speeding ticket in ca

How much over the speed limit? Was it on a state highway? An interstate? a local road?
Speed is very hard to beat in CA. They need the money, they are very good at training their LEOs on how to catch speeders so it holds up in court and they make it very hard to challenge if you're not a local resident.
As far as your company, it depends on their requirements. We require our drivers to report within one business day or face possible penalties.
If the tickets seems contrived, they will hire a lawyer to fight it.
I once got a 75mph ticket with a 62mph truck on a flat prairie. The company paid the lawyer and got it dismissed.
So your company may be help.

 

The way CA works is if you plead guilty and pay the fine, you're guilty for 5 over...not serious. But if you fight it, they'll take it all the way back to 73, MAYBE let you plead it down to 65 (very serious with CSA these days) and stick you with the court costs.
The CHP works the passes heavily. The grapevine is the single most profitable (?) section of roadway in CA regarding citations. But all the passes are worked heavily just because they turn good money.
If your company finds out, you may be looking for another job or they may just chastise you and you just keep on going.
If it were me and I was guilty, I'd pay the fine for 60, report it and keep on driving...but be more careful in CA.
They do look at trucks as money machines!

 

383.31 You have 30 days to tell your home state DMV a conviction only. Paying the ticket is admitting guilt.

As far as your company you have 30 days from conviction but 391.27 kind of contradicts that. Stick with the 30 days from conviction.

Sometimes it's beneficial to tell a company. They might supply the attorney or pay the fine for you and do payroll deductions. That usually applies to company drivers but I don't see why they wouldn't help a OO out.
The company will only get mad if you are convicted of 15 over which is a serious violation. With court you can get it knocked down to 10 over at minimum.

 

I've always been up front with my employer. They understand and appreciate the honesty. It's always helped and never hurt me. As an experienced driver they should treat you as such. If it was a newbie or a habitual offender it might be a different story.

 

My company requires notification within 24 hours of being cited and to provide them with a hard copy of the citation within 72 hours. Every company has different rules surrounding citations. If it were me I would tell them about it and then let the lawyer handle it.