| Re: Ticket Question Shiiiit dude, don't even get me started, you have nothing to loose by fighting the ticket. Use everything you can against him, weather be the wrong street, the fact that you have black wheels, and it's more difficult to see weather or not they stopped moving, frickin whatever, use it against them. If they actually show up. A lot of times cops don't show up. You would be amazed at how many cases get dismissed, especially in a big city or whatever.
Click the link in my sig, I wrote a crazy huge article about all of this, which of course, is just my opinion.
Here's what you do:
Wait till the day before the date at the bottom of the ticket...the "court date" you signed and promised to do something about it on or before. Wait till the day before, request an extension. They'll give you like an additional 30 days or something.
Wait till the day before the extension is due, request an arraignment date. They'll give you a date to show up and talk to the judge.
The day before that, plead not guilty, (usually this is where you'll have to fork over the cash) when you plead not guilty, they'll give you a court date.
After all this, show up and court and be ready to question the officer, or testify on your own behalf.
If the cop shows up. A lot of times, your case will just get dismissed because they don't show up.
If you really wanna dick around with them, do all of that, then when you get your 'not guilty' court date, go in like a couple days before and ask to change the court date. Sometimes they won't allow you to do that, but it's worth a try.
Also, sometimes, depending on the court system where you live, they might not let you get an arraignment date.
Do it! Stick it to the man!
All the want is your money.
If you do nothing, they'll just trample all over you and take your money. Because that's all they want.
One last thing, if you knew that they were handing out tickets like all day, you never know, it might be easier for you to win yours because they'll probably get x number of people who just fork it over without fighting, so they might not care to try to get it from you. Who knows.
No i'm not a lawyer or a cop, nor do I have any other experience with the legal system besides just fighting my own shiznat.
I could sit here and argue till im blue in the face, but damn, the legal system was created originally for the people, utilize it.
Last edited by Eyger : 08-23-2008 at 12:13 AM.
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