Go to your first appearance, they'll offer you a plea, take it.
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Go to your first appearance, they'll offer you a plea, take it.
In the decade I have been here in Colorado I have gotten 3 tickets. 1 for speeding, 1 for following too close (violating the 2 second rule) and 1 for not using my blinker to change lanes. Each in a different area of Denver and I can tell you they all work the same.
If you don't have a mail in plea bargin then you will have to show up in court. You will be in the court room with about 40 other violators and the judge will call you one by one to the stand. He will read off your offense, give you a chance to explain circumstances and let you know if there is a plea bargain and ask you if you would like to plea guilty, not guilty or accept the plea bargain (if there is one).
Circumstances they accept have to do with life or death situations like I had you to pickup your dad's replacement heart at the airport and rush it back to the hospital type crap. Even then, the judge would ask you to bring the heart in to prove it.
I heard several people give the same circumstances as you and the judge said that doesn't help so either take the plea bargin or say not guilty and schedule another court date.
If you say not guilty then you will have to show up again in about 30 days pay court fees and I had some of my friends where the judge said your guilty then were slapped with something more to increase the penalty, like reckless driving.
My advice, go to the judge that day and take the plea bargain to a lesser non moving violation, pay your bill and be done with it. It will disappear from your record all together in 3 years and don't speed on Pena anymore or I-70 right before Pena where they got me. The bastard was hiding behind that huge column under the bridge that merges I-225 into I-70.
But, I am not a lawyer. I am just a guy that has been in that damn room 1 too many times!
Do y'all think I'm kidding? I'm serious, the first thing is call the proscutor, he doesn't want to take your stupid case to trial and may possibly offer you something else to avoid that. I know this from experience.
Depends on where you got the ticket! Places I had to show would not take a phone call from me. They said I had to wait until my initial court date.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1080Rider
Hope the ticket was huge. That's awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by diffracted
Yesss!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by funkendrenchman
Definitely pretty hudge.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
Nope, just 40 bucks and it was plea bargained down. But, I was out in south east colorado and I don't think I was anywhere near that close to the 18 wheeler going 45 in a 65 m.p.h speed limit. Besides, I was just looking to pass him. What is funny, is I am not sure how I cop can judge 2 seconds when he is traveling 65 mph going the opposite direction.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
Whining, babble, whining, babble, whining, babble, and now it continues. :rolleyes:
Some things that may change my outcome:
1) I JUST registered my car in CO last week, and I have a CO insurance policy in my name, on which one speeding ticket already is.
2)I have been caught speeding three times (yes, I know, slow the fuck down) in my life; the first time was in LA and was erased from my record and no longer exists--that was a $25 fine. The second was also in LA and went on my record as 15 mph over or something. This past incident is my third.
Do these factors change your suggested course of action, 1080?
Thus there isn't that much "moving on" to do, as in order to pay the insurance, I would have to sacrifice a lot. So... fuck you if you say I should automatically not want to avoid the sacrifice. It was either a bullshit ticket, or I was just not knowledgeable enough about Pena, or both. Period. Learning not to speed (even while merging) at DIA is not worth the great sum of money that would be paid with insurance rate increase.
I don't give a shit about the fine, it's the insurance that kills me. Wanted to see if there was any way around this, and according to 1080, there is. Thanks very much, man. You have justified this thread's existence (which probably makes me the only person here grateful...)
Another question: do tickets carry over from a Louisiana (other state's) license to a Colorado license? I have heard of instances in which people get a new driver's license, and some of their infractions disappear (these were vague examples which I could not enumerate), but I don't recall any of them occurring in Colorado. I do not yet have a Colorado license.
I'm guessing Daddy pays your insurance, so don't worry about it.
Max, it wasn't a bullshit ticket. You sped, you got caught, now sack up and suffer the consequences. If the sacrifices you have to make are so severe; perhaps then, you will learn your lesson and drive the speed limit.
This thread sucks goat balls.
It was a bullshit ticket. Yes he broke a law, and will have to pay, but he was not creating an unsafe situation, but trying to avoid one. It's like getting a ticket for jaywalking. If the road is empty who the F cares. If you are cause cars to brake and swerve, and nearly cause an accident, then yes you deserve a ticket.
Well Max here's my advise, you should pay attention to what's going on around you when you drive. I'm sure you knew the merge was coming after four laps. Why not merge earlier instead of speeding up at your last chance to make it in and then blaming others for your need to speed. If everyone around you is doing 55 and your doing 60 you are speeding and in this case you're 15 over, you were exceeding the limit by 1/3. That's going to get you nailed no matter where you were. Go to courtand fight if you want, I don't care, but at least accept some fucking resonsibility for your actions, it's not like this is your first ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deep Days
Negative. That's why I'm concerned.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlurredElevens
radar detector brah
It's called personal accountabilty and being responsible for yourself. I drive 200 miles a day, 6-7 days a week, and I don't have a single point on my license. My brothers a cop, and I know why people get pulled over. You happened to be speeding like a gaper in the gauntlet known as DIA and got pinched. Deal with it, and learn to be a better driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by Deep Days