What do I do if I got a speeding tickets in the states? speeding, got, What, states, tickets

Caffie

I was driving back to Vancouver this evening, was on the highway in Skagit driving 90mph at 70mph speed limit (I'm not too familiar with miles..) and I got pulled over. First the cop asked me "How often do you check your rear mirrors? I have been following you for 2 miles with my sirens on". In my mind I was like WTF I just saw you, and I was pretty sure you didn't have your sirens on.. I only saw the lights flashing. I got a ticket for speeding - $247.00, and "fail to yield to emergency vehicle" - $1062.00. So a total of $1309.00 which is outrageous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have 3 options: pay for the damn thing, mitigation hearing, or contested hearing. I don't want to pay for it! The amount is half of my life savings @_@ My dad was with me at that time, and he said that he heard from somewhere before that if you don't pay for it, you are just not allowed to enter the states again within the next five years. Is that true??

B2L2

~80secs => call for the backup already?  Did you misread something?

Also, doesn't it really matter whether the siren is on or not?  You have to yield even when the emergency vehicle is flashing its lights.  It maybe an excuse to reduce the fine though, if it didn't have siren on.

Back to 20mph or 30mph over, do you actually know what's your speed at that moment?  The police probably had record on his laser gun, and they usually wrote down a smaller number already.  If you know in fact that you weren't not 30mph over, then yeah, go dispute that.  However, you never mentioned what's your traveling speed so far.

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myversa

Just FYI, if you were driving at ~90mph, and if the cop claimed that he followed you for ~2 miles, that means he was following you for ~80secs.
daimo 發表於 2009-7-9 10:42

I think in that case, the police would call for the backup already..... Nice finding.

daimo

Just FYI, if you were driving at ~90mph, and if the cop claimed that he followed you for ~2 miles, that means he was following you for ~80secs.

myversa

I agreed with what Tofu said.  

If your dad is inside the vehicle too, he can prove one of the following:
1. that all of you inside the car did not hear the siren or
2.  the traffic was so busy that caffie cannot pull over immediately.
3. no one realized the police car was behind you.

tofu

for that amount of money i think i will try to dispute it, at least request fine reduction.
""tofu你要諗諗連交通意外你同車入面既passenger都唔可以做witness，我諗呢個情況你同車入面既人唔可以同個官講你地聽唔到siren...""
remember caffie is a little girl, in general, people may think the kid just try to ignore the siren or  the music was too loud.  but if her dad tells the judge the same thing, the judge may tends to believe it, because her dad is a mature person, who shouldn't do anything stupid.
also, she mentioned the cop told her she was 20mph over the limit, but on the ticket, it said 30mph.  if she can proof or the cop admits that was his mistake, she can walk out free.  remember, if the cop made a mistake, the whole ticket will become invalid, because the cop cannot charge you back with 20mph over the limit.
or at least, tell the judge that she had good record and it was the first time, request reduction ma.

Hyde

90 m/h is about 144 km/h...unless she is driving a really quiet car..there's no way you don't know you are driving above 140../haha
news 發表於 2009-7-7 06:57

all my cars feel like i'm driving 70km/h at 140... and it only takes 5 seconds or so to reach 140
140 is not even fast

i was doing 140MPH and the cop only gave me a $600 ticket in the states LOL

fibbi

I think in your case it worth to find a lawyer to go dispute the "fail to yield emergency vehicle" ticket. Just paid the speeding one. In Van, just over 40km/h is considered excessive speeding...and it's very easy to get license suspension.

spoonek4

have you dispute the ticket yet?  get you dad & sis as your witnesses
tofu 發表於 2009-7-8 15:39

同意daimo既講法.....

tofu你要諗諗連交通意外你同車入面既passenger都唔可以做witness，我諗呢個情況你同車入面既人唔可以同個官講你地聽唔到siren...

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