Got a ticket. Have some questions

I've had my Tacoma for almost 4 years and have only gotten 1 ticket and 1 warning. I call it "the sh*t hot truck tax".

 

Do your parents hate you as much as mine hate me? hehehehehehe

 

plead no contest. thats your best bet for getting your fines reduced. your not going to get out of the points without some sort of community service or defensive driving class...

 

not really they only know about two. figured it was best for everyone. but they'd probably look at it like its my fault and my responsibility which i understand. and they don't hate you just disappointed.

 

See that what sucked. He didn't even give me a chance to explain. The only things he said was what I got pulled over for. Asked for license and registration and then walked back to his car. When he came back he said you are being written up for $185 and 3 points, a little bit more bullshit and then walked back to his car. Never let me say a word.

 

socol - a little info for you:

most speeding tickets are only 1 point - you can go to traffic school and get it off your record, and your insurance wont go up.

If you were doing over 100, or something reckless then it's a 2 point violation. There's no such thing as a 3 point driving violation in CA


Also, if you don't go to traffic school - your insurance shouldn't increase TOO much. You're already NOT getting the good driver discount because you haven't been driving for 3 years..

 

Well it says 3 points on the ticket. Might be because I was doing it right outside the naval academy and it's a federal ticket not county.

 

The DMV is the DMV. They run the point system. DUI's, hit & run's, reckless driving violations, and accidents w/ bodily injury are 2 points. All other minor moving violations are 1 point.

i COULD be wrong here, but within the last 5 years of looking at driving records, i've never seen anything with 3 points.

 

Okay. Thanks tiger. So I guess I will plead guilty and just say that I have never gotten a ticket before and that I didn't know that speed limit. (Which is the truth)

That sound like an okay plan?

 

Also tiger is there anything special about me getting a United States District Court Violation.

At the top of the ticket it says... United States District Court Violation Notice.

Is there anything that I should know about this sort of ticket over a regular county ticket.

 

Socol, mind if I ask what the violation was? I know speeding, but details... 80 in a 65.. etc?

 

Okay thanks. If the cop doesn't show is it automatically dropped?

 

I was told not to post that but lower both those numbers by 30 and your close.

 

it's a minor violation then - it will be 1 point according to the DMV. Chances are you are not going to get out of it - pay the fine, do traffic school, and you're in the clear, and your insurance won't go up. Just don't get another one within 18 months (i think 18) because they don't let you do traffic school for the 2nd ticket that close together

 

you know what, I retract everything I just said. for some stupid reason I thought you were in CA. I associated the "socol" with socal"

this info pertains to CA only, it may be incorrect for MD


lol. i fail. sorry dude