Whenever you get a speeding ticket or any traffic ticket, you have a couple of options on how to plead. Carefully consider your plea before making it.
What types of pleas can one make?
Guilty - A plea of guilty is saying that you in fact are guilty of the speeding ticket or violation and are subject to the fines and penalties.
Guilty with an explanation - This plea is used when you tell a judge that you did in fact speed, but you have a good reason for doing so. Essentially, you are giving an excuse as to why you are speeding, but it's really no different than a guilty plea. In rare circumstances the judge might reduce your violation considering your excuse.
NoloContender or No Contest - For a speeding ticket you aren't saying whether you did it or whether you didn't. Most of the time this will involve paying the fines as if you were guilty.
Not Guilty - This is used when you are wanting to fight the ticket. Pleading not guilty to a speeding ticket doesn't have to mean that you are innocent. It means that you don't feel you are guilty according to the wording of the law. This could be a challenge on how you were pulled over. For example the radar gun might not have been calibrated recently enough to make it acceptable in court. This could be a challenge to some circumstance that make you an exception or a variety of other reasons.
It's important to know the local laws so that you can find one way of proving how you didn't violate a certain point of that violation. That's all it takes to get your ticket thrown out.
Don't feel bad about defending yourself from a certain aspect of the law as it isn't treacherous or deceptive as it's your right to do so.
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