be prepared, impress upon your attny how much this affects your livelihood and be sure he understands it. Alot of attnys are lazy and if you don't tell them what you want they'll sell you a bill of goods on the best you can expect.
Some local courts can let the charge stand but make sure the state never knows about it, you pay the fine and everyone is happy. If you can cut a deal where you're on some probation period and the charge is dropped, good deal, most courts never follow up and the charge never gets posted.
I'd play the heart card, you're a caring hard working father who made a mistake and doesn't need this offense reducing your ability to provide for your family.
Postponing the court date for months can sometimes work whereby the officer won't be able to show up or he'll forget the details but this backfires to a degree because on your record the charge goes by conviction date, not the offense date. If you're convicted it's on your record that much longer.
This is a court, has nothing to do with right or wrong, go outside, look at which way the flag is blowing, that may decide your fate.

 

How's that?

It is a traffic citation, not a court citation nor is he giving evidence.

Please explain this one.

 

Ridgeline, you need to get a friggin life. It was a sarcastic reply. Anyone with half a brain can see that.

 

Note taken. That's great advice. I always say fight it. If it's a city cop they don't get paid to show up in court, they have to take the day off to show up in court. there's a fair chance they won't even show and it will get thrown out.

 

Well - this strategy would backfire. In order to make the accusation of perjury the OP would need to make an admission of his actual speed. Making an admission isn

Not true - they HAVE to get paid according to Federal wage and hour guidelines. In most jurisdictions, if it's their day off, they get a minimum amount of (usually) overtime to appear, typically two or three hours.

 

Yes man, go and fight the ticket. It is always worth going to court. with money anything is possible especially in civil cases court, prosecutor might offer you no points violation ticket, you pay 2-3 times more and you have no points violation. I don't know which state you live in but I believe there will be some no point negotiation with prosecutor, just go and find out.