Reckless driveing ticket....

[BEISSEN]

Today i was on main street in fairfax and I pulled out and a new corvett behind me. I was just crusing,I looked down and i was at like 50 mph and so i started to slow down but a cop already saw me.  Then the vett passed me me and took off and went on through the yellow light.I stopped cus i was turning and i could not make it.The cop pulled behind me and then turned his lights on.I got the ticket and it was for 63 in a 35.So i have to got to court on April 2 at 9:30.Has anyone ever got a Reckless driveing ticket and if so what happend to you.This as well is my first ticket or violation i have gotten.

[bing]

if it's the first, you'll prolly be able to get off with a warning, i did...

just be cool, and cross your fingers

[AceInHole]

My friend got caught doing donuts in a parking lot, but the magistrate (we have mandatory court appearance here in CT, along with driver retraining, what bull****) was leanient and he only had to pay a fine and do said retraining.  Insurance will go up though, that's for sure.  I'd appeal it and claim "flow of traffic", and that your car was unfairly targeted while another car was speeding by you.  Something like that.

[crazyGardener]

My friend got a reckless driving ticket for doing 120 in a 35 zone. Never appeared in court and now has a warrant on him.

[s14vaxlr8]

where was he doing radar cause i haul ass up and down main street..btw if you say that there was no way you were doing that fast the judge will usually drop it down, plus you have to go 20 over to get a recless so it wasnt

[AceInHole]

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plus you have to go 20 over to get a recless so it wasnt</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

63 - 35 = 28 &lt; 20??

[Arcane]

from what i understand....you can't get a reckless driving ticket for speeding...it isn't until you switch lanes does it become reckless...my friend was caught going 125 on the freeway and stayed in the same lane...when he saw the lights...he slowed down to 65 and pulled over...the cop was &quot;impressed&quot; that my friend knew to slow down or he would've gotten a reckless driving ticket too....but that's just my experience....

(Edited by Arcane at 6:51 pm on Feb. 13, 2002)

[s14vaxlr8]

im a fucking idiot, my bad, yeah then your fucked, they would hook you up if your were like 23 or 22 but 8 over the recless limit...ouch

ps sorry for my stupidity

[whateverjames]

me and my friend were driving to my house (30 miles) and it can be a boring drive at times. so we were flying through traffic (him in the 300zx and me in the 240sx). we were showing off our handling to see how fast we could go from the slow lane to the fast lane doing 80mph as fast as we could. my friend slowed down, and a i was ahead of him and we then switched highways. the speed limit when switching from 270 to 40 is 35, and i must have been doing 75, it's a like a race track through there. as i got out of the turn and on the next highway i see a car behind me struggling to catch up. so my friend pulled up to race him and realized it was an state trooper and backed off. i was still going.....cop pulled me over and was screaming at the top of his lungs before he got up to the car (ya, i nearly shat my pants) that i should have my license taken away. i guess i wouldn't be happy either after directing a fatality clean-up not too far away. so after about 350+ in laywer fees and fines plus 50 in 'driving school'. i haven't gotten a ticket since, and that was over 2 years ago. what was cool about driving school is they showed that weaving in and out of traffic doesn't get you very far, and they showed a red s13 from a helicopter. i was like GO GO GO!

(Edited by whateverjames at 8:27 pm on Feb. 13, 2002)


(Edited by whateverjames at 8:29 pm on Feb. 13, 2002)

[my240likenoother]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from AceInHole on 9:35 pm on Feb. 13, 2002
My friend got caught doing donuts in a parking lot, but the magistrate (we have mandatory court appearance here in CT, along with driver retraining, what bull****) was leanient and he only had to pay a fine and do said retraining. Insurance will go up though, that's for sure. I'd appeal it and claim &quot;flow of traffic&quot;, and that your car was unfairly targeted while another car was speeding by you. Something like that.
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very good advise
i ran a red light wile passing anouther car on a sunday morning
i had to beat the ticket so i went to court and appealed the ticket. I had to go back to court agen and the judge called my name and the cops name who gave me the ticket he wasnt there so it got waved

[tarp]

Were you on Main Street in Fairfax, Virginia?
Or in CT or VA?

