Help with a speeding ticket 15 over!

Good advice above! You are hands down without a doubt FINISHED in this line of work if you do not take care of it. I got a 74 in a 60 last year and my company told me to get a lawyer and fight it. They were pretty certain our insurance company would drop me. So with that being I said I hired a lawyer and got it reduced to a 62 in a 60. Cost me $750 dollars but worth every penny.

You waited too long to get this taken care of BUT like other posters have mentioned you still have a chance but it's going to cost you. Please come back and tell us the good, bad, and ugly of your court experience. It will help others out.

 

Get a dmv report BEFORE you go to court (without attorney) when you get called to talk to the DA, explain you have a CDL, show him/her your clean DMV report. If they won't lower it significantly ( they likely will lower it), then say you need time to get an attorney

 

Look for a lawer,you have to pay a fine,only he fixed to a nospeedingticket,without lawer you will lose,This is my experience,money is not old,only you drivingrecord is you future,only this is my opinion

 

becuase you know nothing about how the system works. and the lawyer does it for a living.

he can argue the case better then you will ever be able to handle it.

i'll gladly pay a lawyer vs. taking the time off to travel and a motel and all that.

lost wages for a day or two or three. depending on your location of ticket. plus gas and food and motels. cheaper to just pay a lawyer.

your gonna pay the fine, no matter what. but at least limit the consequences so that your not at a disadvantge for work.

 

Get your DMV report...they will want to see your record before they reduce anything

 

fight it any way you can.... 15 over is a deal breaker for insurance

 

I see above that you got the correct advise. You NEVER speak to the judge. He will not listen. What you do is this. Go to court. If the cop does not show up which is 33% of the time, ask the case to be dismissed. You have to make a motion which is how you speak to the judge. Your honor, I move this case dismissed. The judge will grant it. If the cop is there ask for a postponement to hire an attorney. Then speak to the DA. A 15 over can be reduced to a non moving but more likely to a 1 mile over. The fine is the same but the DA trades it out for a no trial. This is what a lawyer would do for you. You can do it yourself.

If you can not make a deal, plead, NOT GUILTY. You will lose at trial. At which point, YOU APPEAL. That will require you to put up and appeal bond. It is usually much less then the fine. The case will go from city court to county court. Most of the time 80% or so, you get your appeal bond back and the case gets dropped.