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drewstar:
when I was younger, the Commonwealth of MA allowed you to go to "Traffic School" and avoid the violation. Yea, it took 3 hours to complete,  but you got to drive in those cool simulators, AND it wasn't required to get a passing score  on  the simulator to approved for the fine waiver.  I purposely drove the simulator like it was a vidoe game and crashed into everyone.

k9smith:
I am a policeman and the story your husband is telling you just doesn’t seem right to me. I'm not saying he is lying but it just doesn’t seem right. I can’t imagine a copper telling someone that he just pulled over that he wasn’t sure about the speed. Why write the ticket? What the officer can say is that the slowest car was going x mph and all the other cars in the pack were going faster. That would stand in court but again I can’t imagine writing tickets if I can’t verify whose speed I checked on radar. The other thing is even though the officer that pulled your husband over wrote the ticket he wont be the one in court it will be the one with the radar and he didn’t say anything to your husband because he didn’t come up to the traffic stop I’m assuming. Depending on the size of the department/city you might be able to call the prosecutors office and ask about the ticket or you could just show up at court explain your story and his driving record. If what your husband said is true he should be able to walk out without anything. The other thing is if you decide to contest it and the officer is not there they will set a new date. They don’t expect every officer to show up to traffic court because there would be no one left on the street so they wait to see which ones are contested and set a new court date.
Everything I have told you applies to my area and may not in yours but it gives you a general idea.
Joe

drewstar:
Here in MA, too many folks were contesting tickets because they knew if the officer didn't show up they'd win by default.  THe State police are now able to send in a "Police representative" who is a trooper and has been made aware of the case and can speak on behalf of the officer.

LtDan:

--- Quote ---If it is like our court system, being in the right has very little to do with it. The system is set to make  you give up and pay the fine its easier.  Lt. Dan, do you remember Judge Ann Taylor?  That was one worthless human being.
--- End quote ---

I sure do. She was actually very police friendly, went to her house several times in the wee hours to get search warrants signed. Some of the judges are down right unfriendly when that happens, she never was.

As far as the ticket, one of the easiest ways it to meet with the prosecutor beforehand (call ahead), ask if he is willing to reduce to an equipment violation that carries no points. The city gets their money, your hubby, who probably was speeding, gets to pay a little cash but no points and everyone gets to feel that justice was served.

Bonibelle:
I know Joe, it doesn't seem to make sense to me either. That is why I said to my husband that the officer wouldn't have taken the time to ticket anyone if they didn't have evidence they all were speeding. I think my husband probably argued that it would be tough to take that road at 42 MPH...which is why the posted limit is 25!  He sent in the money today so it is up to him to resolve this, hopefully with as little damage to his driving record as possible. I told him for his punishment he needs to explain in detail how this happened..to my kids at dinner tonight.  And I am going out to spend an amount equal to his ticket on something perfectly stupid because he fibbed and tried to hide it from me.  >:(;D..

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