I got a ticket going 45 in a 25. How do i get it dismissed without an attorney? I know its not very hard (if you know what you’re doing) because lawyers dimiss about 95% of them. Any suggestions?
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You aren’t being tried as a criminal so you don’t need an attorney. It all depends on the judge and if “you feel lucky”.
Wear a nice outfit, suit and tie, go to your court date and plead your case to the judge in a professional manner and apologize for wasting the court’s time (hopefully the officer who wrote you the ticket will not show up and you will likely get off), or if you can in your state, argue your ticket by mail. The cop who wrote you the ticket has to write one back arguing his case and probably won’t so your case will be dismissed.
…”If” the Police have you ticketed by a RADAR or a LASER gun… just pay the fine… (your only defense is you weren’t the driver and I don’t think that’s going to work for you). To “dismiss” the complaint you have to prove that there is a “fatal flaw” in their charge… (the RADAR was broken etc.)
Almost no tickets I am familiar with get “dismissed.”
You may be able to get the charge amended to a non moving violation, or get the fine reduced, but they will not dismiss a ticket without cause.
go back to the site where you were stopped, make note of any obstructions, potential sources of interference (e.g. radio towers or power lines), etc. take pictures and draw a little diagram to show the judge. note the distance of your car from the police car, because the greater the distance, the more inaccurate the reading is. call up the police station and ask to see the calibration logs for the radar that stopped you. speed guns need to be calibrated with a tuning fork quite often, sometimes even on a daily basis. if they refuse to show you the logs, or the logs are missing (or if the speed gun was simply improperly maintained) take note of that . you have a legal right to view those logs. another thing you can do is call up the precinct to see which days the officer that stopped you has off (who says you can’t?). many people wouldnt want to go to court on their day off, so try to schedule your court date on one of the officer’s off days. if he doesnt show, your ticket is more likely to be dismissed. in the worst case scenario, i.e. you are found guilty, ask the judge politely if he/she can lower the fine or there are some states where you can take a traffic class in lieu of paying the fine. good luck.
