it sounds like he got the 1 pt ticket, so he can go to traffic school prob,
no harm done.
everything ive read says to go to court if it is worth it versus the
trouble. cop might not show up, bargain it down, etc. for a 1 pt ticket,
prob not worth the trouble to fight it (unless it causes him to lose
license, etc).
-james
----- Original Message -----
From: <Larrybsp@aol.com>
To: <darren@madams.com>
Cc: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Speeding ticket question (not mine)
> from:larrybsp@aol.com (Larry Stark)
>
> Darren,
> I think your friend is dead meat, not so much because
> of his particular situation as the public notice street racing and
> spinning donut events are getting in the media. Any tolerence or
> leeway went out the window with a KNTV camera in the room. He's
> in double trouble because he is old enough to know better. Just hope
> he doesn't get Judge Judy.
>
> Larry
>
>
> In a message dated 2/27/02 10:45:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> darren@madams.com writes:
>
> << Subj: Speeding ticket question (not mine)
> Date: 2/27/02 10:45:01 AM Pacific Standard Time
> From: darren@madams.com (Darren Madams)
> Sender: owner-ba-autox@autox.team.net
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
>
> A coworker of mine, out test-driving his daughter's new car, got into
> a stoplight to stoplight [not a] race with another car. He was spotted
> by a cop and ticketed for CVC23109 (B), which is aiding or abeting in a
> race, with A being participating in a race (although there's all kinds
> of things about it being organized, timed, etc. etc.) 23109 C is
> participating in an exhibition of speed. B is a 1 point ticket, A & C
> is a 2 point ticket.
>
> So, his question is does anyone think he could get his ticket knocked
> down to regular speeding, because it wasn't an organized race, and he
> wasn't really racing (no revving of engines, no burnout or wheelspin,
> etc.) or by contesting it does he risk having the judge move it to a
> participation ticket and giving him 2 points. Can a judge move a ticket
> up from what an officer wrote? Are courts entirely unsympathetic these
> days.
>
> Also, 23109 A & B all say the word "Highway", but he was on a city street
> if that makes any difference.
>
> I'm sure some of you crazy kids (btw, he's 40-something, and the copped
> asked him if he wasn't too old to be racing around) have run into these
> kinds of situations before. What do you think?
>
> --Darren
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