oneofthose
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Texas.
I was stopped for speeding 11 mi over the speed limit in school zone.
The time was 8:28 and the end of school zone speed limit enforcement was 8:30.
As luck would have it I also had my speedometer quit on me and I was on my way to service center after dropping off my child at school (I did go there and obtain a verification of the speedometer not working, however, the car was not repaired on that day, I started driving a different vehicle instead). I understand those factors along with my clean driving record of 8 years are not of significance for the judge and technically are my fault so I plan to either request ticket dismissal through driving school or ask for deferred adjudication. Can either plea be entered at the court hearing time? Do I absolutely have to present my driving record there?
Can I ask to move my hearing date to allow more time for driving record request (there was enough time since the accident, I just did not think to request it untill now when the court date is in only 4 days)? Will moving the court date bring greater chance of the officer not showing up at the hearing as well?
Thank you very much for answering any of my questions.
I was stopped for speeding 11 mi over the speed limit in school zone.
The time was 8:28 and the end of school zone speed limit enforcement was 8:30.
As luck would have it I also had my speedometer quit on me and I was on my way to service center after dropping off my child at school (I did go there and obtain a verification of the speedometer not working, however, the car was not repaired on that day, I started driving a different vehicle instead). I understand those factors along with my clean driving record of 8 years are not of significance for the judge and technically are my fault so I plan to either request ticket dismissal through driving school or ask for deferred adjudication. Can either plea be entered at the court hearing time? Do I absolutely have to present my driving record there?
Can I ask to move my hearing date to allow more time for driving record request (there was enough time since the accident, I just did not think to request it untill now when the court date is in only 4 days)? Will moving the court date bring greater chance of the officer not showing up at the hearing as well?
Thank you very much for answering any of my questions.