How does the process work? do they just keep delaying the court date until the officer wont show? i thought about paying the 50$ just to keep my driving record clean. I did 59 in a 45. it was a speed trap. About 12 other cars were pulled over at the same time. Yeah i know i need to slow down so save that for someone who says they don’t deserve the ticket.
#1 by true_blue_canadian_copper on 11/29/2011 - 4:54 PM
$50!! what a deal.
Most traffic ticket defender type companies here in my city charge a minimum of $500 to take on a case and they aren’t lawyers they are ex-coppers or paralegals.
Here most of the time the person you hire will guarantee that they will get you out of the ticket or it is free. But most of the time they get the ticket reduced to a lesser speed and call it a “victory” and charge you the fee anyway. What many people don’t know is that they could have spoken to the crown attorney on their own and had the same thing done for nothing.
We are required to show up in court here or we can be disciplined (lost hours/firing) so delaying a date will do nothing.
#2 by Diamond on 11/29/2011 - 5:11 PM
Um people usually never get lawyers for speeding tickets. And when you have a court date you are only granted one maybe two postponements. Cops almost always show up as to collect there money b/c as you know if they dont show up it all gets dropped. You would have to pay more for a lawyer than the cost of the ticket..just pay the tickte and be done with it.
#3 by lordpil on 11/29/2011 - 5:33 PM
You don’t need a lawyer. You go to court in front of a magistrate and hope the officer doesn’t show up and you win by default. Most likely they will lower the ticket.
Keep in mind I’ve never gotten a ticket or even a warning, but this is what others have told me.
#4 by drb1256 on 11/29/2011 - 6:29 PM
Lawyers are not very successful at all with getting speeding tickets dismissed. They usually just have success in getting the ticket reduced or changed to a nonmoving violation. You can do that with a little tact.
#5 by ed on 11/29/2011 - 7:22 PM
This, from a personal acquaintance with an attorney.
In some instances, he arranges certain of his cases for “Night Court”. Those courts are most always overloaded.
When he has a first time client with their First Ticket, and other clients with two or more tickets on record, this is his procedure.
Before court begins, he meets with the judge, a handful of tickets in hand.
He offers a deal to the judge. He proposes that all or most of the “First Offenses” be offered as Guilty, IF, he will dismiss the other tickets, (Those with multiple offenses).
Bear in mind, the judge does not know at that point of any past offenses.
In order to ease the court load, the judge usually accepts the offer by the attorney.
This is not known to any of his clients.
The attorney told me that he can do this if I ever needed his services. I knew him for many years and used him in my business needs.
In multiple offense cases, he is not cheap.
I have had two tickets over long period.
Both times I was able to take Defensive Driving and the ticket was dismissed.
There is a time period required between tickets to use Defensive Driving.