how to fight a ticket in NJ Options

[i love porsche]

i got a freaking speeding ticket yesterday for 40 in a 25....

first off..id like to say that my spedometer said 38, there is a difference...

right now i cant really afford a ticket because of insurance...so does anyone have any experience about this?

what happened:

driving home from work, person in front of me is driving like a blind old man...so once he makes a left i ping it just a tad (i am not an unsafe driver, i dont speed often) so i get up to around 40..but definetly not at it or over. i see a sign that says 25...so i begin to brake and like almost right after is a cop in a driveway...once i saw him i pulled over...because i just knew it...he pulled up behind me and asked for my license and whatever...

the thing is..he never stated to me why i was pulled over or anything....didnt even tell me how fast i was going, i had to find out from the ticket.

do you think i can fight this reasonably? and have a chance of getting it dropped or reduced...its pretty important

thanks for the help
Aaron

[D1A3]

I would confirm Jaiden's experience above is possible and go for that. With this approach you at least know what the outcome is and don't have to chance it. That's why I like the no-lo plea we have here, you know what the outcome is before even going to court.

With regards to No-Lo, I'm not sure if LarryP is a lawyer, but I have used this defense twice... once for speeding, once for "beign stupid when I was in college" and it makes no difference as to the number of charges you have. You just plea it, you are not found guilty, pay a fine and go on about your way. Without being found "Guilty" you have nothign to worry about long term. Of course, like Jaiden wrote above, you are limited about how many times and when you can use it. Again, I know from personal experieince you can have a single speedign ticket and use it successfully.

BTW: I'm not racist at all, but when I used this plea for my speedign ticket I was the only non-minority in the courtroom except for a few cops and a few lawyers. The judge was very "forgiving" of defendants who were there for much more serious reasons than speeding... When I got up there, she made a smart comment about my speed, then a real asmart ass comment that I was driving my Lexus GS430, and that she woudl have to "check my record" before accepting the no-lo plea. She called me back an hour or so later to her bench and told me that since I had not used the no-lo before, she would accept it, but that I should consioder this "as a walk." The judge was pretty intimidating to say the least...

Keep us posted with the final disposition of your ticket.

--Jason