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So I finsh installing my KKM and take it out for a spin to see/hear the difference and for the computer to re-learn. And of course I get a traffic ticket for my troubles. On the ticket the cop put that I have 2 doors (like the rear doors were hiding) and that the car was an escort! Yeah, that hit hard but hey, he's an idiot. Can either of these incorrect items clear me out of this ticket?

In theory if he screwed up its invalidated i believe.... worth checking out....

Bring proof of your type of car to court and cross your fingers! :rolleyes:

As long as he has the right license plate number you may be SOL!

Stephen

Okay so he is human and made an honest mistake, did you or did you not commit the traffic infraction? The judge will laugh at you for taking it to court to make the cop look bad, and the cop will get paid overtime to laugh at you. Get real just take the driver improvement course and be done with it.

You act like he committed a felony.

Dude if you don't want any points against your license get an attorney. I recently was pulled over for 91 in a 70 MPH zone. My speedometer went out on the way to college and wasn't able to fix it till I got home. I recieved the ticket on the way home. Well I got an attorney for this and showed that my speedo went out. Payed $350, but no points against my license and looks as if it was a non-moving violation. Just talk to an attorney about this and see what he/she says. You were out joy riding so yes you could be SOL. Anything is possible though. Good luck bro.

I just foudn this:
"According to popular belief, which may have stemmed from the old Summary Convictions Act, that minor errors* on the ticket will make it void. This is not true anymore. If your name on the ticket is spelled incorrectly, this is not a fatal error. As long as the right person is standing in front of the court, and the police officer can identify you, the name on the ticket does not have to match your name exactly. Other minor errors, such as license plate, the defendant's address, and license number etc. will not affect the validity of the ticket. The error must be major enough in such a way that it will mislead you into preparing a defence. An example would be an offence that is not known to law (e.g. speeding 40 km/h in a 63 km/h zone.) Other fatal errors include missing police officer's signature, missing defendant's name, identification and signature etc. If you are not sure whether your ticket has a fatal error, it is better to plead not guilty anyway. The judge will decide whether the error is fatal and if so, he will dismiss it. Don't assume a small error will void the ticket and toss it out yourself."

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the same thing happen to me but with a different car...at least in NC it dont matter what the cop put there...the judge asked me if i did speed and if not to produce evidence to contradict the car video...good luck man

I have it made as long as im in the Tulsa area. I work at a salon and one of my clients is on the crime comission. She told me that if I ever get a ticket to call her and she will have it droped...

But cops think there god I've gotten two speeding tickets.

If the ticket is written up incorrectly then you can say this:

"If the officer can make a mistake for stating my car is a 2 door when infact it is a 4 door then it is possible that the violation of ... is mistake as well. Therefore I object on the basis that the officer's compitence at the time was below averge. Since the officer could not distinguish whether my car is a 2 door or 4 door...how could he have given me the ticket for ...."

Basically you are saying to the court that the cop is an idiot and if he can make a mistake like that can he could have made a mistake with the violation. Furthermore, the cop is suppose to be well versed in traffic laws and to make a mistake like that will throw out the ticket on technicality as well. I have lots of faith that you will win this ticket!

I got a ticket in January (first in 10 years ) in the new Maxima but the cop wrote in 2000 Maxima 2-dr (a 2-dr Maxima?! cool...)

I planned to go to court, and either have it dropped or just plead no contest and ask the judge to let me take an online driver test to get a points credit. But in the end, I decided it wasn't worth it. Doing all that, with time off work, would cost me more than to just suck it up and pay an insurance increase. But as luck would have it, I just switched to State Farm with my friend/neighbor/agent, but I waited until the last minute to pay my speeding fine, so the conviction wasn't on my license when they ran the policy so I got a clean policy, and they won't check again for at least a couple of years unless I have an accident or something.