zoomzoom2600
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Recently I was stopped in Texas, Parker County, for speeding.
He alleges that he used his radar and clocked me at 44 in a 30.....I don't believe that I could have been going that fast since I had just turned onto this road. Anyway, my question is this....he filled out the ticket, told me I had to contact the court by the 10th of Jan. and then asked me to sign it. OK.
I got home and saw that he had checked the warning box and NOT the citation box. Where as one would assume that this is a written warning....right? Well, I called the Municipal Court, and the lady, first asked how many violations I had....when I told her that the warning box was checked.....I said one violation, "speeding 10+".....then she put me on hold...and when she came back she said that the officer made a mistake but he changed it, she said that he checked the citation box and initialed it. But on my ticket, it is very clearly....very clearly , marked a warning.
Is this legal, that they can make changes, obviously in their favor, to a ticket? And do I have any chance in court on Tuesday the 18th, that I can get this dismissed? "My agrument, is that he made a mistake on my ticket as did I make a mistake by speeding....I obviously cannot change my mistake your honor, but I don't feel it is ethical that he can change his own, obviously he found this mistake at his desk, after the fact. " Any advice, or thoughts on this. Thanks for the input....
He alleges that he used his radar and clocked me at 44 in a 30.....I don't believe that I could have been going that fast since I had just turned onto this road. Anyway, my question is this....he filled out the ticket, told me I had to contact the court by the 10th of Jan. and then asked me to sign it. OK.
I got home and saw that he had checked the warning box and NOT the citation box. Where as one would assume that this is a written warning....right? Well, I called the Municipal Court, and the lady, first asked how many violations I had....when I told her that the warning box was checked.....I said one violation, "speeding 10+".....then she put me on hold...and when she came back she said that the officer made a mistake but he changed it, she said that he checked the citation box and initialed it. But on my ticket, it is very clearly....very clearly , marked a warning.
Is this legal, that they can make changes, obviously in their favor, to a ticket? And do I have any chance in court on Tuesday the 18th, that I can get this dismissed? "My agrument, is that he made a mistake on my ticket as did I make a mistake by speeding....I obviously cannot change my mistake your honor, but I don't feel it is ethical that he can change his own, obviously he found this mistake at his desk, after the fact. " Any advice, or thoughts on this. Thanks for the input....