Speeding ticket in Garden City

[mathjak107]

Originally Posted by ovi8

^ Wouldn't a traffic lawyer sell his service regardless? It's money for traffic lawyers either way. It cost me something like $350 to hire one and to have my ticket reduced which in the end only saved me points rather than money. And since I had no other points and could afford the points, it was pretty worthless to use him.



At the same time, I'd like to know what triggers an insurance company to check your record for convictions? It took me trying to renew a year later before they saw my violation.

my buddy used to work for one .. they don't typically pull a transcript unless you highlite yourself . number 1 on the list is taking the driver course when you never did before .number 2 is a claim .

number three is buying a new car .

this is where delaying a court date date can back fire .

while points come off 18 months from date of violation , insurers dont see points , that is a dmv thing as far as getting suspended .

insurers see convictions and convictions stay on your license for almost 4 years FROM DATE OF CONVICTION .

so delaying can really push out pretty far how long that ticket will be on your record . you may be needing a new car at some point

[10-23]

Originally Posted by lifetimeliguy

nope, it was 27. It happened over 20 years ago, and he still talks about it

Courts would have thrown that out. It is a well settled legal fact that car speedometers are not calibrated and a well meaning motorist should not be held liable for an innocent wrongdoing.

The most stringent trooper I've ever known was one in a rural area in another state who stopped for three over and wrote for five. Yes, I know, he would have never been able to do that around here.