**ALWAYS** keep a radar detector!

[chickenmanq]

Anything that could potentially cause danger for other people can be construed as reckless driving. &nbsp;They may not make it stick, but they can sure as #### charge you with it.

I've only had one. &nbsp;I was 18, so 4 years ago. &nbsp;Doing 87 in a 25 after paintballing a car and getting in a car chase. &nbsp;I claim stupidity. &nbsp;However, I still maintain I was not driving recklessly as where the cop caught up to us it was a one lane road and 12:30 in the morning with visibility from all corners and no cross streets.

STILL, really f$%ing stupid. &nbsp;I don't advise it. &nbsp;In your case, since it was only speeding and no people in the back of your bed, and no paintball ammo <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'> you should be able to get it reduced if you present your case well to the judge. &nbsp;See if you can talk to a lawyer for a free consultation. &nbsp;Like NAU has a free lawyer on campus here, and he can't represent you, but can give good advice.

[twofortysx]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from BEISSEN on 5:27 pm on Feb. 13, 2002
Today i was on main street in fairfax and I pulled out and a new corvett behind me. I was just crusing,I looked down and i was at like 50 mph and so i started to slow down but a cop already saw me. Then the vett passed me me and took off and went on through the yellow light.I stopped cus i was turning and i could not make it.The cop pulled behind me and then turned his lights on.I got the ticket and it was for 63 in a 35.So i have to got to court on April 2 at 9:30.Has anyone ever got a Reckless driveing ticket and if so what happend to you.This as well is my first ticket or violation i have gotten.
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You'll need to check your ticket and determine how the officer determined your speed.

- If he determined it by pacing you, how far did he pace you and did he actually have enough room to effectively determine your speed.

- If he used radar, find out when the last time that radar gun was calibrated and certified. &nbsp;If it was more than a month, you're off the hook. &nbsp;

- Did the officer determine your speed from a stop or while moving? &nbsp;Depending on the angle, he couldn't have used radar (and maybe he said he did) so you could challenge that he did not correctly determine your speed and ask for a lesser charge or that the ticket be dismissed.

It's a good idea to fight the ticket, but check with your local laws first. &nbsp;I know that in my county, if you challenge a ticket and lose, your right to traffic shcool is revoked. &nbsp;You may not have the right to traffic school anyway given the charge, so be sure to find out. &nbsp;If you decide to take it to court, prepare a quality case. &nbsp;The burden of proof is on YOU, which means if you walk in and say &quot;I wasn't speeding, drop the charges&quot; the judge will laugh you out of the court room. &nbsp;The officer may also not show up to court. &nbsp;If so, the judge will ask if you can re-appear, SAY NO!!! &nbsp;The ticket should be dropped and off you go.

A good idea will also be to look up speeding ticket or something from a search engine. &nbsp;There are sites out there designed to help fight speeding tickets. &nbsp;If you've got the cash you might be able to have a lawyer represent you. &nbsp;I got stopped in Texas and had a lawyer go to court for me, he got me probation and a reduced fine. &nbsp;My probation ruled because it stated that as long as I did not receive a ticket in 60 days in Texas the ticket would be struck from my record. &nbsp;I live in California and haven't even been back for two years..lol <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

The above is California law as best as I can remember it. &nbsp;Please don't take what I am saying as hard facts because I am neither a lawyer or police officer. &nbsp;The only credible source you will have is a lawyer and or your local laws. &nbsp;

[misnomer]

. . .or you could just slow down. . .

