How to beat a speeding ticket

I took driving school for rolling over a stop sign. I have six (out of 18) more months till I can take it again. The driving school I took had a lot of bitter people who lost their court cases. I also heard that the they pay officers to show up to court dates now.

I was speeding on the highway once. And I did what the article explained around the end. I drove into a restaurant parking lot, acted scared (wasn't too hard when you think of the insurance rates), and meekly said that I didn't know how fast I was driving and that I was driving home (it was getting late at night). The highway patrolman let me go even though I was driving 90 and I've been driving 80 mph ever since...

 

Nah, cops just don't like to go to traffic court, especially when it is off their shift.

 

They have always paid them -- which usually results in overtime.

I have a friend that's an officer that likes to have cases in morning court (on days he's working). A morning appearance, if it's not called right away, can be stretched a bit, and they get to stay on the clock till their shift starts. They can get 4-5 hours of OT, while they catch up on their reeding in the officer's room waiting to be called.

The traffic officers (who write most of the tickets) almost always go. They did have a big problem with other officers not showing, but the city was losing so many cases ($$) to no-show officers that they've really clamped down. Officers get into trouble if they miss too many.

The best bet in Houston is to pay one of the traffic ticket lawyers, who almost always win, because Houston's ordinances are so messed up. Stecker (sp?) has something like a 98% success rate, and if you loose, worst case scenerio is usually a bargained defensive driving. Yes, you pay pretty much the same as the ticket (around $100), but no record, and no insurance jump.