press it and plead non-guilty or talk to a lawyer.
Wellit depends on the officer who gives you the ticket,or the officer can send you to court and the jugde will the amount decide.
If the speed was not locked in and the officer refused to show you the radar, take the ticket to court. Odds are in your favor that the judge will dismiss your ticket. That answer is incorrect. In no state is there a requirement that the officer show you the radar or even that he lock it in. The officer's testimony is sufficient for a conviction. In fact, in most states all an officer has to testify is that he visually observed you speeding and that is sufficient.
It depends on the particular officer. You may be arrested, or the officer may just write you a ticket. In many localities, a ticket for 20 MPH or more over the speed limit requires you to appear in court.
Generally, if you got a speeding ticket, you're not going to get out of it. If you admitted guilt to the officer, you're almost guaranteed not to get out of it. If you go to court, and the officer shows up (if he doesn't, you may get out of it, but that's not guaranteed) and says "he admitted that he was speeding", you're toast. Short story, pay the ticket and don't speed next time :)
Call the court house in which you had the infraction. The clerk there will have your answers.
Yes. My sister got a ticket for speeding, but the officer had written down the wrong speed limit. She wrote to the court for the ticket and had the ticket waived.
If an officer uses traffic radar or LIDAR (laser) to measure speed for enforcement purposes, he usually has to be prepared to testify in court to the type of device used, its serial number, and the date of its last calibration. This information isn't necessarily recorded on the violator's copy of the citation. Officers usually make notes on each citation issued. The notes may be in the officer's personal notebook, or on a copy of the citation sent to the court.
If the speed is not indicated on the ticket, you can contest it.
It is usually up to you to read the ticket and appear by the date on it, or pay the fine. If you are waiting for a letter it will probably be a notice of a bench warrant for missing the court date.
I just got one - it was a claimed (by the officer) 60 in a 35 speed zone. Ticket price = $465 + more if I choose to pay this along with traffic school which is around $76. I'm going to court over this one.
In Illinois, if an officer observes a driver exceeding the speed limit by more than 40 mph, they are required to issue a reckless driving ticket in addition to the speeding ticket. This is because driving at such excessive speeds is considered a form of reckless driving under Illinois law. The officer has discretion in certain circumstances, but typically, both charges would be applicable.
For a speeding ticket issued by a Police Officer, Yes! For an alleged speed camera violation, No!