https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 19:40:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket/page/2#post-88620 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:26:16 +0000 erwoo 88620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It always never hurts to show up at court. Most times they will either take off point(s) (depending on where you live) or reduce your ticket amount or both. I went 17 over (20 over is considered wreck-less driving and really bad) once and went to court and got both reduced but still had to pay the court fees. End up paying a little over $100 (b/c court fees were like $60 something). I would have paid a lot more had I not gone. It just sucks to have to go there and confront the cop who pulled you over. If you're lucky, he/she doesn't show up! Mine did. Grr... Haha! </p> <p>Oh, and depending on where you live, you can get points taken off by going to traffic school. I know they do that in CA from when I lived there before. Depending on how many points you get it could go back to your insurance and then your premiums might go up. I live in VA now and the laws are a little different here. We actually have good driving records (1 point for every year you don't get a ticket) so I was lucky that I had enough good driving points that brought me back down to zero where I want to be at. </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88618 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:19:56 +0000 katdevargas 88618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have gotten, well, a lot of speeding tickets. but none of them have ever showed up on my record - I've either done defensive driving or deferred adjudication. I personally have never gone to court to contest one, but I have lots of friends that have &amp; have been successful. that's the only law breaking I do though, promise. I'm in TX, so I'm not sure how the laws here vary from where you are </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88591 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:11:27 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 88591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I'm not sure about where you live, but can you take Defensive Driving and have it taken off your record? That's what we do here if you haven't had a ticket in while, so that it stays off your record and your insurance doesn't go up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88589 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:09:04 +0000 tequiero21 88589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ugh. i got 2 speeding tickets and i fought them both. 1 with a lawyer (that was my first, and it was reckless, since anything over 80 in va is reckless) and they reduced it to the minimum. the other one, the cop says he was pacing me. jerk. i contested that i was speeding but not as fast as he said. i should have known i'd lose. ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88450 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:58:06 +0000 Nskillet 88450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Psht fight it! It will be reduced regardless. Plus if the cop doesn't show up/send a report you get off with no ticket at all. I've fought every single one Ive gotten and they have been reduced or dropped every single time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88443 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:52:20 +0000 babynumber1 88443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have only had one years ago, but my husband and brother get them all the time. They always just hire a lawyer and pay the fine and it doesn't go on their record. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88126 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 02:07:09 +0000 BSB 88126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess it depends on the ticket. I have paid ticket without fighting and I did once fight a ticket. I did pay but I got the points taken off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88118 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:12:36 +0000 BoogieBea 88118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only got a speeding ticket once but it was out of state so I just paid for it. But if it's not too out of the way, I would fight it just to reduce the points. Not sure how long they stay on your record. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88115 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:44:02 +0000 mrstilly 88115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in NY (upstate) and generally if you plead not guilty and get an appearance date, the district attorney will meet with you and offer you a plea bargain. Usually they'll reduce it some, depending on your record. They are typically more interested in the fines, than the points on your record, so you can usually get a lower offense (fewer or no points) and just pay a bit more. If it's local, it generally seems like it's worth it to at least plead not guilty and show up, rather than just pay through the mail. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88103 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:22:42 +0000 joyjoy 88103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've gotten one, and it was a really messed up situation. I actually was speeding a little (70 on a 65), but when the cop pulled me over he told me that I had been going 80, pretended to exit at X street to try to lose him then got back on and started going 70. I told him that couldn't possibly have been me and that he had mistaken me for someone else. He asked me if I thought he was stupid and called me a liar trying to worm my way out of a ticket. I explained that I had gotten on the freeway two entrances after the one that he said I pretended to exit on. He said, "Okay, I'll just write that you sped from that street on your ticket then." I cried all the way home because he was so mean.</p> <p>I didn't contest it though because I really just didn't want to see him again. I paid and did online traffic school to keep it off my record. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88092 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:09:27 +0000 MaisyMay 88092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've just paid them. I've only gotten 2 and at this point I think that they are both completely off of my record. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88090 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:57:43 +0000 lemondrop 88090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My old boss calls them "Driving Awards"</p> <p>I've gotten a couple photo radar speeding tickets- the plus to that here is if you pay they don't go on your record. