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Speeding Ticket Defenses

Speeding Ticket Defenses

You received a speeding ticket. Whether from the state patrol or a local police officer, the questions is: what now? If you are reading this then you want to fight your traffic ticket and have been researching speeding ticket defenses. Whether you were not speeding and want to fight your ticket based upon that fact, or if you know that you were speeding but want to challenge the ticket in order to avoid points and or increased insurance rates, please review the following speeding ticket defenses.
There are several obvious speeding ticket defenses. The most obvious is, "I wasn't speeding." Speeding ticket defenses can be quite complex, such as challenging the admissibility of a laser gun. The most effective speeding ticket defenses deal with how the officer determined your speed. Did the officer use visual estimation, radar, or a laser? Once this is determined, an appropriate speeding ticket defense can be selected.

Speeding Ticket Defense No. 1: I wasn't speeding

This speeding ticket defense is not very effective. Typically, in a situation where the speeding ticket defense is simply that you were not speeding, the court's ruling comes down to your testimony verses that of a uniformed officer. Officers have testified hundreds, if not thousands of times. Judges typically rule in favor of the officer.

Speeding Ticket Defense No. 2: Visual Estimation

If the officer used visual estimation to determine your speed, you are in luck. A skilled speeding ticket lawyer will know how to cross-examine the officer in order to provide the reasonable doubt required to beat your ticket. The visual estimation speeding ticket defense attacks the mathematical skills of the officer. In order to visually determine your speed, the officer must know the distance you travelled, how long it took you to travel that distance, and properly calculate your speed from those estimates. The officer's training is also at issue for this speeding ticket defense.

Speeding Ticket Defense Nos. 3 and 4: Radar and Laser

Speeding tickets received as a result of either radar or laser are much more difficult to beat. Radars must be calibrated and checked. This is usually done daily by the officer by performing a visual estimation. In the majority of circumstances, it is the calibration and methods used to calibrate the radar that are the focus of your speeding ticket lawyer's examination. Lasers are even more difficult to beat. Some jurisdictions have not yet taken judicial notice of the accuracy of certain lasers. If that is the case, then the state must establish the reliability (via qualified expert testimony) of the laser before it is admitted into evidence.

Speeding Ticket Defense No. 5: I just want to avoid points and/or increased insurance rates

Whether you believe you were speeding or not, contact a local traffic ticket lawyer to discuss the circumstances of your speeding ticket as well as the speeding ticket defenses available to you. A local speeding ticket lawyer will be able to explain the likely outcome of your traffic ticket. Go local - a local traffic lawyer has established a professional relationship with the prosecutors and quite possibly the officer that issued the citation. Depending on the court, a local traffic ticket lawyer will be able to get your ticket amended to a no point and/or non-moving violation. This should prevent your insurance premiums from increasing.

Whether you want to beat your ticket outright, or just have it amended in order to prevent points on your license and insurance rate increases, take advantage of a free consultation with a local traffic ticket defense lawyer. The costs of hiring a speeding ticket lawyer are minimal compared to the actual cost of a speeding ticket. There is no obligation to hire a speeding ticket lawyer just because you had a free consultation.

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