well actually 2 tickets...

i got pulled over today, yes today is my bday and i jus turned 17 and yes i have a maxima 3.5 se 2005 but i helped pay for it so calm down...

yea i got 2 tickets


1 for going 98 in a 55 ! =( gotta go to court
and the second was for careless driving

both at the same time... state trooper =(
i told him i was in a rush cuz my mom was in the hospital so he's like ill see what i can do for you in court anybody got any idea how to get outta dis ? or wut to do or netin!

 

Damn...those Jersey troopers dont care about anything. I've gotten tickets on the garden state plenty of times. (although not with my Max yet)

I would also like to know how people got out of tickets from jersey troopers.

 

how much do you think my insurance is going to get up i dont wanna tell me rentz i got the ticket some1 help !

 

98 on a 55 is stupid... if you don't have a radar detector and you're doing that speed on the highway, you deserve that. And yes, I've done it myself so I know it's stupid...

Your biggest mistake is telling the lie about the hospital. Now you can't use anything else in court, and if you DO use the hospital excuse you'll have to prove it. Either records/letters indicating that XYZ was in the hospital and you were in a rush to get there or something to that effect. And now you're lying in court, so you're just ASKING for butt sex.

Don't lie unless you can prove it later. Actually, don't tell him JACK and fight it out in court later if you want to. Anything that you tell him on the spot he's gonna write down, and it's gonna come back to bite you in the *** later if it's not true.

There are exceptions to law in the event of "good cause", but like I said they require that you provide proof. In your case, you're probably screwed.

 

That depends... you're 17 and doing 98 on a 55. IF you have your own insurance that's already bad enough... if you're on somebody else's you're listed as an inexperienced operator and 2 tickets for speeding are just gonna compound things.

I'd expect some really bad juju to come from this unless you can get them knocked down to something of a lesser offense. Don't ask me how though...

 

i had a ****in radar a x50 blue passport the **** didnt go off in time... well its my first offense so mayb they'll be easy ?

 

98 in a 55? i normally would do no more than 70 in a 55 mph zone. i bet you were in the left lane when he caught you. and that is also a lame excuse to give a cop, you should have told him you were trying to blow out the engine and that it won't happen again.

 

i was the middle lane... but i was all alone there were 4 cops cars it was on parkway around 156 4 other cars got pulled over infront of me... i didnt know it was a 55 i thoguht it wuld be at least a 65...but yea i kno wut i did was wrong but any advice ?

 

Get a lawyer. Judging by your actions/age/grammar, you will be able to put up little or no defense whats so ever. BTW your insurance payments for either yourself or your parents will probably exceed the payment of your new maxima

 

He's in NJ... his insurance probably already exceeds the MSRP of the Maxima.

 

insurance is in my parents name... people who have gotten tickets said they'll prob. take the wreckless driving ticket off and some of the speed off since it is my first ticket... so maybe it can be broguht down to a 15-20 mph over ticket or something of that sort

 

Lurn to speek reel gud b4 da c0urt dat3. If you sounded like some punk wigger-gangsta-wannabe when the officer was talking to you at the window, you likely bumped up your ticket. Every encounter with a police officer includes an attitude test.

The first thing you need to do is come clean to your parents. They're going to find out about it eventually. Especially if you are going to go to court to fight the ticket. Better they find out from you than from a summons to court or any other awkward communications from the justice system.

Was your mother really in the hospital or did you make that up? If she was, she would be a good witness to bring to the court date. I'm assuming you're going to take it to court.

CM.

 

i got hit (busted) on route 22. the only thing you can do is either pay the fine, or go to court, plead your case and ask for driving school (defensive driving, not really sure what it is), and hope the judge has mercy on you.

i made a deal with the prosecutor, he dropped my fine to like $80 and halved my points.

hope everything works out for you though. I feel your pain. I got a feeling that in the next couple months, I'll be in the same spot as you. The Max just asks you to push it sometimes.

 

You're doing 98 on a 55... that's 43 over. Even that dude with the 30+ over is better off than you. As per 4-98, 30+ over is 5 points on your license. 40+ over is reckless, and even if they knock it off, with a good lawyer the speeding will turn into a 4-81 violation, which is 2 points for 3 years (plus your insurance will love you ) and a $200 fine.

