The correct way to beat a CA speeding ticket

Upright · Jun 17, 2016

SuperTruckerinaVolvo said: ↑

Beating a CA speeding ticket as a CDL holder is the crème de crème, Mount Everest, and holy grail of all traffic tickets to beat. Here’s how I did it. First of all, I contest every ticket. If everybody merely contested their ticket the entire system would collapse. Most people choose to be paying customers. I wouldn’t mind being a paying customer as long as they wouldn’t put the ticket on your record. But when the state threatens your very livelihood with points it means war. Game on California. Yes, I was speeding on a clear dry day in the great wide open known as I-40 west of Needles. Not a car in sight, well until I miss that CHP hiding in the median. Upon seeing that CHP car, I instantly hit the brakes as I always do, but this time I was too late. He caught me, pulled me over and wrote a ticket. He was a friendly professional officer and it was over quick. I wanted the officer to forget me and forget that this ever happened so I can blindside him a tad better than he did when the time comes to court.

I am able to push the court date five months down the road. When the time comes I showed up in a suit and oddly was mistaken for a lawyer. Besides that, I heard 17 guilty pleas and the three that made an attempt to defend themselves were all truck drivers. The truck drivers show up in what they would wear at the T/A and worst of all they admitted they were speeding in their own deposition. “Yes your honor I was speeding but…….” You just admitted to guilt, that “but” has no meaning after you admit to the crime.

For my defense, I knew creativity was needed. CHP is the best at what they do. No other state comes close to offering a highway patrol as good as California. I have enormous respect for anyone who is the best at what they do and CHP is no exception. The officer captured all of the elements needed for a guilty verdict. He mentioned location, identity of me and vehicle, crime, and method of detection. Out of left field, I threw into evidence the spec sheet for my Volvo 670. The spec sheet mentions the governed speed was 65, and it also mentions the engine brake activates after 5 mph above the set cruise control limit. I told the judge I had set the cruise control at 55 and the vehicle was incapable of traveling at speeds mentioned by the officer. The judge asked the officer if he knew anything about engine brakes. You could hear a pin drop in the court room as the reality as CHP knew it was altered. The officer had a blank stare and told the judge he knew nothing about engine brakes. Take that for a blindside. That was my reasonable doubt that I had in play and the judge agreed resulting in a not guilty verdict.

It is your professional obligation to operate your truck as safely as possible. It is also your professional obligation to know the law as it relates to your profession so you can defend yourself when accused of wrongdoing. If reasonable doubt exists, then under the law you are not guilty. The consequences for simple mistakes is enormous in this industry and when mistakes happen you should take a stand and fight for your livelihood. No one else will do it for you.
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Reasons why most of us just pay the ticket. The correct way to beat a ticket is not get one at all. So tell me, how much of an inconvenience was this for you? I mean you had to miss work to show up to court and put on a show right! For me, I have better ways to spend downtime than to appear in court. We all speed in cali. You know where you went wrong, you did not know the areas where chp has zero tolerance.

tucker · Jun 17, 2016

scottied67 said: ↑

California needs to stop every truck entering their borders and plug in the doohickey that governs their truck to 55. That would end all this nonsense.

I was going northbound on I-5 about Sacramento to get to the airport one morning. Cruising along at 70 mph. Well this billybigrigger supertruckers decided that was just too slow so he jumps out to the hammer lane and tries to pass. I ease into the gas pedal (car) and give the illusion he is gaining on me. He's pressed out at 80 mph and I'm right there at 78-79 just in his poor little way. Finally he calls no joy and backs out and drops in the slow lane behind me, I let off the go pedal and the car falls back to the preset 70 cruise control, but it's OK, my exit is about 1 mile up but this guy was going apesphit over it.

Ain't no reason for a big truck to be doing 80 on I-5 come in....
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Unbelievable, but I remember you saying if a truck just a little faster tries to pass you, you'll speed up and then slow back down

CallMeArty · Jun 17, 2016

tucker said: ↑

Unbelievable, but I remember you saying if a truck just a little faster tries to pass you, you'll speed up and then slow back down
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Ya, I seemed to recall that as well. I also recall a dash cam video of him going up or down 287 somewhere and displaying very similar driving habits. Disgusting..

SuperTruckerinaVolvo · Jun 17, 2016

Upright said: ↑

Reasons why most of us just pay the ticket. The correct way to beat a ticket is not get one at all. So tell me, how much of an inconvenience was this for you? I mean you had to miss work to show up to court and put on a show right! For me, I have better ways to spend downtime than to appear in court. We all speed in cali. You know where you went wrong, you did not know the areas where chp has zero tolerance.
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Not much of an inconvenience to travel to court in Barstow since I live in Vegas. It currently wasn't the ideal downtime, but you gotta do what you gotta do to protect that CDL.

CallMeArty · Jun 17, 2016

CallMeArty said: ↑

Ya, I seemed to recall that as well. I also recall a dash cam video of his going up or down 287 somewhere and displaying very similar driving habits. Disgusting..
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I could very well be wrong. Shouldn't have posted that. Anyways, I'm mad at myself for wasting my time here. Whatever the outcome when scottie see this I'm sure things will get real controversial.

Wooly Rhino · Jun 17, 2016

If I am following this correctly, you beat the ticket by lying. You were going to fast and knew it. You decided to perjure yourself to save some money. I must say my respect for you has taken a hit. And I am a convicted felon.

HalpinUout · Jun 17, 2016

scottied67 said: ↑

California needs to stop every truck entering their borders and plug in the doohickey that governs their truck to 55. That would end all this nonsense.

I was going northbound on I-5 about Sacramento to get to the airport one morning. Cruising along at 70 mph. Well this billybigrigger supertruckers decided that was just too slow so he jumps out to the hammer lane and tries to pass. I ease into the gas pedal (car) and give the illusion he is gaining on me. He's pressed out at 80 mph and I'm right there at 78-79 just in his poor little way. Finally he calls no joy and backs out and drops in the slow lane behind me, I let off the go pedal and the car falls back to the preset 70 cruise control, but it's OK, my exit is about 1 mile up but this guy was going apesphit over it.

Ain't no reason for a big truck to be doing 80 on I-5 come in....
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What do you care if he's going 100mph? I can't believe you drive for a living and then do idiotic stuff like this to a fellow driver when we deal with enough crap on a daily basis from the motoring public.

And you boast about it on here.... SMH

tucker · Jun 17, 2016

CallMeArty said: ↑

I could very well be wrong. Shouldn't have posted that. Anyways, I'm mad at myself for wasting my time here. Whatever the outcome when scottie see this I'm sure things will get real controversial.
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You are right
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...fast-trucks-driving-slow.314353/#post-5219537

gokiddogo · Jun 17, 2016

No dashcam video this time, scottie?

Upright · Jun 17, 2016

SuperTruckerinaVolvo said: ↑

Not much of an inconvenience to travel to court in Barstow since I live in Vegas. It currently wasn't the ideal downtime, but you gotta do what you gotta do to protect that CDL.
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Wrong answer again. You protect your cdl by NOT getting tickets but what do I know. Btw, Id rather be in vegas than a court room in barstow any day. Thats just my thinking. But keep doing you.

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