[twofortysx]

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No, no, way to easy. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

[rampid360]

Ok, i dont have any advise for you to beat the ticket...i've never beaten one...the cop always showed (and was always right anyways.) &nbsp;
What i can advise is a way to keep the points off your license with no driving school.
A kid from my work gets tickets like whoa...but he always sends a check for $10 more then the ticket. &nbsp;They send him a &quot;refund check&quot; &nbsp;which he NEVER cashes. &nbsp; AS long as that refund is not cashed, the transaction is never completed and they cannot put points on your license. &nbsp; &nbsp;I dont know how well this works except i did it about 6 months ago and the points haven't shown up.

[blaqsilvia]

I don't know about slowing down. Me and my friends were so #### lucky this last weekend. We were going up the parkway(or interstate) a few nights ago around 12ish and this was from exit 109 to exit 123(123-109=14miles).. Anyways-- we had me and my 240sx - two volkswagons- one was a vr6 turbo - bmw m3 - a civic hatch and some other car. Well.. we were cruising up the parkway at about 90mph when we passed up a white lexus gs400. He decided he wanted to mess around and picked on th vr6 turbo.. big mistake.. the vr6 got cut off by him and then he took off after him and we started a chase on the lexus.. my speedometer tops at 120 and I do not know how much faster than that it goes , but we were going about 145 the guy in the vr6 said and we ended up passing the lexus up. While this all happened we passed a state trooper on the side radaring us, and I know since this stretch of the hwy was in the woods and then my rdr detector went full alert.. didn't slow down and I do not know what happened but all I know is he saw like 7 cars go flying by at like 140mph.. hehe-- pure luck I think- cuz we could have been royally screwed if he made an attempt to chase us... I can't wait till I get the video, I'll try to get it so you guys can see it- my friend in the passenger seat recorded it all!! =)

[BEISSEN]

Well rampid360 if i could just pay the fine i would but with it being a reckless on my ticket i can not pay it until i go to court.

[twofortysx]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from rampid360 on 7<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wow.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':0'>4 am on Feb. 14, 2002
Ok, i dont have any advise for you to beat the ticket...i've never beaten one...the cop always showed (and was always right anyways.)
What i can advise is a way to keep the points off your license with no driving school.
A kid from my work gets tickets like whoa...but he always sends a check for $10 more then the ticket. They send him a &quot;refund check&quot; which he NEVER cashes. AS long as that refund is not cashed, the transaction is never completed and they cannot put points on your license. I dont know how well this works except i did it about 6 months ago and the points haven't shown up.
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I tried this and it didn't work. &nbsp;The points showed up right away..

[MorganS13]

i got a ticket for goin 31 in a 25 down my street almost in front of my house... it was reduced to a non-moving violation but i still had to go to a &quot;drivers training&quot; course and ended up costin around $80. &nbsp;now tell me thats not some bullshit...beat that

and oh yea, the cop was really nice too, i don't think i've sucked up more ever in my life and look what it got me.

[JeffNJ]

Wait...

You got a reckless driving ticket? or a careless driving ticket? &nbsp;At least in New Jersey, there's a big difference between those.

Careless driving is like a little two-pointer, which can usually be pleaded down.

Reckless is like a criminal offense or something. &nbsp;It's like &quot;not taking the life of yourself or others&quot; seriously or something.

Granted, the wording of both laws is very similar, but if I'm not mistaken, the latter goes on more than just your driving record. &nbsp;You should ask a cop or judge or lawyer or someone who would know what they're talking about and find that out. &nbsp;Ya know, to be sure.

[Da808aZnRaVr]

if you are gonna speed get a k40...this radar jammer, not radar detector, is THE shiet to get...while the k40 costs like 250-300 bucks it will save u money on all the tickets that u get out of...what the k40 does is that when a cop shoots u with a laser to track your speed it jams his signal and returns an error message back to his gun...when u r gettin shot at a red LED will blink in your car and a small speaker will make a loud chirping noise to alert u that u r gettin clocked...i got mines from a friend of mines and installed it a couple of days ago and sure enough last night i was drivin home on the freeway goin 70 &nbsp;in a 50 and the red LED went off and the speaker started beepin...so i slowed down and saw the cop tryin to keep gunnin me and as i passed him i jus looked over at him and smiled and he dropped his gun in confusion wonderin what the #### jus happened..hahaha....gotta love that...and the best thing about the k40 is that it is completely legal in all states except maybe one or two...not too sure...plus if u send in your k40 registration and u do happen to get a ticket for speedin u jus send in a copy of the ticket and the makers of the k40 will pay for your speedin ticket...peace!!!