Even if somehow it magically changes to 20 over (which it won't, unless your defense is that you didn't know it was a 55 -- but that still doesn't matter because you were doing 98 ), 14-29 over is 4 points on your license.

 

yea it does but hopefully i can pull that off all if off dats what im concerned about how to do it and what to tell me parents...

 

They call it "driver improvement school" over there last I checked, and it's entirely up to the judge whether or not you end up going there. I think it depends on your driving record, your attitude and (believe it or not) maturity. For a 17 year old kid doing 98, they'll probably send him there... hopefully they won't suspend his license though.

 

If you're gonna pay for it out of pocket, then you're cool. But the insurance is still gonna get jacked, so you're gonna have to fess up one way or the other.

The best thing to do right now is just spill the beans. Make it as simple as possilbe, and even though you shouldn't mention the insurance, they will know right away (or soon enough ) what that means for them...

Your best bet is "I got a ticket for speeding on the parkway, here it is"

Whatever you try to hide/cover up now they'll find out when it's time to pay... if you're paying yourself then you can leave the actual SPEED out of the conversation. If they're paying, they'll probably hit you over the head with a bat.

I got an 88 on a 55 in CT once... cost me a nice $275. I can imagine that if your fines are close to the CT ones, you're in for a nice few months of character-building manual labor...

 

i dont think they'll suspend it but wut may happen is that they lower the ticket because the cop was kinda on my side he was jus like we'll see what we can do about this in court... he wasnt a bad guy like when i was my moms in the hospital he was like really? what hospital? whats wrong like he acted like he actually cared i dont kno i jus dont want my parents insurance to go throguh the roof its already so much thanks to dis car... my friend told me to plead non guilty and they'll prob. take awy the wreckless driving ticket and reduce the speeding ticket because it was my first offense and then ill have points and i plan on takin defensive driving which takes away 2 points...

 

im going to pay for the ticket and fine and all that... i have like $600 saved up which i was planning on putting into the maxima but im just going to keep it for this... so my court date isnt going to be for like another 1-2 months so should i tell them now and have them worry or should i just go to court and then tell them after like if they reduce the ticket down to like 70 in a 55 or something i can make up a story saying i got a ticket for that...

 

Don't go to court, Pay the fine and eat the points. Insurance is gonna kill ya. It seems like you lied about your mom. Bad idea. That is why i say don't go to court, or the judge is gonna have a field day with you regarding your mom and the hospital. Never lie to a cop about stuff like that! Learn your lesson. Slow down. Good luck in court.

 

i have to go to court its not an option!

 

You HAVE to appear for reckless driving... it's not optional AFAIK. He's quite screwed on the lie though... best he can do is do it "OJ Style" -- lie some more. Then lie again and lie some more until somebody believes you.

Or he could go up there and tell the judge that he lied to the cop, which when you look at it is not such a bad plan -- considering the alternatives. I'd say something like "I was stupid and I wasn't thinking... I realize the error blah blah blah" and hope for the best.

The alternatives of course SUCK.

 

I don't think you CAN go to court as a minor without your parents or guardian. And even if you could, going without them and/or a lawyer is a REALLY bad idea.

 

you could go without your parents...

 

The cop wasn't on your side and your friend doesn't know what he's talking about.

The cop is trying to figure you out. He gets paid to do just that. Now he's got the goods on you with this hospital lie, and you better believe that he wrote down everything you told him. If you go against what you said, they'll catch you in a lie... in court. The only thing you could have done that's stupider than that is run from the cops...

They won't "take away" anything because they don't have to. You were reckless and you got caught. Your best bet is a lawyer and a straight talk with your parents, because chances are that they'll need to go with you to court (or pay for the lawyer ).

You could choose of course to ignore all of this, but I'd hope that at least you post the end-result later to see what happened...

 

like if i told them my mom was in the hospital, my dad works in the hospital do you think the cop wrote that down also ... if the judge does say sumting what would he say ?

 

So you say your father will lie for you?
Why dont you try to be responsible for your actions. You did not mention if you were going faster than 98.. my guess is that you were. I have gotten tickets before and most of the time the speed was higher than the ticket was written for. The insurance co will see it at renewal time, underwriters look for this very thing. Your parents will be very lucky not to be cancelled by the insurance company.

