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damm...got my first speeding ticket and im trying to get away with this without my parents knowing. if my parents found out i gotta ticket then im basically dead. anyways, my court date is on january 19th. do i need a parent to come with me to court or can i go there on my own? and i am also planning on taking the defensive driving class too. do they send you something over the mail? by the way...im 17 years old.

 
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depends on the law there. i got a ticket at 17 but they didn't require parents at 17, only at 16. btw, call up there and ask if u need a parent or what not. I happen to have a court date on Jan 15 @ 1 which i will be working at that time. imo what court holds traffic case on weekends? imma go there tommorow and ask for a later date or defensive driving since i was speeding like mad.

 
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I am not sure what differences a minor makes. But why would your parents kill you for getting a ticket? You are just out of luck of getting a ticket. My parents are cool, cuz they know its not my fault. Heck, my dad drives much faster than me and he has some road rage too. He gets angry at me when I drive because I dont drive aggressive enough.

 
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lol, i drive just like your dad and guess who taught me......my moms

well dont worry about your parents they will not be mad, well depends on how fast you were going, but they should know 5-0's are *******s at times

 
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here in ohio if yur under 18 and get a ticket yes a parent must be there or you can waive a court appearance and just pay the fine.....and alos the parent must sign the ticket. i have no idea about arkansas

 
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do you pay your own insurance? because the ticket will most likely increase your rate and they may notice then if they don't find out before. If it's not a serious ticket, then I would just tell them. Now if its like 110 in a 55 then you may want to keep it on the down low.....

 
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well...asian parents can be @ssholes when it comes down to trouble making or any rule breaking. and of course gardes in school. but im doin good in school.

 
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I am asian

 
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iamasian.
heh but you just need someone like older than 18 or 21 or something. youll be ok

 
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im not asian

a lot of places yer first speeding ticket is a given and your insurance will not go up..
the longer you wait to tell yer parents the more pissed they will be cuz you were "hiding it from them"...

even if yer parents are gunna go apeshit either way.. they might go less apeshit if you have already called the courthouse to find out if they have to be their too.. and if you have called your insurance company to find out if your insurance will go up or if you get a free one.. i discovered that parents really really hate hearing "i dont know" and "im not sure" when they are mad.. i think thats universal

 
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In AZ, no parents have to go to court either. You just show up, and you do what they say. Try to get defensive driving since its a first offense. My parents were very very strict on me when I was younger, and they didnt care that I got tickets. I think they figure cops are a**ho**s. I know my dad does. My mom isnt the fondest, but doesnt hate them. Its that damn Sherrif Joe Arpaio though. He is the biggest a** of all the Sherrifs in the US! he tries to make people fear police in AZ. Sorry im ranting.

 
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http://www.ticketassassin.com/
Go there man you can fight your ticket through the mail without ever going to court!

 
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i just got back from paying mine 53 in a 30, 125!!! my parents cared :-/

 
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lol good thing all my tickets i had was over 18 so i dont need them

 
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why is this in other parts and products section?

Injen

 
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well you are in the minority. if i had gotten a ticket for speeding when i first started driving ages ago, my mom would have punished me and probably would have taken my car away for awhile.

 
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wrong forum... but... yur parents are gonna find out either way... no matter what your insurance will probably bump up a little and your rents will know... or your parents will have to come to court... but i hope some how something works out for you, good luck... by the way, were you really speeding or what??? cuase if you know you were speeding by a lot, i wouldn't fight it waste of $, unless they were wrong

 
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i was going 15 over. 85 on a 70 mph zone.

 
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Not a real big deal. I would just tell the rents. They will probably appreciate hearing it from you rather than Mr. Insurance man. Just pay the fine, and be done.

 
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Don't sweat it. When I was in my teen years I got numerous tickets. Most of them were dropped or I just went to court and got them reduced. Just go to court and dress nice, and whatever you do agree with the judge. With your parents, I would just tell them, because insurance might be effected later on in the future.

I gotta go to court around mid january too, but it isn't for a speeding ticket

 
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good luck trying to hide it from them...i got a ticket about a month ago, paid it, went to traffic school...everything was fine...they sent me the certificate for completing traffic school and my dad just happened to be the person getting the mail that day...i had a lot of explaining to do because im still under his policy. haha...he was pissed.

 
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Go to court to ask for traffic school since it's your first time. I don't know, but I think it only takes off one point.

 
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I got a court date on the 28th of December...in Brawley...I live in LA. Sucks to be me.

 
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Moved

 
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well with my insurance a ticket doesn't go on my account unless i'm doing 15 or over. Usually what I do is talk to the officer and usually he will lower it. That way I dont have to worry about going to court or having it on my insurance, I just pay the ticket and my parents never know. Plus if it is your first ticket then you might even have a better chance of getting it dropped. I got my first dropped to a warning actually.

 
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I got a ticket a year ago right after i got my licence... i was going 125 in a 65, the cops clocked me at 115, they said theyd be nice and put 99+ on the ticket so they wouldnt have to arrest me. i paid my ticket of 300 something dollars online, i think i was 17. my mom didnt have to find out but i told her about it cuz shes cool and i knew she wouldnt care. i think i told her i was going 95 though hehe ;-)