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kane · 05-04-2008, 05:07 PM

I have friends that are cops and this is what I have been told by them. This is not actual legal advice.

1. if you admitted to them that you knew you were speeding when you got pulled over you are screwed. He will simply remind the court that you admitted you were speeding so you got a ticket and you lose. If that is the case, go in, explain you realized you were speeding but didn't think it was more than a couple miles over the limit and ask for a reduced fee. You can probably plea no contest and get a lower fine. Ask the judge for his advice and explain it was an honest mistake, Often they are pretty cool with regular people who just made a mistake. Remember they do this all day long so they have heard every excuse in the book.

2. If you didn't admit you were speeding then go in and tell them something that actually makes sense. Don't try to make them think the office coerced you into speeding because he was also speeding. He is a cop, he can drop a million reasons why he was going fast on you in a heartbeat. He will just say he was speeding up to react to a call or any number of reasons. They are not required (at least in my state) to have their lights on when they are speeding. Just tell them you were not aware of the speed limit, you thought it was 55 (or whatever max speed is for your state) and when you saw other traffic (the cop) going that fast you assumed that was the limit and that you felt you were proceeding in a reasonable and prudent manner. Reasonable and prudent is the keywords. Mention that a few times if you can. You never know, you might win, I would give you about a 5% chance of actually winning, but it is worth a try. Typically speaking unless you have a witness or some really good evidence to prove otherwise, you are caught.

3. as others have said, hope he doesn't show up. If you can find out what his days off are I would do my best to schedule the case in the middle of the afternoon on one of his days off. That way he has to take time out of the middle of his day off to go to court for you and he might just blow it off.

05-04-2008, 05:07 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I have friends that are cops and this is what I have been told by them. This is not actual legal advice. 1. if you admitted to them that you knew you were speeding when you got pulled over you are screwed. He will simply remind the court that you admitted you were speeding so you got a ticket and you lose. If that is the case, go in, explain you realized you were speeding but didn't think it was more than a couple miles over the limit and ask for a reduced fee. You can probably plea no contest and get a lower fine. Ask the judge for his advice and explain it was an honest mistake, Often they are pretty cool with regular people who just made a mistake. Remember they do this all day long so they have heard every excuse in the book. 2. If you didn't admit you were speeding then go in and tell them something that actually makes sense. Don't try to make them think the office coerced you into speeding because he was also speeding. He is a cop, he can drop a million reasons why he was going fast on you in a heartbeat. He will just say he was speeding up to react to a call or any number of reasons. They are not required (at least in my state) to have their lights on when they are speeding. Just tell them you were not aware of the speed limit, you thought it was 55 (or whatever max speed is for your state) and when you saw other traffic (the cop) going that fast you assumed that was the limit and that you felt you were proceeding in a reasonable and prudent manner. Reasonable and prudent is the keywords. Mention that a few times if you can. You never know, you might win, I would give you about a 5% chance of actually winning, but it is worth a try. Typically speaking unless you have a witness or some really good evidence to prove otherwise, you are caught. 3. as others have said, hope he doesn't show up. If you can find out what his days off are I would do my best to schedule the case in the middle of the afternoon on one of his days off. That way he has to take time out of the middle of his day off to go to court for you and he might just blow it off.