Racing on highway = criminal violation
Mar 3, 2005, 07:49 AM
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you have to get a lawyer if you don't want to spend time in jail. It happened to me I paid the lawyer $1500 plus the parking ticket that they made me pay $300 and no record for illegal racing so my advice is GET A LAWYER!!!!
Mar 3, 2005, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by eddybear
You got yourself into this mess by exercising bad judgement. There is a price to be paid for every decision in life. Welcome to the real world.
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FWIW, the only infraction on the ticket is "racing on highway" - I wasn't clocked by laser or radar, and I'd guess I was pushing 60 in a 45 to get past this guy... that and the fact that I'm an old guy in my thirties and have only one prior ticket (for 39 in a 30, blah) - should serve me well.
Having said that, I will still be talking to an attorney today - thanks for the offer from the guy in Santa Monica, but I'm in FL.
I'll let you guys know how it pans out, and thanks for the constructive feedback.
Mar 3, 2005, 08:16 AM
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I would say that you should try to use that you are in your thirties to your advantage and explain to the judge that your not a race car driver and you drive a 4 cylender 4 door. (hopefully he knows nothing about cars)
Mar 3, 2005, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by LEVIII
I would say that you should try to use that you are in your thirties to your advantage and explain to the judge that your not a race car driver and you drive a 4 cylender 4 door. (hopefully he knows nothing about cars)
Mar 3, 2005, 08:20 AM
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First of all, get a lawyer, for sure. Then, do what LEVIII suggests, get the lawyer to point out that you are in your 30s and that he was racing you, and you were not racing him back. Hopefully judge does not know what your car is. Don't volunteer any information about the capabilities of your car.
Originally Posted by LEVIII
I would say that you should try to use that you are in your thirties to your advantage and explain to the judge that your not a race car driver and you drive a 4 cylender 4 door. (hopefully he knows nothing about cars)
Mar 3, 2005, 08:22 AM
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get an attorney...prolly sum1 who knows his $h!t in the county u got ticketed and like Ambystom01 said...u can just tell judge the truth...he prolly wont believe u but ur lawyer...he might
Mar 3, 2005, 08:23 AM
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The bottom line:
Punching it to get into the turn lane; ouch! Who among us is innocent? On the positive side your citation did not include your speed and there is no proof that you knew the other car was accelerating. Hopefully you did not rev of posture before you accelerated.
You do not have a clean DMV. The infraction was minor one point.
Hope you can get this reduced to an infraction such as faliure to yield right of way.
BTW 30s is not an old guy. trust me lol
Punching it to get into the turn lane; ouch! Who among us is innocent? On the positive side your citation did not include your speed and there is no proof that you knew the other car was accelerating. Hopefully you did not rev of posture before you accelerated.
You do not have a clean DMV. The infraction was minor one point.
Hope you can get this reduced to an infraction such as faliure to yield right of way.
BTW 30s is not an old guy. trust me lol
Mar 3, 2005, 08:30 AM
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Simple, In the trial.
1. Get a good lawyer.
2. You had a turn coming up and needed to be in that lane to make the turn. You couldn't slow down and get behind the Celica because there was already a car or two behind himand you would have had to stop in your lane and wait for the others to pass in order to make it to that lane for the turn. So you you hit the gas in order to get in front and not hold up traffic in your lane. You got in front safely and made your turn without slowing traffic or causing an accident. You made the right choice for the current situation.
1. Get a good lawyer.
2. You had a turn coming up and needed to be in that lane to make the turn. You couldn't slow down and get behind the Celica because there was already a car or two behind himand you would have had to stop in your lane and wait for the others to pass in order to make it to that lane for the turn. So you you hit the gas in order to get in front and not hold up traffic in your lane. You got in front safely and made your turn without slowing traffic or causing an accident. You made the right choice for the current situation.
Mar 3, 2005, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by wingnut17
Simple, In the trial.
1. Get a good lawyer.
2. You had a turn coming up and needed to be in that lane to make the turn. You couldn't slow down and get behind the Celica because there was already a car or two behind himand you would have had to stop in your lane and wait for the others to pass in order to make it to that lane for the turn. So you you hit the gas in order to get in front and not hold up traffic in your lane. You got in front safely and made your turn without slowing traffic or causing an accident. You made the right choice for the current situation.
1. Get a good lawyer.
2. You had a turn coming up and needed to be in that lane to make the turn. You couldn't slow down and get behind the Celica because there was already a car or two behind himand you would have had to stop in your lane and wait for the others to pass in order to make it to that lane for the turn. So you you hit the gas in order to get in front and not hold up traffic in your lane. You got in front safely and made your turn without slowing traffic or causing an accident. You made the right choice for the current situation.
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Mar 3, 2005, 01:12 PM
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Thanks again for all the comments/feedback/support - I have a very good friend that is an attorney here in town - he doesn't do *this* kind of junk, but he knows people - just waiting to hear back from him on who THE man is to get...
as for speed and age and the type of car, I know 30's isn't THAT old, but it will help... the ticket just says mitsu/black/4 dr
... and for the guy who suggested I get a V-1, I already have a V-1, I said before that they didn't clock us at all, there is no speed written on the ticket; it just says "racing on highway".
So I think I can beat this - although the more I think about it, I almost have to agree with the guy whose parents exercised the poor judgement - if you're faced with something like this, be careful and prudent, or you'll end up in the same predicament.
as for speed and age and the type of car, I know 30's isn't THAT old, but it will help... the ticket just says mitsu/black/4 dr
... and for the guy who suggested I get a V-1, I already have a V-1, I said before that they didn't clock us at all, there is no speed written on the ticket; it just says "racing on highway".So I think I can beat this - although the more I think about it, I almost have to agree with the guy whose parents exercised the poor judgement - if you're faced with something like this, be careful and prudent, or you'll end up in the same predicament.