Why are people scared to plead Not Guilty to traffic tickets?

[hatealot]

I learned yrs ago to always plead not guilty. Each time I've done that they offer me a deal to lessen my charges. In GA theres something called "too fast for conditions". You still pay the fine but dont get any points added to your record like an actual speeding ticket would, which is all I care about.

Another time I got a ticket for driving on a suspended license the fine was $500. I plead not guilty and they offered to drop it down to a lesser charge of "no valid license" The fine was only $100.

Becareful, if it continues it becomes an aggravated offense and that ends up becoming a criminal charge.

 

[BmoreGorilla]

I’ve done it plenty of times. But the best thing to do is to plead guilty with an explanation. One time I was in traffic court for a red light camera ticket and this chick pleaded not guilty saying it was becuz a fire truck was coming. Judge played the video for the whole court to see. Wasn’t no fire truck shorty just ran the light

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

There is usually documents and even a recorded statement of no loss taking from when you reinstate your policy from a lapse. But most cops ain't tryna give you the benefit of doubt to pull out your phone or email to show them. They should just call the God Damm insurance company on the spot and verify.

Let's just say that is one of several nearby towns whose police are not known for giving persons of a particular ethnic persuasion a benefit of doubt.

I was FULLY prepared for something like a warning or small fine, but they took my car on some bullshyt and had me running around using alternative transport for like 2 weeks. Impound fees were like $75 PER DAY!!!!!



They tried to straight rape my pockets, ain't get shyt, and had to give-up money to get my car out.​

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

The two speeding tickets I've gotten they automatically gave me a lower charge

 

[Double Burger With Cheese]

It’s different in every county but a tip is to request the video. I got a ticket in dekalb county in Decatur. I went to court and the people was up there like I plead not guilty. Then the judge would say what is your evidence. Then people would explain they side. Then he would say do you have video People would be like
Then he would say if you look at the fine print on the ticket, you can see that you can request the video of the stop. Then people would be like, I want to request the video. The judge would say too late, you didn’t request it in time Then rule against them.

Most everyone there ticketed by the same cop at the same spot for not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign. shyt was a whole setup

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

For me, with the 3 tickets that I've gotten in life, i just didn't have time to go to court back then.

If it happened now, I might go to court and fight it cause I got more time on my hands.

 

[Vilify]

Becareful, if it continues it becomes an aggravated offense and that ends up becoming a criminal charge.

That was back when I had lead foot. I'm much more careful these days.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I've actually plead 'Not Guilty' for a violation, but it was because I was right. Got pulled over in a little town named Avon-by-the-Sea. Give the cop my paperwork and he tells me my insurance expired. I was FULLY cognizant of that fact and explained to the officer that I'd just made a payment and was still in the 'grace period'. Dude didn't want to hear it, had my car towed, and gave me like 3 tickets. I get to court, show them my receipts and my policy showing, by law, I was FULLY insured when I was stopped so they dropped the charges and they had to pay to release my car from impound since it was their mistake.​

Impounded your car


How long did all this take for you to get it back

 

[CopiousX]

Fixed.

Most people don’t feel like taking off work, so we just pay, and keep it moving unless we’re about to get our license suspended, or your insurance to skyrocket.

That's the main reason to fight. You can potentially save money and remain a Preferred member (very important).

Lemme put on my Dave Ramsey hat for second here....





I don’t believe in lower premiums. Don’t waste time, you should just pay your fine. If an insurance rate increase can break you, then you were already in fcked up position to begin with.

 

[☃ ೋ]

I was caught red handed speeding through a school zone. I was looking up traffic lawyers and curiosity got the best of me. How is it that traffic lawyers can just get your ticket tossed? I started googling and thought what the hell. I'm going to fight the case myself pro se and see what happens. I'm a little obsessive about shyt so I spent like a month looking up traffic laws and ways to beat a traffic case. I had a whole binder full of arguments and questions to ask the cop about the case. Questions around how he tuned his radar, if he could remember if there were any metal objects around that could have impeded the device, I had multiple pictures of the scene that showed things that could have impeded the radar, manuals of the radar that shows the correct way it must be tuned and questions validating if he operated it or not. I even had maps printed that showed the speeding sign and where I was pulled over so I can verify if the cop could truly remember and if he didn't then how could the court know he was telling the truth. I was UBER prepared.

