[Hidden-tech] Requesting Assistance with contesting a ticket

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 14 Apr 2015 06:12:03 -0400 "Annamarie Pluhar" <annamarie at pluharconsulting.com> wrote:

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> I've contested a ticket twice - both times in Maryland. Both times I 
> represented myself.
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> In the first case: I was incensed because I got picked out but everyone 
> else around me was also going above the speed limit (this was on 95 
> between DC and Baltimore) - listening to the morning of cases I learned 
> that the language I should use was "moving with the flow of traffic". It 
> worked.
> 
> In the second I was on a deserted road on the Eastern shore mid-day and 
> the cops who pulled me over had faked that they needed assistance. The 
> judge was furious with them for the entrapment and let me off.
> 
>  From that experience - others may have different views - I think your 
> son should go to court and simply present his case. I'm not clear from 
> what you say below but it sounds like he thought he was driving safely 
> and correctly. I think getting lawyers involved escalates the situation.


I have also heard that many times the police don't expect the ticket to be 
contested and don't show up at traffic court.  If the police officer(s) don't 
show up, the judge will often just toss the case out.


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> My two cents.
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> Annamarie Pluhar
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> Pluhar Consulting
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> On 13 Apr 2015, at 23:30, SandyWeiner wrote:
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> > Hi All,
> > I'm looking for help for my son, who got a speeding ticket in 
> > Connecticut a few weeks back and we need to contest it. He was taught 
> > to drive in Germany and assumed the correct course of action when 
> > someone tailgated him even after he had slowed down was to them speed 
> > up to let them past, in an HOV lane. We have a list of Connecticut 
> > traffic lawyers but do not know whom to go to. Any suggestions?
> > Many thanks!
> > In Metta,
> > Sandy
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