speeding ticket coming back from Yankee Stadium

[viperct2001]

Got hit with instant-on doing 98mph at 1:30am on I-684 in New York state (3 miles from my Danbury exit) coming back from the Yankees vs. Red Sox game. I was a little emotional after the game hence the fast driving.

Cop says to me "You've got a radar detector, don't you?"
I said "Yes sir"
cop: Didn't help you too much, did it? Do you know how fast you were going?
Me: 80
Cop: You were doing 98mph and you braked to 80mph in 1 second.
Me: thinking to myself "More like braked to 60mph in 1 second. Don't be knocking my brakes!"

Anyway...

I don't see a dollar amount (fine) on the speeding ticket. I've never seen that before in any other state.

So if I please guilty, they can send me a fine (bill) in the mail for $5,000 (exaggeration) and I have to pay it? I have no idea the penalty or if there is any additional penalty for driving so close to 100mph.

I'm going to plead not guilty of course. Anyone know the dollar amount ($20/mph over the speed limit?) or if there is an additional fine (license suspension?) for driving that speed?

 

[AJT]

Get a traffic lawyer!

 

[AviP]

Plead not guilty and go to court. Most of the times the cop will not show up and your ticket will be pardoned. This way your insurance will not go up. In either case, you will be better off going to court. I believe that more than 30mph over the speed limit is always a dangerous ticket to get.

http://www.nydmv.state.ny.us/broch/c49.htm

 

[Got_Vnum]

Yes, go to court. Ive had 4 speeding tickets in the last 4 years both in LA and Chicago, theyve never shown up for me. The cops dont show 80% of the time. If you go to court and he does show up, dont bother fighting it, you wont win, plead guilty. Just ask the judge to reduce the fine, and go to traffic school. It depends on the judge, if hes in a good mood, he may reduce the fine and let you go to school, so your insurance wont go sky-high. Good luck, and dont speed in the early morning hours, cops are EVERYWHERE at those times, its like playing Russian roulette.

 

[Viperfreak2]

They almost always show up in small towns.

 

[99 R/T 10]

Yes, go to court. Ive had 4 speeding tickets in the last 4 years both in LA and Chicago, theyve never shown up for me. The cops dont show 80% of the time. If you go to court and he does show up, dont bother fighting it, you wont win, plead guilty. Just ask the judge to reduce the fine, and go to traffic school. It depends on the judge, if hes in a good mood, he may reduce the fine and let you go to school, so your insurance wont go sky-high. Good luck, and dont speed in the early morning hours, cops are EVERYWHERE at those times, its like playing Russian roulette.

If he does show up, ask for a continuance! You can usually do it up to three times without extenuating circumstances. Just tell the judge you need more time to prepare for your case. By the third time, he may not show

 

[Early93Viper]

I am trying something diffrent with my speeding tickets fighting them useing a web sites info that I bought. I know most of these websites that say they can give info to help fight speeding tickets are crap. But I thought I would try it hell its only $30. Going to give it a try on my court case December 8 will post results (if it worked, if it didn't) then. If anyone wants to know the website it is www.tipra.com. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS WEBSITE AND DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WORKS. But like I said I will try it and post results.

 

[2001 Sapphire Blue]

Last one I got...got a lawyer and reduced it to "defective equipment"..fine was pretty high, but no points. Might check that avenue out!!

 

[XS TORQ]

I went to www.ticketassassin.com and followed their instructions of fighting a ticket by mail "Trail by Written Declaration".
Cost $25 (I believe) to sign up for the web site, and it's probably information that is available free somewhere, but it worked! That makes it worth the money for me (many times over).
I can't imagine that this will work for every state, but it worked in California!

 

[viperct2001]

Damn, just looked at the link you provided. 8 points on my license! yikes!

Anyone recommend a good reputable traffic lawyer for the Brewster, NY area? That's where the court case is. or a website to look that info up?

 

[Tom F&L GoR]

I'll have to move to another state, NY isn't this easy.

They schedule your court date around the officer; if he/she misses yours, they miss all the other tickets, too. Haven't seen that happen.

At least in NY, the cop will look for you outside the courtroom before it starts. Go early!! Put on your best bib, since (unless you have a lawyer) the 5 minutes you spend with him/her before court begins will be all the time you have to listen how bad you were and have a convincing apology. And negotiate your ticket downward. I went from a 78 in a 30 to 10 over. :O You won't get out of the ticket.

If you have any reason to call the cop, do it. Ask nice procedural questions, strike up a relationship, find out how to talk to them. You'll need to know their "attitude" so that come the face-to-face, you can "relate." They won't spend a lot of time with you, they have to run around to all the other "offenders."

Once they write the ticket, unless you get it canceled within a day, it's in the system and muuuuch harder to have "excused" by any friends you may have. After that, even the judge sees what the original charge was and what it might be reduced to. The hardest part I had in the example above was that the cop thought the judge wouldn't accept it.

If you look online, there's a fee rate. Figure about $150, plus $25 or more court costs.

I keep hearing this about the insurance companies, and maybe our insurance adjuster can answer it, but the tickets only come into play when you change companies and somebody actually looks at your record? Just getting a ticket doesn't cost the insurance company anything until you hit something and force them to pay?

 

[Finally got it !]

ViperCT2001 email Asap. You are dealing with pros. 684 corridor has it's own enforcement team that does not like to lose. Trust me I know. Went through the whole ordeal back in 2001. 98 in a 55. Was it the 55 or 65 mph zone? Believe it or not that matters. And it will hit your CT LIC if you lose.....
[email protected]

 

[agentf1]

If it is like Pa they will try to take your license. I was nailed for 97 in a 55. Went to court and lost, appealed and the trooper agreed to knock it down to 70mph if I pleaded guilty. It cost me 3 or 4 hundred (don't remember exact amount) and 2 points. If my hearing did not come up when it did I would of had to go to another hearing to see if I lost my license.

 

[Abq Bill]

also check out www.motorists.org.

 

[tim721]

i've had the same experience on 684 twice. my last ticket was 87 in a 55 about 1.5 yrs ago. i think they just changed it to 65 about a year ago. i think i know where you got caught, just after exit 8, it's a speedtrap.

i live in NJ now, but had CT tags on my cars both times. the points did not transfer over to CT at all. being that its 8 points, that may be different for some reason. both got reduced in court no prob. half the time the officer doesnt even show. if you plead guilty, it may be dropped to only 4 points.

684 used to be a joke when it was 55, less like a speeding ticket and more like a town fundraiser

emotional after the game. i don't know if you were excited about the Sox, or pissed about the Yanks.

anyways, Yankees ****

 

[fred]

Must have been the "curse in reverse" that caused that ticket to happen. heheheheheh