My first court date the cop didn't even show up. This was my first line of defense because I always heard that if the cop doesn't show up then the case is automatically showed up. I moved to dismiss the case and the judge was like "naaaah I'm going to grant a continuance to give the cop a chance to show up at the next date"

Me: "I object!" (lmao) "If it was me who didn't show up I highly doubt the court would show me any reprieve"

Judge: "Actually I would. Continuance granted"

Damn.

So the next court date comes around and the cop actually shows up. He gets on stand and I start grilling the shyt out of em, going through my all the arguments and stuff I had from my binder. He was so flustered. The prosecutor was looking in bewilderment like.



The cop was PISSED. Like how dare this n*gger come in here questioning me and how I did my job. At the end the judge said she literally have never seen someone defend themselves so well in a traffic case and that she was really impressed....then she found my black ass guilty.



Afterwards the cop, still visibly upset came up to me arguing about how he actually didn't do anything wrong and how I was wrong blah blah blah. I just laughed at him and said man I know I was speeding. I just did this shyt cause I didn't have much better else to do and wanted to see how it works. This pissed him off even further. I shook his hand and laughed. I held my head high that I defended my self from the evil system even though I lost. I never felt so American.

Was the judge black or white

What kindve haircut did you have, locs/fade

Did someone have you on tape speeding, or was it his word vs yours? If it was his vs yours, and he couldnt answer your questions, how were you still found guilty, did they just straight up side with the cop because of the whole side with them before you shtick

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Impounded your car


How long did all this take for you to get it back

2 weeks. If my job wasn't 1 block away from my house and I didn't know the Law.........​

 

[god shamgod]

I tried that years ago got sonned in court , it was damn near like that episode of Martin

 

[You Win Perfect]

It's cheaper for most people just to pay and not fight it after you get done with court costs, taking off work, and driving there etc.

My mama got a ticket in coming from N.O. on I-10 leaving a conference. If you know anything about I-10 between N.O. and B.R. you know from about Kenner back to Gonzales it straight up swamp land and bridges. Mama gets to the bridge in LaPlace and the deputy said she was going 90 mph (my mom never speeds). It was going to be like a $500 plus ticket.

My mom got home and she immediately told me and my father that she's going back and fighting this ticket. Several weeks later my mom goes back down there and I decided to go with her because my dad was working or something that day. As soon as we pull up at this place I see a damn line out the building that includes a pregnant woman smoking a cigarette, dudes are slugged up that look like they just got out of doing a bid, etc.

I looked at my mama and she looked back at me. We were both confused as hell. I'm not sure how St. John the Baptist Parish does their court but we were in there with people fighting murder chargers (hell the guy sitting right next to me was fighting a murder charge, other cats were in the court for armed robbery, and other serious crimes. We were in there for a speeding ticket. I told my mom what in the world have you gotten me into.

It was a real shyt show in there that day but very interesting. We probably sat there 3 hours or so before my mom's name was called. They had these ADA's handling all the cases. The ADA that called my mom's name said I've watched you and your son sitting there and the officer that gave you this ticket did not show up today so I'm dismissing this case.

The funny part about all this is my mom got she and I a hotel room, burned gas traveling like 200 miles, and other expenses fighting this ticket. I told her you've spent the $500 coming down here and she said she didn't care and stated she'd do it again because it was the principle of the matter.

The love catching out of state/town drivers cuz they know you probably just gonna pay rather than go down there. You could hire an attorney to handle cases like that tho. You don’t have to go there

 

[Crude]

The love catching out of state drivers cuz they know you probably just gonna pay rather than go down there. You could hire an attorney to handle cases like that tho. You don’t have to go there

We live in state; however, we live in the northern part of the state and north Louisiana and south Louisiana are almost like two different states.

I think I was still in college during this time, but my mom said she wasn't having it and took a day off work and the whole nine. We went down there that night got a room and got up the next morning from there and went to the court house or whatever that place was.

An attorney would have charged hundreds of dollars or more just for their time and the case was going to get dismissed anyway because the cop didn't show up.

 

[SheWantTheD]

Didn't know driving around a car and turning right was illegal.