Los Angeles Copywriter: How to Beat a Traffic Ticket Legally
Traffic tickets are big business these days, so says the National Motorists Association. Many cities that have mismanaged their budgets and are using traffic laws and extreme fines to gouge their citizens. How sad the laws meant to keep us safe are now being used as a shakedown by City Hall. Case in point, a tiny town in Georgia that took in over half a million dollars in traffic tickets.
If you are ticketed and believe the violation or fine to be unfair, there is a way to beat a traffic ticket legally. This maneuver was actually taught to me by a judge who I was sitting next to during an airplane flight. He said to do what inmates on death row do… delay, delay, delay.
When you first get the ticket, see a judge and ask for a delay to pay your ticket (also known as bail). Then ask for another, then another. When you finally have to pay the bail, ask for a delay in the trial date. Then come back and ask for another and another delay. I have been able to delay my traffic trials for 9 to 10 months.
Why is that so important? Because in that long period of time, the police officer who pulled you over will probably not show up for the trial because he or she was transferred to another precinct, is on vacation, working new hours that do not allow an appearance in court or may have quit.
If the police officer doesn’t show up for your traffic court trial, then the case must be dismissed by the judge. Why? Because we all have the right to question our accuser in court, but if the accuser (the police officer) fails to show, the case is dismissed.
Please note that I am not a lawyer and suggest everyone seek help from a legal professional before going to court. I do not advocate getting out of tickets such as a DWI. Drunk drivers are dangerous.
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March 2, 2008 at 10:41 pm
If you think that telling people they can beat their ticket by showing up and beating the ticket if the cop does not is foolish. Most Traffic Courts coordinate the appearance in court based on the cops availabiity. So most defendants court date for trial is based on when the cop can make it. Often the judge will convince the defendant to come back if the judge thinks the officer will not be able to make it. They do not just dismiss unless you have a lawyer.
March 3, 2008 at 2:30 am
That is simply not true, Ted.
Traffic courts can never guarantee that the police officer will appear on the court date.
Dismissal of a ticket does not require a lawyer.
I have been to traffic court many times and have never see a traffic judge delay a court date because an officer failed to show. The ticket is dismissed.
I have used the technique of “delaying” and it works very well.
April 11, 2008 at 7:26 pm
This sounds like an interesting tactic. I have a couple questions about it. How many times did you have to delay? How do you know when to stop delaying? Do you have to go before the judge to delay or is it okay to just file the online extension option? IE, is there anything I’m not aware of that I’m automatically waiving by choosing the online extension option?
May 21, 2008 at 12:59 pm
More than 50% of people who fight tickets win, and the vast majority of those are because the officer does not show up. Problem is, if the officer does show, you need a back-up strategy that has a chance to work. Search “speeding ticket book” on Google to find some of those web sites that have reasonable legal strategies.