[twofortysx]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Da808aZnRaVr on 2:47 pm on Feb. 14, 2002
if you are gonna speed get a k40...this radar jammer, not radar detector, is THE shiet to get...while the k40 costs like 250-300 bucks it will save u money on all the tickets that u get out of...what the k40 does is that when a cop shoots u with a laser to track your speed it jams his signal and returns an error message back to his gun...when u r gettin shot at a red LED will blink in your car and a small speaker will make a loud chirping noise to alert u that u r gettin clocked...i got mines from a friend of mines and installed it a couple of days ago and sure enough last night i was drivin home on the freeway goin 70 in a 50 and the red LED went off and the speaker started beepin...so i slowed down and saw the cop tryin to keep gunnin me and as i passed him i jus looked over at him and smiled and he dropped his gun in confusion wonderin what the #### jus happened..hahaha....gotta love that...and the best thing about the k40 is that it is completely legal in all states except maybe one or two...not too sure...plus if u send in your k40 registration and u do happen to get a ticket for speedin u jus send in a copy of the ticket and the makers of the k40 will pay for your speedin ticket...peace!!!</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>

Um, check your local laws. &nbsp;I have a feeling that these will be legal in more states than just &quot;one or two&quot;. &nbsp;I'm pretty sure they are illeagal in CA.

[idunit]

The best thing you can do is call an attorney. &nbsp;They can usually get things reduced to improper equipment. &nbsp;Usually if I'm going 60 or more and pass a cop sitting there I just gun it and dip off down the first side road. &nbsp;Let the cop go roaring by and pull back out and be on my way.

[idunit]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from whateverjames on 7:26 pm on Feb. 13, 2002
what was cool about driving school is they showed that weaving in and out of traffic doesn't get you very far

What!?!?! &nbsp;If you are good you can float through some traffic. &nbsp;I know I do. &nbsp;My friend and I left at the same time and he was speeding and just kinda randomly passing cars. &nbsp;I was flying and weaving through traffic and after about 3 miles when we got to ruby tuesdays I had time to park, go inside and sit down before he ever got there.

(Edited by whateverjames at 8:29 pm on Feb. 13, 2002)
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[Da808aZnRaVr]

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Um, check your local laws. I have a feeling that these will be legal in more states than just &quot;one or two&quot;. I'm pretty sure they are illeagal in CA.
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actually i think that they r legal in cali...i think the only place that they are illegal is in like virginia where i htink all radar detectors r illegal...for more info go too www.k40.com and look under the laser defuser section...under the FAQs it says that there are no laws prohibiting them so this makes them legal...i know that here in Oregon places like Car Toys sells them for 300 bucks...

[JeffNJ]

I've never heard any reputable report ever of any type of jamming device working. &nbsp;And, even if it did, it would be illegal under FCC regulations for &quot;broadcasting without a license&quot; if anyone wanted to be a dick about it. &nbsp;But, then again, what cop is a dick? &nbsp;Oh, right. &nbsp;So, you see what I mean.

Anyway, remembering what the F in FCC stands for should also let you know that what state you're in doesn't matter a #### once you start messing around with jammers. &nbsp;Stick with detectors and a lawyer.

Yes, a lawyer is the most valuable investment you can possibly take to court with you. &nbsp;Even if he costs $500 just to show up, do the math of what two extra points for three years will do to your insurance premiums. &nbsp;It's worth it.