Banditman

 

Where are you from? I mean either you type really fast and don't check or you have trouble speaking?

 

im 18 now but before when i was stupid and made really dumb choices which i still do. when i was 17 i had a 72 monte carlo with a 454 big block. i used to dog the **** out of that car and got 2 speeding tickets for over 95 mph and they suspended my license. each time i always had to go with my parents. if you think you can go alone without them your stupid. you can't. your ****ed dude because my parents kicked me off the insurance. got my *** kicked like a million times but on the lighter side they got over it and now im back on the insurance and have a beautiful maxima. but good luck. here in cali its $100 for every 5 mph over speed limit. I remember when i got my first ticket i was doing 120 and they took me to jail. i know now you guys are going to talk a lot of **** about me and say i am stupid but who gives a ****!

 

it's these kinds of morons that give young drivers a bad name..."when i was 17", you make it seem like it was years ago. ooohh look at me, i was speeding, i went to jail, who cares, **** it..blah blah...yeah keep up the good fight Che'
Ankit69 just fess up to it..in cali its called juvenile court. you can't go without your parents. just tell them what happened and maybe they'll take it easy on you as opposed to finding out on their insurance premium.

 

but what if im able to get rid of the reckless driving ticket and bring down the speeding ticket because its my first offense... so if they bring it down wouldnt it just be better to tell them den. im going to be paying for the ticket fine and im also going to start helping out with the insurance more...

 

GET A LAWYER! I got a 85 in a 55 on Thanksgivings Day with my mom in the back seat pissing her a pants!

The lawyer (very well connected) spoke to his police buddy and got it knocked down to a minor infraction (cost me $500) that didn't put any points on my license even though I had two (count them 2) speeding tickets the previous 11 months.

GET A LAWYER DUDE! Well worth the investment! Don't be DUMB! This aint the time to play it Johnny Q Citizen!

 

And what if the Earth crashes into the Sun tomorrow? What if Kerry had won the election? What if what if what if...

You're over there wishful thinking... they MIGHT consider that it's your first offense, or they might not. Best case scenario they'll knock off the reckless (which I don't see them doing because of the speed) and still hold accountable for speeding. They WILL send you to traffic school either way, and you will have to pay a fine. And your parents WILL get a nice surprise from the insurance people -- probably right along with their next bill.

Worst case NOTHING gets knocked down and you get suspended for 30 days... plus you have to pay the fine plus court costs for trying to fight a ticket that you very well deserve. Then you're in the whole for a grand, your parents kick your *** after seeing their insurance shoot up a couple of thousand, you can't drive for a month and you still have points on your license for the next 3 years.

Get a lawyer. And talk to your parents before it's too late.

 

I got a feeling that he's not gonna though. He figures he'll go out there and "argue" that it's his first ticket, that it should be knocked down blah blah blah. He'll be lucky if they don't throw him in jail right away if he decides to start lying about the hospital bit...

He probably figures he'll save some dough and pay the fine, then save some more and help out on the insurance. What he doesn't know is that the ticket + court fees + insurance hike is probably quite a nice chunk of change...

 

Go to Court and tell the Judge that you were told that your Mom was deathly ill and you were racing to the Hospital. You later learned that the person who told you was "joking" with you but at the time and at age 17 you reacted by speeding. Tell the Judge that you didn't know it was a joke until later.

Then beg for mercy...................................

 

Keep the lie alive and increase it's proportions. Always a good piece of advice.

 

Nizzan, you advise this and you were a cop? nice.

 

I got a 74 on a 55, anyone in NY know how much this will cost me if i plead gulity or what will happen if i plea not guilty. I really dont have the time to mess around at court so im leanin towards gulity.

 

Point of the matter is YOU ARE GOING TO BE OWNED!!!! Should be lucky you were not arrested on the spot and your licence was not revoked.....in Cali...that does happen.

What I think will happen....

Nice hefty fine
You might keep your licence
You will pay OUT THE *** on your insurance

BSing the cop with an excuse you can not back up....not good for your credibility in court.

Hey, look at it this way at least, you still have your licence so far, they did not impound your licence.....and you did not go to jail.

 

how much of an increase am i looking at insurance wise?