21 over?....Pfftt....132 in a 55 cost me about $3k and my license for a while....thank you to the Mississippi state trooper who didnt haul my ass in...lol
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I wish people who drive under the speed limit were treated as harshly.
Plead not guilty and they subpoena the officer and set another court date. Been my experience
Did you ask to see the radar numbers?
Prove I am guilty mr occifer. Go to court and plead not guilty.
Prove I am guilty mr occifer. Go to court and plead not guilty.
Every speeding ticket except for one, I've been asked if I want to see the radar and I've declined bc I knew I earned them.
On the one exception, he said he clocked me on I-16 in Metter (about 1.5 hours away from me) at 87mph when I know dang good and well I was doing roughly 76mph. I asked to see his radar 3 times and he never let me.
That's the only ticket I ever got that I REALLY wanted to fight in court but at the time I was a co-op for my job and in school and I couldn't afford to miss 1 or 2 days of class to drive to Metter.
Get a lawyer. Don’t waste your ONE Nolo plea on a stupid speeding ticket. You can beg the solicitor to reduce and help you with points. It may work, it may not.
I tried the same thing a couple of years ago in Athens. The traffic ADA offered to reduce the fine by $100 (which was nice) but I wanted the points reduced. She didn‘t budge on that.
Personally I agree. IMO, a lawyer is a sure thing. Going into it solo, maybe you get lucky, maybe you don't.
I would try what ever I could to keep it off my record....your company may also look at your record....it could jeopardize your employment...
Plea not guilty and ask the officer to prove he clocked you and not the “guy that was passing you “ …. 
Tell the judge that you were in a pack of several other cars and you weren’t driving at “THAT SAID RATE OF SPEED”
and you believe that the officer did not clock you . Tell them you were driving at 5mph over the posted speed limit and traveling with a couple of others ( at a safe distance of course ) and that you believe that the officer may have made a mistake on which one of the cars he clocked. If it was 55mph zone tell him you were doing 60.
It may work.
Tell the judge that you were in a pack of several other cars and you weren’t driving at “THAT SAID RATE OF SPEED”
and you believe that the officer did not clock you . Tell them you were driving at 5mph over the posted speed limit and traveling with a couple of others ( at a safe distance of course ) and that you believe that the officer may have made a mistake on which one of the cars he clocked. If it was 55mph zone tell him you were doing 60.
It may work.
If they were righting for three over that was after they already reduced it. Several decades ago Georgia became the hardest state to write tickets in in the nation. Part of that was no city or county can use a speed measuring devise to write a ticket under 10 miles an hour. State Patrol can write for 1 over, but most judges see that as hypocritical and still require the 10 over before they will fine.
OP go to court and ask the judge to reduce the speed. He will almost assuredly do so (just hope no argument with wifey that morning) but will charge the the same initial fine. It’s in the courts interest, as they have to share part of the fine with the state if they keep the speed and points high.
Ive been driving my whole life, and have had numerous tickets. I as I suggested for all but one ticket that I paid through the mail. Even several states away. Guess which one stayed on my record? The other ones never went against my license.
