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I got off one with a lawyer because he wrote '48 Z-28 instead of '84 Z-28. Your best bet is to schedule a court date. Then a couple of days before reschedule another date. Chances are he won't show.
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Originally posted by HITMANinMI:
Why dont you go into court say " I was braking the law and dont want to suffer any consequences".
Take some responbility here god damn, you broke the law now pay the ticket.
Why don't you get the hell out of my thread? 
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FIRST: Thanks a lot though guys, for those of you that were helpful.  Like I said earlier, never been in a situation like this before, so any and every piece of advice I can get will be useful. How much does the average lawyer/attorney cost? I'm pretty sure they are easy to find here in Savannah. I don't know the first thing to say when I get in the court room. It's scheduled for January 19th. I don't want to bank on the cop not showing up because if that's my only defense and he shows, then I'll be screwed a new one. I have a feeling that it will be difficult to get TWO tickets cleared (one for speeding, one for curfew) by the judge. Honestly, I'll pay any amount of money I need to but I really can not afford points on my license. Mom was complaining all last night that now our insurance is going to triple and they might drop us now, blah blah blah... I mean, I realise my faults and everything but has an insurance company ever dropped somebody because of one ticket for eleven over? It seems a bit overkill if this has happened. But yeah, I need to get rid of this car and get something with four doors because the insurance on a two door is ridiculous. Even if only an Escort. And I hate having to fold seats so people can get in the back. GAH!  The cop DID ask me if I wanted to exercise my right to check his radar gun calibration, but I declined figuring I didn't need to piss him off any more than I already did. Guess now I just have to sit here and wait. At least the car wasn't impounded. -SAV 
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Quit being a baby and pay the ticket.
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Originally posted by PackRat:
Quit being a baby and pay the ticket.
I fail to see where I've acted childish. 
You, however, seem to be a professional at it. 
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Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:
Originally posted by PackRat:
Quit being a baby and pay the ticket.
I fail to see where I've acted childish.
Whining about your getting a ticket when you WERE BREAKING THE LAW seems rather childish to me. You called the tune, now pay the piper.
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You, however, seem to be a professional at it.
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So what?
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I'm asking for advice. I already stated in a previous post, if you bothered to read before shooting off a reply, that I am willing to "pay the piper". All I said was I had never been in this situation before. Again, I'll ask you to point out my childishness. Find where I called the cop a douche or was bitchy about getting pulled over. If you're going to have the exceptionally annoying ability to fire off my flaws via name-calling (generally associated with immaturity, which so far I see more in you than in myself) then be sure you have the evidence to back it up. Otherwise your argument reveals a poor attempt to attack me on your part, and thus you've gotten nowhere in making me feel worse about myself. That is, if that really was your intent. -SAV
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Originally posted by PackRat:
Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:
Originally posted by PackRat:
Quit being a baby and pay the ticket.
I fail to see where I've acted childish.
Whining about your getting a ticket when you WERE BREAKING THE LAW seems rather childish to me. You called the tune, now pay the piper.
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You, however, seem to be a professional at it.
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So what?
Ok first off he was braking the law. Second you don't have to get an attorney. and C my parents are attorneys sooo mommy and daddy helped me out.
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Originally posted by SAV-ZX2:
I'm asking for advice. I already stated in a previous post, if you bothered to read before shooting off a reply, that I am willing to "pay the piper". All I said was I had never been in this situation before. Again, I'll ask you to point out my childishness. Find where I called the cop a douche or was bitchy about getting pulled over.
If you're going to have the exceptionally annoying ability to fire off my flaws via name-calling (generally associated with immaturity, which so far I see more in you than in myself) then be sure you have the evidence to back it up. Otherwise your argument reveals a poor attempt to attack me on your part, and thus you've gotten nowhere in making me feel worse about myself. That is, if that really was your intent.
-SAV
All I'm saying is, you got a ticket, pay up, end of story. If you want to take your chances in court that's up to you but I'm sick of reading these threads posted by people who get busted when they were clearly breaking the law and ask for advice on how to either wiggle out of it or look for some excuse how to get out of it. If that's not your intent, fine, but that's how most of these threads pan out.
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i would fight the ticket and never admit responsibility. Even when you try to do the stand up thing often times they will not give you a break. In New York State, your ticket would be immediately thrown out because he wrote the wrong type of vehicle on it. If I were you I wouldn't disrespect the cop but I would say that you believe that he simply made a mistake and pulled the wrong vehicle over. that he must have saw a m ustang speeding but pulled you over accidentally and that you weren't speeding. When you go to court, make yourself look like a responsible adult. go in in dockers and a nice shirt and try to pull the image thing off
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