court date coming up

[127.0.0.1]

the only way to get this dismissed is:

if the actual witness (the officer) does not show up to plead his side.

chances are he won't show up for an old ticket, unless you gave him a reason
to be mad at you. but budgets are tight and he may show up to make sure
you pay the fine...courts no longer just let officers blow off tickets. they need the coin.

[Darb]

Regarding your question on if it'll get thrown out because county cops don't patrol the highway anymore, the best person to ask that would be a lawyer that does traffic court.

[Aothachos]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

the only way to get this dismissed is:

if the actual witness (the officer) does not show up to plead his side.

chances are he won't show up for an old ticket, unless you gave him a reason
to be mad at you. but budgets are tight and he may show up to make sure
you pay the fine...courts no longer just let officers blow off tickets. they need the coin.

i hope he doesn't show up, besides suffolk county cops get paid so much money for not doing as much work as new york city cops who get paid less. I think the base pay rate is 97,000 yearly for suffolk county and its 76,000 for nyc, craziness.

i gave him no reason to be mad at me, i was an innocent 17 year old working kid lol i was going to work to save lives not take a life

[RHDVIPbB]

Just pay it. I went today to pay a ticket that I had since 2006. Long story short, I had it written as a warning on my paper, but the officer turned it in as a speeding ticket. It only cost me $167. Pay it and be done with it. The time and money you will spend going back and forth between the courts to fight it are not worth it.

[127.0.0.1]

Originally Posted by RHDVIPbB

Just pay it. I went today to pay a ticket that I had since 2006. Long story short, I had it written as a warning on my paper, but the officer turned it in as a speeding ticket. It only cost me $167. Pay it and be done with it. The time and money you will spend going back and forth between the courts to fight it are not worth it.

never just pay it.

I have sat through full days of court (for study reasons) 12 times and tickets get tossed
when officers do not show up. and that happens a lot.

fact is, you have zero chance if you pay it.

you have a little chance if you go to court

[RHDVIPbB]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

never just pay it.

I have sat through full days of court (for study reasons) 12 times and tickets get tossed
when officers do not show up. and that happens a lot.

fact is, you have zero chance if you pay it.

you have a little chance if you go to court

I did show up. I have been back and forth for a year now. Why fight a ticket if you deserved it. I love how people say to fight it all the time. I was speeding and I got caught.

[GeneralDon7]

Originally Posted by RHDVIPbB

I did show up. I have been back and forth for a year now. Why fight a ticket if you deserved it. I love how people say to fight it all the time. I was speeding and I got caught.

Id have to agree with him. I have gotten a speeding ticket and a "failure to stop at sign" since I have had my license and I know even though everyone does the second one all the time "rolling stop", in the end I was caught breaking the law plain and simple. So I just paid both and got over it and never do it again, I drive either the speed limit or up to 5 under and "stop" at all signs(which piss people off apparently). Im not sure if this is statewide here, but in our county/city, a case will not be thrown out anymore just cause the cop does not show up.

[RHDVIPbB]

exactly. Pay the small fine and be careful next time. Oh and 25 over is usually grounds for them to arrest you.

I agree about the stop signs. I get honked at all the time. I am waiting to get rear ended one day. I check my rearview when coming to a stop sign to see if the other driver is paying attention.

[Aothachos]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

never just pay it.

I have sat through full days of court (for study reasons) 12 times and tickets get tossed
when officers do not show up. and that happens a lot.

fact is, you have zero chance if you pay it.

you have a little chance if you go to court

Yea i never plead guilty at all. If you plea guilty your pleaing to paying the full price, over here in long island for speeding tickets, sometimes depends on the judge and who the judge is, you can talk down your ticket at least if you plea not guilty. If the cop shows up you can always talk down the ticket, in NYC you cannot do that i heard, its 0 tolerance out in the city once you get the ticket for the speed your going thats it no talking it down, but on long island you can bargain with the judge. So possibly as i said before, i may do community service for a couple hours and pay a fine as well, and my ticket my be lowered to at least 4 points and not 8, then i can just take a defensive driving course to get i think 3 points off my license and lower my insurance to normal again.

I've seen just 4 points raise peoples insurance 600$ a year in new jersey i read. So figure 8 points can be anywhere from 1200-1600$ for new york state thats a minimum of 100$ extra a month. Same amount i pay for my rent for my apartment for me and my girl and kid to live in would be the same of having a little yaris around lol

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

never just pay it.

That is the most irresponsible thing I've seen someone say on this forum in quite a while. One day in the future, when you're hopefully wiser, I believe you'll look back on this part of your personality with shame and regret.