Top 5 Worst Speeding Ticket Defenses
Everybody gets speeding tickets. It’s inevitable. No one goes exactly at or under the speed limit. It’s just too difficult. And while we’re speeding around we never think about it. Until we get that ticket and see the large amount of money the state or the city wants out of us as punishment. Then we think we can beat it.
The good news is, there are ways to beat a speeding ticket. I should know, I’m a Seattle traffic lawyer. I spend a large part of my day helping people get out of traffic tickets. And I’m pretty good at it. But some things don’t work. Here are the top five.
The speed limit is incorrect. Actually just heard this one today. A guy called and thought he might be able to beat his speeding ticket by arguing that the speed limit was established incorrectly, and if it was correct, he wouldn’t be speeding. It won’t work.
Moving with traffic. I think everyone has probably heard or thought of using this one. You know it. It’s the one where everyone else is speeding so it’s okay for me to speed. Only problem with this? Judges don’t buy it. Tell them this is your defense, they’ll smile and then bring the hammer down.
Avoiding some impending disaster. While this one actually makes sense in some respects, it usually falls on deaf ears. Whether it was the two semi-trucks that were about to sandwich you or a the swerving driver in front of you, this one’s usually a loser. Be prepared to answer the question, “why didn’t you slow down?”
The cop made a mistake. How hard do you think it is to point a gun at a car and shoot it? That’s what cops do with radar guns. And they do it all day every day. They rarely, if ever, get cars confused. And judges hear this one all day. And it doesn’t work.
It couldn’t have been me because I don’t speed. Again, this, along with number four, is a cardinal sin of speeding ticket and traffic ticket violators – calling the cop’s truthfulness into question. It just doesn’t work. If you aren’t lying the cop has to be. And judges know, like we all know, that no one goes the speed limit all the time.
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