Senin, 31 Januari 2011

Speeding Violation Strategies To Help In Court

By Phyllis Ray


A lot of people at some point in their driving life will get a traffic violation forone reason or another. Many people will take their violations and pay it. Several such as not having your license on you or having an out of date tag really can't be fought with any strategy or defense. But there are speeding ticket defense strategies that can be utilized for certain speeding citations.

One of the more common strategies is that you as the driver were not aware of the violation that you were ticketed for. Storms sometimes knock down road signs, speed limit signs, and even yield signs. Sometimes individuals will vandalize and paint over a speed limit or could even steal the sign. A defense here is that you were not aware of what rule that you happened to break because the city did not have the traffic signs posted the proper way. If this were to happen to you, get video footage or photo evidence as soon as you can to try and defend yourself against the violation.

Another defense strategy is to research the infraction in your local area. Usually there are several points that have to be demonstrated and some guidelines for the officer. Look at each one of these and determine if everything was done the right way and if each can be borne out in court. If you find a flaw with just one of these steps, it can be the basis for your defense strategy.

One other defense strategy is to put in question the credibility of the radar devices that were used to determine your velocity if it is a speeding offense. These radar devices have to have proper documentation and be calibrated from time to time. If this documentation is not up to date, you can get out of the violation as the device's readings are just hearsay at that point.

Don't be apprehensive to come up with your best defense strategy because the reality of it is that many times tickets that are contested in court typically win or hopefully at least get a diminished fine.




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