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SVTSHC · 10-14-2015, 10:41 AM

When you just pay without fighting you eliminate any opportunity to have the ticket reduced or turned into a non-moving violation. I still believe in having to PAY if you're in the wrong but the points that increase your insurance and such.... that's another story.

The only reason I fight tickets is to lower or do away with the points. I believe in paying for my mistakes but here in the good ol' USA with our artificially low speed limits... I don't think that I should have points on my license marking me as a callous or bad driver just because I'm more comfortable and focused at 80 than I am at 65.

Come to think of it, I think every driver on the road is more focused at higher average speeds. Then again, that could be relative.

Edit: Also, keep in mind. Unless YOU are summoned to court and HAVE to appear in person A traffic lawyer will go in your place and fight the ticket on your behalf. In addition to this, most lawyers will postpone the case till the very last time they can go at it. So you may not end up paying anything towards the ticket (if it ends up going that way) until late the following year. (If there are any points that end up landing on your license they count from the day you received the ticket, not the day you are convicted)

You can trust me, I've got gobs of traffic court experience (._.)....

10-14-2015, 10:41 AM	#18
SVTSHC (ﾉಥ益ಥ)ﾉ Join Date: Jul 2011 Drives: 2015 Series Blue BRZ Location: Bronx Posts: 1,393 Thanks: 930 Thanked 625 Times in 365 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	When you just pay without fighting you eliminate any opportunity to have the ticket reduced or turned into a non-moving violation. I still believe in having to PAY if you're in the wrong but the points that increase your insurance and such.... that's another story. The only reason I fight tickets is to lower or do away with the points. I believe in paying for my mistakes but here in the good ol' USA with our artificially low speed limits... I don't think that I should have points on my license marking me as a callous or bad driver just because I'm more comfortable and focused at 80 than I am at 65. Come to think of it, I think every driver on the road is more focused at higher average speeds. Then again, that could be relative. Edit: Also, keep in mind. Unless YOU are summoned to court and HAVE to appear in person *A traffic lawyer will go in your place and fight the ticket on your behalf.* In addition to this, most lawyers will postpone the case till the very last time they can go at it. So you may not end up paying anything towards the ticket (if it ends up going that way) until late the following year. (If there are any points that end up landing on your license they count from the day you received the ticket, not the day you are convicted) You can trust me, I've got gobs of traffic court experience (._.).... __________________ "Sweet Subaru, sweet Subaru, send your BRZ unto me, for the roads of the unworthy must be baptized in speed and glory." ~Zaku Last edited by SVTSHC; 10-14-2015 at 10:52 AM.