I assume there's a place to check on the Ticket that you contest responsibility for the citation. They'll give you a date to go before a magistrate and you'll have a chance to explain your version of events but since you were evidently speeding excessively whatever the real number they will probably find you responsible so it may just be best to pay it and move on. Certainly you get a number of such violations before your license would be in jeopardy so what's the problem? You admit you were speeding and unless you can convincingly persuade the Court you weren't, which seems unlikely since another ticket was presumably issued to the other driver which would appear to support the Officer's claim, the court isn't just going to say;" Ohhhh okay sonny, we'll give you this one, you just keep her under the speed limit from now on." I have one speeding ticket which should drop off my record soon , maybe has already but even with that i would have had to get four more speeding tickets before the State would call me in for mandatory reeducation/ suspension. You should be still quite a way off from risking the loss of your license. Nobody likes having a blot but these go away eventually and you're still free to drive. If you spent all your money on the Turbo ask the court,if you go that route ,for a payment schedule to pay it over time in installments. Good luck.
Last edited by Jehu; 09-17-2006 at 01:50 AM.
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