benf000

got a ticket for street racing...spent the night in jail. need advice on how to get out of this ticket. there is not speed listed on the ticket, and i was not dui. any ideas? **** is gonna cost me 1000 bucks and maybe my license.

ben

Kincaid

Nothing you can do.

Judge won't even look at the case usually.

Shouldn't be street racing like that. Hard lesson to learn.

Sir Nuke

ADVICE....get a lawyer.....listen to him/her.....if you got caught redhanded.....probably not much you can do.....but for REAL legal advice....talk to a REAL lawyer.

benf000

yeah, i would rather pay a lawyer than the damn county.

ben

Sir Nuke

well good luck...you may end up paying them BOTH.

Traveler

Speaking as someone that holds a commercial drivers license, I suggest getting a lawyer. Find one in your area that concentrates on traffic law. We used to have prepaid legal for traffic defense. Make sure you get someone that is VERY familiar with traffic law. I suggest someone that deals with DUI cases and severe traffic infractions. Call the large trucking companies in your area and see who they use. We were always clean, but there are cops out there looking for revenue which is why we had the prepaid plan. We had a bad cop in the Chicago area write us a ticket that was completely out of line. THe lawyer got us off without even a fine. Even if you did something wrong you still can have your day in court and should be able to get a light sentence or much smaller fine and maybe traffic school but you do have to have competent legal counsel.

traffik

this is a bad example.But I got 2 tickets last year.One for speeding,the other one for trying to get away from the cop.I paid the speed ticket.A few months later I went to court again,facing a charge that could have cost me 5000$,6 months in jail,or 3 years without licence.I invented a nice story and got dismissed.Without any lawyer or outside help.Now please dont ask any questions about how I got so convincing.I think I should be a lawyer.A well paid,semi-human lawyer.

mopho

You Deserve it!!!! Grow up!

ToBeBackDoc

I had a friend that was speeding and ran from the cops. They set up a road block and he ran it. Denied the Breath test after finally pulling over and he had to pay $500 in fees and that was it. Besides the night in jail. He used a good lawyer that specialized in traffic law. Go that route.

benf000

thanks for the great advice! ill be sure to heed it.

dumbass.

ben

jay93dx

Hey he knows he screwed up ok, lets not all pile on the guy, he is a real racer not a fake *** that is all talk and looks but no action like many i know.

mopho

What makes him a real racer? Does he race on a track in properly prepared car? If so he should know better! I am not trying to preach, but if you are going to do something stupid and dangerous, you have to be responsible for your actions. He could have killed someone, then he will really need a lawyer. This forum shouldn't be promoting this kind of stuff. When I was in highschool my friends sister was killed in a street race, her boyfriend was racing and sideswiped a guardrail on the passenger side and took her head off! The boyfriend did a good stint in jail. So don't take street racing so lightly, it should only be done in controlled (i.E. closed roads)areas. I did that kind of stuff when I was 17 or so, but now I look back with the wisdom of driving for 18 years (I was driving karts at 12) and think about what a ******* idiot I was for the $400 ticket I once got, and all the times I used to drive at 90- 100mph+ with my friends in the car. (I have never once driven drunk, I am proud to say) I still drive fast, but I have much more experience with car control and have taken some driving school and I am better at judging the conditions.
Apologies to Benf000 for being harsh, but somebody had to do it, if this makes me an *******, so be it

Deceptipro

Couldn't really say what you can do...I guess talking to a lawyer who knows traffic laws is the best way to go...

But the only thing that you can probably do is try and learn from this... maybe invest in a membership at a track, or something, spend your racing time off of city streets.

Good luck with the case.

Makaveli

Don't see the point of your post. The guy was asking for help.

I don't care what anybody says, but if you're comfortable on the road, you'll find yourself exceeding the speed limit every now and then.


Ben, how did the cop catch you, how fast were you going, and does he know for sure how fast you were going or does he just know that you were 'speeding'?
Hope you weren't street racing since authorities around here have no compassion for those.

If you don't have the money to get a lawyer, try and appeal the fine, and tell them that you're a student, or that you need the car to go to work to live off of it, etc. In Canada they usually lessen the fine if you say some stuff like that.

Makaveli

That's not really an excuse. If he's into racing then he should go to the track, and do his racing from 0-speed limit on the streets.