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88076 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:17:40 +0000 MrsBrewer 88076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>FIGHT IT, FIGHT IT, FIGHT IT!!! I just got my first speeding ticket this summer actually......79 in a 55....don't ask....I was being reckless....but i went to court and "fought it" I really didnt have to do anything, but pretty much since I showed up....instead of it taking like 6 points away, they reduced it to no points (that way my insurance wasn't affected) but I ended up having to pay more (I payed $400 in total) but it was totally worth it because my insurance didn't find out. They changed my speeding ticket actually to "Improper Parking" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88072 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:13:49 +0000 mrbee 88072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would fight it, just because doesn't it impact insurance rates or something? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88069 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:12:10 +0000 skibobrown 88069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH just got one, and we paid it b/c then you have an option to do online traffic school and get it removed from your driving record. The clean driving record was worth more to us than the cost of the ticket... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-88067 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:10:20 +0000 cheesetomywhine 88067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've gotten one...I totally deserved it too. But since it was my first I went and used my good driver's record so I didn't have to pay. It clears every three years (at least here in RI and MA I believe). My friend used her good driver's record as well. The only thing I had to pay was the court fee. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87993 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:37:42 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 87993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've gotten one speeding ticket and I just paid it. It was only $85 and I never thought of going to court. I got lucky because not even a year later the speeding ticket prices went up in GA by a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87987 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:32:52 +0000 cupcakemama 87987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: it frustrates the heck out of DH ( my driving like an old lady) but what can he say? he he. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87948 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:47:45 +0000 calsmom 87948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never been stopped for speeding which makes me want to knock on some wood right now. I have a lead foot, and when I am not stuck behind one of the several drivers around here that love to drive 10 mph below the speed limit, I am normally driving at least 5 above it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87947 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:47:45 +0000 chopsuey 87947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dang! All you gals are such responsible drivers.. or lucky! ;)<br /> This is #3 for me.. -.- </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87945 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:46:18 +0000 Andrea 87945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh that sucks. I've never gotten one either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87942 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:42:19 +0000 mrs. wagon 87942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>oh, and I was speeding because I had gone to a job interview during my lunch break. I got the job! So at least it was worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87941 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:42:16 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 87941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I never got a speeding ticket. But stops, yes. I'm too chicken to contest </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87939 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:41:48 +0000 mrs. wagon 87939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I got my one and only speeding ticket, everyone told me to fight it no matter what because if you show up they will usually reduce it to $89. When I got there I was so nervous but the cop didn't show and everyone got their tickets reduced to $89... except for one guy who brought all this evidence and fought his case with all this complex stuff (I think he was an aspiring lawyer) and his got reduced to $99. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87931 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:38:21 +0000 Rubies 87931@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never gotten a speeding ticket, thank goodness. I got pulled over once for my plate sticker but regardless, it's SO scary getting pulled over! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87916 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:29:49 +0000 mrsjyw 87916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've only gotten 1 and it was last year. I just paid it because I was too lazy to go to court and the cop wrote me up for something that was 0 points anyway. Court would've made me pay a fine anyway so no loss for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87902 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:22:35 +0000 chopsuey 87902@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: @MrsH: yeah, I plan on paying it too. The drive to court and having to find someone to sit with LO isn't worth it. :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87894 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:19:32 +0000 MrsH 87894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: I had that exact scenario happen to me - I paid. On the other hand I have fought driving with an expired license (long story but I had just gotten a new license with my married name and my birthday was a couple of months later and I never got a notice in the mail to renew it - I didn't check my license to see if it expired because I had just gotten it (why wouldn't they have renewed it when I changed my name I have no idea)- they bumped the ticket down to a non-moving violation). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87888 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:15:29 +0000 chopsuey 87888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsH: I was going slow when he I saw his lights because I was at a red light and it had just turned green.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/speeding-ticket#post-87887 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:15:05 +0000 heffalump 87887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@chopsuey119: Personally, I would just pay it. But I hate confrontation so fighting it would be awful for me. I'd rather pay hundreds of dollars then confront someone. </p>