How do I beat a ticket in traffic court?!
Answers: I got a ticket for going 87 on the interstate. I was caught by an airplane, the cop that gave me the ticket didn't even see me.
Check the section of the highway where you were observed: there may be a set of 2 or 3 white stripes across the roadway set 1/4 mile apart. The pilot observes your vehicle cross the first stripe and starts a timer. When you cross the second or third stripe the pilot stops the timer and records the elapsed time. The shorter the time, the faster your speed.
So here you go: 1) Measure the distance between those stripes. If they are not 1/4 mile apart the observation may be in error. 2) Question the accuracacy ojf the timing device. A 5% margin-of-error at 87 mph gives you a 4-mph difference. This may drop you to a lower category and lower the fine and points (if your state assesses points for violations). Find out when the last time the device was calibrated. 3) At what altitude was the plane flying? What was the visibility on the day and time in question? Was the plane overhead or somewhere behind you? (The angle at which you were observed may have misled the pilot into believing you were crossing the stripe when you had not yet done so.) 4) How heavy was the traffic at the time? Could the pilot have mistaken or lost track of your vehicle at any point of the observation?
Now, can you help me beat radar?: 16 over the limit.
Good luck.
demand to see the radar gun's source code. manufacturer will refuse and the judge will most likely throw out the case.
If he doesn't show up you win.
If you live or lived in New Mexico I'd say plead innocent the majority of the time the cops don't show up to court.
He doesn't have to see you, it's like having a spotter 100 yards up a road and calling it to the patrols ahead. At 87 you deserve the ticket but if your lucky he won't show if that state requires it, some don't. If I had to go to every court for traffic tickets I'd go nuts and retire now.
i wouldnt even try to beat it. im in florida and i tried to fight a ticket for 55 in a 35 when it really wasnt a 35mph. it was 45. i took pics in court with me and everything of the "spot" they clocked me at. i lost and had to pay a court fee for both tickets i was trying to beat. you will win if that pig doesnt show up though.
since it was a camera that caught you there doesn't have to be a cop present. but what i would do is just say that i wasn't driving, it was a friend of your friend driving that you meet at a party last night and he was driving while you were in the back taking a nap. with those camera in the sky they just see a fast car and snap doesn't mean your the one behind the wheel. and yes it has to be complicated like that. the reason that it is a friend of your friend is because if you say friend then they will want a name, if you say a friend of a friend it means someone you just met, also if you say you were partying last night that would explain why you were sleeping in the back and also why you can't remember who the real driver was.