5 ITEMS TO CHECK ON YOUR SPEEDING TICKET
ACTUAL CLIENT:
“Oh my goodness, I didn’t realize that pleading guilty to a 30-over speeding ticket meant that my license would be suspended.”
PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST FOR YOUR CITATION
CHECK ALL CITATION INFORMATION:
- NAME
- ADDRESS
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION
- VEHICLE DESCRIPTION ON THE CITATION IS THE VEHICLE YOU WERE DRIVING
- OFFICER HAS SIGNED THE CITATION
- MAKE SURE THE TICKET IS SIGNED BY THE OFFICER
- DATE
- TIME
- LOCATION
- MAKE SURE THE CROSS STREETS ARE CORRECT ON THE CITATION
IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS ARE INCORRECT INCLUDE A LETTER WITH YOUR “WAIVER OF PRELIMINARY HEARING” STATING THE DISCREPANCIES & THAT THIS TICKET MUST BE DISMISSED
- LOCAL SPEED TIMING DEVICES MUST HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED WITHIN THE 60 DAYS PRIOR TO YOUR SPEEDING TICKET
- SPEEDOMETERS MUST HAVE BEEN CALIBRATED WITHIN THE YEAR PRIOR TO YOUR SPEEDING TICKET
THESE ITEMS WILL BE REQUESTED IN THE DISCOVERY & IF THESE SIMPLE ITEMS ARE NOT UP TO DATE, FILE THE “MOTION TO DISMISS.”
