{"id":266,"date":"2017-09-05T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T18:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.wordpress.com\/?p=266"},"modified":"2018-09-28T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T12:05:06","slug":"tuesdaytips-speeding-tickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/tuesdaytips-speeding-tickets\/","title":{"rendered":"#TuesdayTips \u2013 Speeding Tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"

At some point or another everyone has likely went over the speed limit.\u00a0 What happens when you do and you\u2019ve been caught?\u00a0 What happens if you don\u2019t think you were going as fast as what the officer told you? \u00a0This week\u2019s #TuesdayTips article<\/a> is about speeding tickets.<\/p>\n

Depending on your clocked speed and the speed limit will result in various penalties.\u00a0 The faster you go the greater the fine and number of points that will be charged to your license.\u00a0 When you are caught speeding you will receive a ticket.\u00a0 Your ticket will give you three options: (1) plead guilty and pay the fine, (2) plead not guilty and request a trial, or (3) guilty with explanation or request a waiver hearing<\/a>.\u00a0 The first plea is self-explanatory.\u00a0 If you select the first option you will have the points added to your license and have to pay the fine. \u00a0If you choose the second or third option, you will have to appear in Court.<\/p>\n

By pleading not guilty you are asserting that you did not speed or question the accuracy of the clocked speed. \u00a0The Court will\u00a0summon\u00a0you and the ticketing officer to appear in Court. \u00a0After you plead not guilty, the Court will move on with a trial where you will need to assert defenses and question the officer.\u00a0 For example, you may want to question (a) when and if the radar gun\u00a0was calibrated, (b) the\u00a0weather conditions, (c) the traffic conditions, and\/or (d) whether the officer’s vehicle was moving when you\u00a0were clocked.\u00a0 If the officer can\u2019t answer these questions,\u00a0give\u00a0his notes, etc. you may very well win your case. \u00a0Or the Court<\/a> may dismiss your case all together if the officer fails to appear.<\/p>\n

By pleading guilty with explanation or requesting a waiver hearing, you are admitting you were speeding but have an explanation justifying your speed.\u00a0 For example, you were in the middle of a medical emergency. \u00a0The Court will summon your appearance but the officer will not need to appear.\u00a0 In these situations, Judges may take into consideration the reason you were speeding and find that it was justified or perhaps lessen the penalty given your justification.<\/p>\n

If you have a poor driving record, a commercial license, a provisional license, etc. you may be inclined to fight the ticket to avoid losing a job, losing your license, seeing a spike in your insurance payments, or many other possible consequences.<\/p>\n

If any of these reasons or potential consequences resonate with you, call the attorneys<\/a> at ERA Law Group, LLC at (410) 919-1790 and ask about our fixed fee services!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At some point or another everyone has likely went over the speed limit.\u00a0 What happens when you do and you\u2019ve been caught?\u00a0 What happens if you don\u2019t think you were going as fast as what the officer told you? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[417],"tags":[167,87,168,169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177,178,179],"class_list":{"0":"post-266","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-injury","8":"tag-calibration","9":"tag-court","10":"tag-dismissal","11":"tag-guilty","12":"tag-hearing","13":"tag-not-guilty","14":"tag-officer","15":"tag-pleading","16":"tag-radar","17":"tag-speeding","18":"tag-speeding-ticket","19":"tag-ticket","20":"tag-traffic","21":"tag-waiver","22":"entry"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":925,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266\/revisions\/925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eralawgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}