Speeding Ticket - Orange,CA

It is what it is, if they clocked you with the radar just pay the fine. I found an interesting site that sort of spells it out. Looks like you'll be paying about 150. Here's the site: http://california.drivinguniversity.com/speeding-tickets/...

Okay I'm a little late w/my answer, but you may want to hear about my experiences w/ tickets. I've had 4 tickets over the span of 22 years. I went to traffic school for the first one. It was taught by an actual cop who, get ready for this one...taught us how to get out of tickets. Subsequently, I talked my way out of 2 tickets (several years later) and even when I got the other 3 tickets I managed to get them dismissed in court even though I was guilty on all of them. I actually have a perfect driving record and our insurance company continues to give us the multiple good driver discount. Speeding is a tricky one (my court dismissals were illegal U-turns & driving on the shoulder when my car was breaking down) but I still think you can try to beat it in court. First of all, you must plead "not guilty" and ask that your court date be extended. If the city allows you to choose, choose the latest possible date available. Some courts force you to come down in person to take care of this, banking on the hope that you will find it to be too much trouble, give up and just pay the ticket. I would suggest you do whatever is necessary to extend the court date as long as possible. In my cases I was able to secure a court date 6 months AFTER I had received the ticket. The theory behind this being that even if the officer shows in court he/she will not remember the details of your traffic violation. Now right off the bat you have about a 35% chance of the officer no showing. If he/she does, you need to be well prepared to plead your case. While I don't recommend outright lying (though I know a few friends who've done it and won) you can be selective about how much info you give in regards to how fast you were driving. If there are any specific details you can provide that would cast significant doubt as to your actual speeding then it should work in your favor. I personally went fully prepared w/notes just in case and all 3 times the cop didn't show.

I do not believe this is "wreckless driving"...maybe a steeper fine but not anything that will impact your ability to attend traffic school. If you'd like the fine to be reduced, just head off to court on or before the date and stand in the wonderful traffic line. Let them know you'd like to be seen and then ask for traffic school. Most of the time a judge will shave some of the fine down and then allow the traffic school. Either way, go to traffic school and you're good to go. It'd be a different scenario if you were caught going over 100 mph..that's wreckless driving.

I got a red light camera ticket. I did driving school on line and it didn't go on my record. However, you'll still have to pay the fine and pay a couple of hundred for driving school. You can go to court and try to have it reduced. If the police officer doesn't show up they may throw it out.

Good luck.

Many times you can go to traffic school. But, it varies depending on how far above the limit you were going and under what conditions. For instance, if you're going 20 miles over in a posted school zone and they want to write you for wreckless, you might be stuck with it. 20 miles over in bad weather conditions.....you might not be able to get out of it.
Contact the county court where the ticket was issued and ask them what your options are. If you aren't "charged" with wreckless driving, then you don't have to worry about that. Sometimes you can even do traffic school on-line. Only the court office will be able to tell you and work with you.

Slow down, and best wishes.

Laws vary from state to state. Yes, driving 20+ miles over the limit can be considered reckless. If you received the ticket, it should state what it's for and a fine should be listed. If it's for reckless driving, go to court and plead your case for a lesser charge.

Is it for speeding? Considering you know you were speeding and a radar would have been used, if you go to court, your chances of being found not guilty are very minimal. I would just pay the fine and be done with it.

Are you concerned about it being on your record for insurance purposes? Taking a driving safety course, could help to reduce your rates.

You can google "california lawyers for speeding ticket" and you should see what pops up. It should cost around $100 for the lawyer and you don't have to go to court to plead your case and it will get dismissed as a parking violation so it won't count as points on your record. You will have to pay a fine for your "parking ticket" which is usually around 1/2 of the price of your ticket. If you do go the lawyer route, be sure that you go to one that is "reputable" so that you don't get ripped off.

If you don't want to go that route, just go to court and pay the fine. They will probably reduce it and like the other moms said, you can take a course and not worry about your record. Also, whatever you were charged with will be written on the ticket so if you don't see reckless driving, then you are not sighted for that.

If you go to traffic school, it won't be on your record, but you still have to pay for the ticket, which is expensive, plus traffic school. Look online for traffic schools - you can get it done on one Saturday, and maybe they have them online now. I've also heard you can go to court to try to fight it, and if the cop doesn't show up, you win, but if he does, he will probably win. I did that, and the cop did show up, so I had to do the traffic school and pay the ticket.