Got a speeding ticket?
Don’t know how to get out of a speeding ticket? I can help!
Don’t know how to get out of a speeding ticket? I can help!
 First of all don’t panic, you are not unique at this and you are not alone. Speeding tickets are a commonplace nowadays. Almost every driver with more than a couple of years of driving history has at least one. And don’t feel too guilty - when the majority of population breaks the law, the law is flawed, not people.
This is not to say that everybody should drive 100 mph everywhere. I’m a strong believer in the responsible choice of speed consistent with driver’s shape and experience, car shape, and road conditions. This is to say that current US speed limits are heavily influenced by politicians and are set for revenue generation rather than for safety. So one should not feel guilty when s/he is forced into this dirty money game. Let me show you what your options are: |
Ignoring your speeding ticket. Was it your first thought? In most cases you are better off leaving this option alone. State will not try to hunt you down, but court will still issue a warrant for your arrest. Next time you get stopped, officer will check your record on the scene and immediately put handcuffs on you. After spending some time in jail you still have to pay your full fine plus the interest.
Ignoring your speeding ticket without any reservation can be an option though, if you are not an US resident and not going to travel back to US ever. As soon as your flight takes off, you are safe. They will not contact your airline to get you off the airplane, and they will not ask Interpol to search for you worldwide just to make you pay your speeding ticket fines. |
Entering a guilty plea or pleading nolo contendere and paying your fines.There are four types of pleading available to you that you can enter for your ticket. - Guilty. I made a mistake, here’s my money, raise my insurance. - Guilty with an explanation. I made a mistake, but let me tell you why, before I give you my money, and you raise my insurance. - NoloContendere. It’s the Latin translation for “No Contest”. All right I’m guilty, but I just don’t want to tell you. Here’s my money, raise my insurance. - NOT Guilty. Does not necessarily mean that you did not commit the crime. All it means is that the prosecutor now has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you did commit the crime.
Do not pay your speeding ticket fines without a fight. Always contest your traffic ticket and you’ll be in a much better financial shape. Do not forget that your ticket fine and court fees are just the tip of an iceberg. Your insurance is what matters. Your points will stay on your driving record for three years. On average they will add to your insurance $350 yearly. I don’t know about you, but this is serious money for me. |
Hiring a traffic lawyer. You are going to need a traffic lawyer if jail time or license suspension is probable with your sentence. This usually involves excessive speeding, reckless driving, DUI/DWI, etc. Figure out the cost of the attorney’s fees and weigh them against the fine and insurance premium increase.
Most attorneys have a pretty good relationship with prosecutors, and they know their way around the court system far better than you possibly can. If you feel that the pricing is okay, and the services that you will be retaining will assist you in making a good settlement, consider one of these people. Utilize their specialties to help you out, simply because it’s easier on you in the long run. Once you hire an attorney, you have lost control over how your case will be handled because she will be the one taking care of it for you. However, you do gain the advantage of her knowledge of the legal procedures and you’re the one with the most detail as to the events surrounding the particular citation. |
Attending a traffic school. One of the most popular forms of plea bargain available to you is attending a traffic school, especially if your violation was in Texas. One of the best Texas online schools is here. You agree to attend a traffic school and they provide a completion certificate from a school that’s licensed in you local jurisdiction. If you attend and pass, the charges against you will be dropped. Usually you’re allowed to participate in this program, once yearly.
Sometimes you can get a discount on your car insurance by mentioning that you have successfully completed traffic school. Just don’t tell them that you went because of a speeding ticket. Usually, this is the most painless way to get rid of the charges that are against you. Traffic schools normally cost $35 to $50 to attend, depending on the state. It’s possible that a court cost will also be included or added to this fee. Usually, the total cost will be less than your speeding fine. You want to consider this possibility, if you feel that your case is weak and you may not have a chance of winning. If you’ve got a good case built up, save the option of the driving school for another time when you may really need it. |
Fighting a speeding ticket. If you like a process of fighting, go ahead and google some free recommendations on how to fight a speeding ticket, and start your fight. Order your driving record, delay your court date, request discovery. Do million other things recommended on the net that will keep you (and court) busy for months.
While those are not the most efficient methods, fighting your ticket is much better than just giving up and paying it. Sure, winning odds are not very good, but if you do nothing, odds are zero. Now, if you are really serious about this, and want to have some really good odds in your favor, you can proceed to |
Beating your speeding ticket. Being a very safe driver, I still got quite a few speeding tickets in my life. Once I even had been thrown into the jail in NC. That was fun, and helped me to dump all my illusions about US traffic courts.
I fought all my tickets. Sometimes I was more than 20mph over the limit - reckless driving automatically in most states. I did not want to risk my license in such cases and always hired a lawyer, as a person who knows ins and outs. Lawyers had my tickets significantly reduced. I did fight other tickets, with more or less success. Still, I did “earn” quite a few demerit points on my driving record during my long driving life. Recently I stumbled upon a really good “how to beat a speeding ticket” strategy. I’m sure I would have been able to have most (if not all) of my tickets dismissed, if I had used it before. Since I learned this method, I did not lose any ticket I fought myself! I’m just thinking about how much money I could have saved on traffic attorneys and insurance, if I new this secret strategy before. I’m almost willing to get another ticket - just to watch yet another time how this strategy works and how I can beat a speeding ticket instead of it being just reduced. Now, let’s do some math. As we calculated above, you are going to pay $1050 extra for insurance on average. Add to this the fine and court fees, which is not going to be less than $150 combined. This gives you a TOTAL MONETARY LOSS of $1200 And I am being conservative. On the other hand, Damon has a book on sale right now, and instead of his normal cost of $50 he is currently letting it go for a mere $29! So using these conservative figures ($1200 vs $29), you are getting a return of over 4000%! |
I would definitely discourage you from pleading any of the first three choices. Even if technically you were speeding, the law is flawed in the first place. I do not feel it is morally wrong to contest the speeding ticket. More, 
P.S. The funny thing is - I rarely get tickets nowadays. Despite of the fact that I routinely drive 90-100 mph on highways. My 35 years of driving experience force me to pinpoint speed traps with amazing accuracy. No radar detector or jammer needed. If you order the secret strategy, you will get a FREE bonus ebook on how to avoid speeding tickets with your order. It is consistent with my speeding ticket avoiding practices. The whole thing costs way less than even an entry level radar detector.