Your other option is to hire an attorney, have them call the prosecuter.
Most jurisdictions only want money. Usually double fine will get it reduced
to nonmoving violation. Sometimes it takes school too if its over 20 over
the limit etc. But you are out attorney fees puls costs plus double fine.
You save points and insurance costs.
consider this - If you are self employed (the more you work the more you
earn) and drive 45,000 miles per year. If you speed 10% all of the time and
average 60 mph. You are in the car 45,000 minutes per year or 750 hours.
You saved 10% of the time by speeding. 10% of 60 = 54 mph average speed
limit for 45,000 miles per year = 833 hours. 833 hours at the limit vs 750
hours = 83 hours or just over 2 weeks of work. If you make $50,000 on 50
weeks (you do give yourself a vacation don't you?) or $1000/week. two weeks
of extra work (instead of sitting in the car) = $2000 per year you can
afford in speeding TAX by working all of the time you saved. The more you
make or drive the more you can afford to pay. The math I used is simplified
but close enough. You have to deduct/add time and income for those
jurisidictions that vary from the average and count time spent with your
attorney (Call him/her from the car!). And you thought Attorneys have no
redeaming value!
Pat Mitchell
Lake of the Ozarks
cs miata soon to be sm2 turbo miata
power oversteer is fun!
-----Original Message-----
From: Knuckledragger [mailto:knuckledragger@kcweb.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:31 PM
To: Evolution; autox@autox.team.net; kcautox
Subject: [kcautox] RE: minor rant
It sounds like the bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, is that they've
already written my fine up on a deposit slip to put into the city coffers.
The suck-ass part is that if I try to fight it, even if I win, it will cost
far more than the original fine in time and research. if I lose and am
still fond guilty it'll cost more than the original fine too. Definitely a
damned if you do and damned if you don't situation. I wasn't doing anything
aggressive or dangerous. I just happened to be the one guy, caught at the
one time during my daily commute when I following too closely for the
officer's comfort, though not entirely my fault, who now gets to make a
donation towards the city's annual budgeted income figure.
I'm not worried about any points against my license since this is my first
moving violation in over 10 years, but it still sucks. The only good part
was that the officer was very respectful and non-confrontational about the
whole thing.
I just wonder........what would've happened if, as I was pulling off the
freeway, I had slammed on my brakes, autensibly to avoid that bunny rabbit
running across the exit ramp, and due to his too-close following distance,
the officer ran right into the back of my car? Would he too then get a
ticket for following too closely or would I get a ticket for imprudent
driving? In our area a rear-ender is automatically the fault of the
trailing driver for following too closely. Either way, I guess that's not a
test to perform with a car that you like.
Eric Linnhoff in KC
www.geocities.com/eric10mm/KnuckleDragger
"Water's wet, the sky is blue and old Satan Claus Jimmy, he's out there and
he just gettin' stronger"
"So what do we do about that?"
"Be prepared son that's my motto, be prepared"
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