[BEISSEN]

Ok i went and saw an attorney&quot;sp&quot;I was advised not to get a lawyer.This being i wont get off anyway so why spend hundreds of dollard if unnessary plus this is my first ticket.I have never had a ticket before and also The lawyer/attoney said that it would not be a harsh penalty with this being my first ticket.When i looked down all i saw was 50 mph on my dash not 63mph.

[wyldchyld7x]

Almost got a reckless driving ticket for doing backwards donoughts in my buddies sentra in a movie theatre parking lot while one of my buddies held on for dear life on the hood (hey I was 16). &nbsp;Luckily for me the guy on the hood volunteered to take the ticket cuz it was his dumbass idea to hop on there and the cop was pretty cool about it.

[BEISSEN]

Ok i talked about my ticket I have another question.Does anyone know how much points cost each? Here is another question about how many points do you think i will be looking at for a reckless driveing ticket?

[BboyOxygen]

In CA wreckless driving is a 2 point violation.. I got one wreckless driving ticket and 1 speeding ticket.. I'm 1 away from losing my license.. Time to be carefull <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>... Anyway, I was in front of a school and was in my 94 Z28 (Which was an automatic) and i spilled coffee in my lap and did a burnout and got pulled over.. Wreckless driving ticket.. It costed me 135 bucks and 2 points on my record.

[MyFirst240SX]

I got a 6.0 ticket for pasing on a double yellow and he shoved something else on there too i think. &nbsp;
Reckless Driving is a 6.0 violation down here is SC

[Ni5mo180SX]

Im in CA and have gotten one. The rules here are you must have three other moving violations. Its a misdemenor here and so I wouldnt play around with it. Get a lawyer and plea bargin with the DA to try to bring it down to basic speeding infraction or something and get ready to pay a hefty penalty.

[BEISSEN]

I have not got any other tickets on my record,The other question was...How much does each point cost on your insurance?I talked to a friend and he was doing 75 in a 50 on the highway and got 6 pts and paid only 105.00 in fines and that included the court fee.But i talk to other people and they say 2 pts and some say that you can go to school&quot;defensive driveing&quot;and ge teh points off and then your insurance will got back to normal cus the ticket will be removed for the first offence or I could even just get a probation period.

[nas240man]

i got a reckless driving when i was 16, get this, for being parked in a lot watching my friends do donuts, it sucked, got it dropped though, judge realized in court when the cop was explaining the story that i wasnt invovled in the actual incident so she threw it out

[bladen]

i got a reckless driving ticket when i was 17, in utah it depends on what and why you got the reckless driving ticket determines how bad it is, mine was for 103 in a 65 zone on the freeway at like 3 am, the cop was fairly cool about it seeings how he had dropped it down from 130 to 103 so i could keep my licence. and i didnt have to appear in court or anything, just payed the 350+ fine and by choice took the Defensive Driving course and got the points off, only gotten one other ticket sence then, ( failure to yield , 50 bucks, no points)

[AJ]

waiiit, if you take defensive driving u get the points taken off?!.. explain this please.

[BEISSEN]

Well the only way you can take the course is if the judge says to do so and then you can have your points removed.Here in virginia you can not pay a fine and that be it and also take the course.I have to appear in court on the second of april.Plus i was only doing 28 ove the speed limit not 38 wow that was fast.But bladen how much did your insurance go up for getting the reckless driveing ticket.

I had an situation where I got lucky. I was racing a T MR2 on the hwy at night. From what the cop said he had been trying to catch us for 2 miles. The MR2 must have seen the cop cause at the last moment he swerved off to catch a diff hwy(at 105 it was a stupid move). Well the cops car could make the move so he pulled me over. He came up on me all pissed off but I played it cool and just talked to him. He took me to jail <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>. I ended up having my lawyer go and in a take care of it.. cost me about $600 with bail fee. Whats funny about this is that while at the jail I was never put in a cell cause they wanted to talk about my 91 civic hb(wrecked now). They couldnt believe I got it over a 100. I just laughed and asked if they ever wanted to race.