What is the name of your state? North Carolina is where i got the ticket/Virginia is where I have my license.
My husband is a marine who just returned from iraq but i am a senior in college in norfolk, virginia. i have been commuting between norfolk, virginia and jacksonville, nc [3.5-4 hour drive] for the last 3 months.
in october, as i was driving on hwy 17 going home to norfolk to make a class, i was coming around a curb and my radar detector starts screaming. i look over, there's the state trooper, on the other side of the divided hwy looking right at me. i just pulled over, i knew better. he made a u-turn and came up behind me and said that i had been going 82 in a 55...i knew i'd probably been going 70 something but i was in shock when he said 82. honestly, i wasnt paying attention with my puppy in the car. but whatever, i messed up, i accept it.
this is my first offense and i've been beating myself up about this since it happened. i've always been so careful and the one time i'm not i got slammed. i called the DA that day (shows you how much i know about the law) and while he said he couldn't do anything for me, he said that he didnt understand why i didnt just get a speeding ticket since it was only my speed that was the infraction. my court date is next week and i've been told that i should be okay since its my first offense. either i should get a deferred judication or i driving school. im not sure and i was hoping i could get some help.
i appreciate whatever help you can give me. and just so you know, this HAS cured me from ANY speeding since the incident.
thanks.
My husband is a marine who just returned from iraq but i am a senior in college in norfolk, virginia. i have been commuting between norfolk, virginia and jacksonville, nc [3.5-4 hour drive] for the last 3 months.
in october, as i was driving on hwy 17 going home to norfolk to make a class, i was coming around a curb and my radar detector starts screaming. i look over, there's the state trooper, on the other side of the divided hwy looking right at me. i just pulled over, i knew better. he made a u-turn and came up behind me and said that i had been going 82 in a 55...i knew i'd probably been going 70 something but i was in shock when he said 82. honestly, i wasnt paying attention with my puppy in the car. but whatever, i messed up, i accept it.
this is my first offense and i've been beating myself up about this since it happened. i've always been so careful and the one time i'm not i got slammed. i called the DA that day (shows you how much i know about the law) and while he said he couldn't do anything for me, he said that he didnt understand why i didnt just get a speeding ticket since it was only my speed that was the infraction. my court date is next week and i've been told that i should be okay since its my first offense. either i should get a deferred judication or i driving school. im not sure and i was hoping i could get some help.
i appreciate whatever help you can give me. and just so you know, this HAS cured me from ANY speeding since the incident.
thanks.