Anybody ever beat a speeding ticket in court?

Never fought a speeding ticket (not worth time and effort, but did negotiate no points) but I have beaten red light camera tickets twice.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Saturday afternoon, I was headed up to check on a herd of goats we had rented out(trust me, the jokes have been made 100 times on here, so be original is all I ask) and then ride on up to the casino for a bit

There’s some kind of festival going on past Blue Ridge, so traffic was a little heavy on 515 and the Georgia State Patrol was pretty well lining the highway, I see one, glance at my speedometer and see I’m going a hair over 70 in a 65.

I get lit up, Barney says I was doing 85, but he bumped it down to 84 so I wouldn’t have a super speeder(I thought super speeder was 25 over, but whatever). I call bullshit, ask to see the radar, Barney refuses(isn’t required to in GA), but is required to see I want his radar’s calibration checked and he didn’t offer that

So for the first time in my life, I’m gonna fight a traffic citation. I’ve had a few others years ago, but didn’t fight them because I got caught and I’m a pretty honest guy. Only other one I know was BS was supposedly going 44 in a 35 in a speed trap South Georgia town where the cop pulled me over immediately after he turned in behind me at a 4 way stop and I had Tennessee tags on my work truck, but it was like a 60 dollar fine with no points, so not worth fighting

Is fighting a ticket a waste of time? Like is the judge just gonna blindly agree with the cop, or is there actually a chance of getting out of the ticket? I’m gonna try either way, figure it won’t hurt to try
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My advice is not to tell the judge you were going 70. He will gladly accept your guilty plea for speeding 5 miles over the limit. Stick with the calibration route. Tell him you were traveling 64.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
I’ve fantasized about ending a cop’s career for years. I’m definitely in
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I wish I was there live to see your face at the trial when the detective in charge of searching your social media history and ruining your credibility finds this thread — and specifically this post and enters it into evidence.

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jjc2009 said:
Never fought a speeding ticket (not worth time and effort, but did negotiate no points) but I have beaten red light camera tickets twice.
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They tried those red light cameras in a couple towns, but so many cases going for the defendant and maintenance costs, they determined they cost more than they brought in, so they got rid of em
 
dikowt dowg said:
My advice is not to tell the judge you were going 70. He will gladly accept your guilty plea for speeding 5 miles over the limit. Stick with the calibration route. Tell him you were traveling 64.
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The Gilmer County magistrate judge goes hunting in South Dakota with our group. He won’t be the judge for this, but I’m gonna talk to him to see if he can put in a good word for me anyways
 
RobBase said:
I wish I was there live to see your face at the trial when the detective in charge of searching your social media history and ruining your credibility finds this thread — and specifically this post and enters it into evidence.

😬
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I’m pretty emotionless. Facial expression probably ain’t gonna change regardless
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
They tried those red light cameras in a couple towns, but so many cases going for the defendant and maintenance costs, they determined they cost more than they brought in, so they got rid of em
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Yep. Most places found out they weren’t worth the effort.
 
jjc2009 said:
Yep. Most places found out they weren’t worth the effort.
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They loved them in Wilmington NC.

Biggest scam ever they got you going through a yellow light and you got a picture and bill in the mail. As long as you paid it then it didn't go on your record or count against points so they just wanted to get paid.
 
RobBase said:
I wish I was there live to see your face at the trial when the detective in charge of searching your social media history and ruining your credibility finds this thread — and specifically this post and enters it into evidence.

😬
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"The prosecution calls @HammerDown to the stand. Mr. Down, please step forward"

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Wild Turkey said:
Thats insane it will cost 10 times what the ticket would be.
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Yeah, I once blew 500 bucks just to have the asshole cop not show up. I don't know if I'd do that for a simple speeding ticket though.
 
Wild Turkey said:
They loved them in Wilmington NC.

Biggest scam ever they got you going through a yellow light and you got a picture and bill in the mail. As long as you paid it then it didn't go on your record or count against points so they just wanted to get paid.
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Yeah they were done in the name of “safety” but studies showed they either failed to reduce crashes or slightly increased them with people making last second decisions to slam on the brakes.

Then there was some fuckery with municipalities shortening their yellow lights at these camera intersections to catch more people. It was a revenue generator not a traffic safety measure. And it was like one company out in AZ selling these systems and managing them for cities to the tune of huge profits.
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
Saturday afternoon, I was headed up to check on a herd of goats we had rented out(trust me, the jokes have been made 100 times on here, so be original is all I ask) and then ride on up to the casino for a bit
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Sounds like a hell of a bachelor party
 
batchaps4me said:
If you really think the officer is a liar and really want to fight it, FOIA his disciplinary file and work history. Destroy his credibility with that.
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Would this also work for someone driving in a commuter lane when the law suggests they don’t?
 
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