I live in Massachusetts.
I was given a ticket for doing 80 in a 55. The officer insulted my intelligence and awarded me ticket that has the incorrect time on it.
He apparently tailed me for one mile and THEN clocked me, which means that he watched me drive for about 45 seconds. That's about the time it took for me (1) to realize the situation I was in, (2) move into the passing lane, (3) advance my speed, (4) pass the automobile ahead of me and (5) ensure a safe distance between myself and his/her erradic driving.
So anyway, he hands me the ticket and later that night I realize that it's WRONG. It's for $250 and I mean, that's fine, but this thing is just WRONG. It's been timestamped 30 MINUTES later than it actually was -- IN MILITARY TIME NO LESS. So where the trooper pulls me over at 10:45p (22:45) he has originally written 23:15!
At my first hearing I asked the trooper who was present how his fellow trooper could have looked at the clock and mistaken 10:45 for 11:15 -- he didn't have an answer. I am now approaching my second hearing and would like to know if anyone has any experience with INCORRECT tickets and how to fight them.
What rights do I have in this situation? I'm aware that during my first hearing that the ticket was the physical proof of my speeding and therefore I was guilty before innocent. With the court date I have coming up it should be reversed and this should give me some room to be able to convince a judge that if PART of the sole piece of evidence that proves me wrong is wrong itself, then any shadow of doubt that could have been cast on this should extend to cover the entire thing -- that is to say: if one part of it is wrong (and so foolishly and inexplicably wrong) then how can anyone prove that ALL parts of it are not wrong?
SO:
- Does anyone have experience with a ticket-situation like this?
- How was it handled? (By you; by the judge)
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!
-Brendan
I was given a ticket for doing 80 in a 55. The officer insulted my intelligence and awarded me ticket that has the incorrect time on it.
He apparently tailed me for one mile and THEN clocked me, which means that he watched me drive for about 45 seconds. That's about the time it took for me (1) to realize the situation I was in, (2) move into the passing lane, (3) advance my speed, (4) pass the automobile ahead of me and (5) ensure a safe distance between myself and his/her erradic driving.
So anyway, he hands me the ticket and later that night I realize that it's WRONG. It's for $250 and I mean, that's fine, but this thing is just WRONG. It's been timestamped 30 MINUTES later than it actually was -- IN MILITARY TIME NO LESS. So where the trooper pulls me over at 10:45p (22:45) he has originally written 23:15!
At my first hearing I asked the trooper who was present how his fellow trooper could have looked at the clock and mistaken 10:45 for 11:15 -- he didn't have an answer. I am now approaching my second hearing and would like to know if anyone has any experience with INCORRECT tickets and how to fight them.
What rights do I have in this situation? I'm aware that during my first hearing that the ticket was the physical proof of my speeding and therefore I was guilty before innocent. With the court date I have coming up it should be reversed and this should give me some room to be able to convince a judge that if PART of the sole piece of evidence that proves me wrong is wrong itself, then any shadow of doubt that could have been cast on this should extend to cover the entire thing -- that is to say: if one part of it is wrong (and so foolishly and inexplicably wrong) then how can anyone prove that ALL parts of it are not wrong?
SO:
- Does anyone have experience with a ticket-situation like this?
- How was it handled? (By you; by the judge)
Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated!
-Brendan