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chriswian · 07-12-2015, 03:34 AM

I'm sorry if it's frowned upon to ask this question but I was wondering if any of you have any experience with this that would be relevant to my case.

I was driving down San felipe road with some friends in the car and because of that I was being careful. Sure a little bit of spirited driving but nothing insane. Then at the apex of a turn a sheriff driving the opposite way of where I was going sees me and immediately turned around and catches up to me. He had no radar or no way of knowing how fast I was going, just eye balled it and pulled me over (first time ever getting pulled over) he gave me a ticket for going 40 on a 30 zone. So my question is this, should I take it to court to contest it, or take the class (first time offender)

Like I said this is my first ticket so I'm very clueless and somewhat frightened because I don't need my insurance to get more expensive. Yes I did learn my lesson and will try to be more careful so no need for bashing me I do feel bad.

TL;DR: I got a ticket for 40 on a 30 zone. Sheriff only saw me for 2 seconds on a turn at night with no radar or equipment of any kind. Should I contest?

07-12-2015, 03:34 AM	#1
chriswian Member Join Date: May 2015 Drives: 2013 FR-S Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 21 Thanks: 7 Thanked 12 Times in 3 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Should I contest speeding ticket? I'm sorry if it's frowned upon to ask this question but I was wondering if any of you have any experience with this that would be relevant to my case. I was driving down San felipe road with some friends in the car and because of that I was being careful. Sure a little bit of spirited driving but nothing insane. Then at the apex of a turn a sheriff driving the opposite way of where I was going sees me and immediately turned around and catches up to me. He had no radar or no way of knowing how fast I was going, just eye balled it and pulled me over (first time ever getting pulled over) he gave me a ticket for going 40 on a 30 zone. So my question is this, should I take it to court to contest it, or take the class (first time offender) Like I said this is my first ticket so I'm very clueless and somewhat frightened because I don't need my insurance to get more expensive. Yes I did learn my lesson and will try to be more careful so no need for bashing me I do feel bad. TL;DR: I got a ticket for 40 on a 30 zone. Sheriff only saw me for 2 seconds on a turn at night with no radar or equipment of any kind. Should I contest?