[Shotimes] OT: Help! Unfair traffic ticket!

[James White]

Like Bob Bade, I have fought every ticket that I have gotten in the last 10
years.  Usually I hire a lawyer.  I have never lost.

It has always cost money, but always less than loosing my $500/yr "safe
driver" insurance discount.

Every State and County has different laws on things like this and the
National Motorists Assoc. may be of help.  They also maintain a file of
lawyers who fight these things.

I also have gone to the local yellow pages and found a lawyer who was a
former prosecutor.  It worked wonders.  This guy knew exactly what to do and
who to talk to...

$100 to the court for their "diversion" program and $150 to the lawyer for
his 20 minutes...

Jim White - greensho@crown.net
Valparaiso, Indiana
'93  5 SPEED   275k few mods
'95  5 SPEED   224k lots of mods
sometimes "double clutching doesn't help"

----- Original Message -----
From: <Rbade12@aol.com>
To: <AJackson@sbtinfo.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT: Help! Unfair traffic ticket!


> I agree with Adam. Fight it. Even if you don't win, sitting back and
letting
> them wrong you will eat at you. Consider getting a lawyer and letting
him/her
> do the talking!! In Wisconsin, you can take anything you're charged with
to a
> jury trial. While that is, in my opinion, extreme for a traffic offense,
it
> is our right and something to consider.
> The traffic offenses I've contested, speeding, improper stop, speeding,
have
> all been reduced to a benign charge, i.e. speeding became malfunctioning
> speedo. They still got the cash from me, but the points were dropped and
it
> was a non-moving violation that the insurance company was not informed of.
>
> Fight it!!!    Bob 93 MTX
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