The times I won, I initially "lost" trial by mail but asked for a new
trial and filed for discovery for the upcoming trial. At this point one
of two things happened. Either the city attorney failed to provide
discovery and I had the case dismissed as a sanction. Or, by the time
all of this letter writing back and forth finally was about to come down
to a trial date, it was nearly a year later and the officer had
transferred, no longer available to testify. Either way, it was "case
dismissed".
The one I lost all the way through, I just went to traffic school at the
end. When you fight your ticket you give up the RIGHT to attend traffic
school, but if you lose most judges will lower the fine and let you go
to traffic school as a "courtesy".
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy McKee [mailto:andrewmckee@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 13:20
> To: Michael R. Clements; Smokerbros@aol.com; ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Good Traffic Schools
>
>
> I fought a ticket by mail (doing 70 in a 70, but towing) and
> lost. However, it was pretty easy to do and reduced the fine
> in half (pretty standard). I still took traffic school
> online to keep it off the record. I made the mistake of
> taking an online course that was harder to "trick", so it
> still took me 1.5 hours to complete. I thought that was much
> better than attending a school in person for 8 hours.
>
> -Andy
>
>
> --- "Michael R. Clements" <mrclem@telocity.com> wrote:
> > FIGHT YOUR TICKET by David Brown, Nolo Press. Following this book,
> > over the years I've beat 4 out of 5 tickets just by writing
> letters --
> > never had to show up in court.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> Smokerbros@aol.com
> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:14
> > > To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Good Traffic Schools
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, after 10 years of ticket-free driving, I finally got
> > > nailed on Sharpe
> > > Park, for 35 in a 25 zone...
> > >
> > > Does anyone have recommendations for a relatively decent
> > > traffic school?
> > >
> > > CHD
>
>
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