Hello,
I got a Speeding Ticket a few days ago.
I was driving home from a friends house at 12:05 am and got pulled over on a 3 lane highway by local LEOs. The officer said that he clocked me doing 87 MPH and gave me a ticket for 70+mph in a 55mph zone. He also asked me to step out of my vehicle and ask me to stay on one foot, walk on the line, follow the flashlight with my eyes and so on. According to the officer I switched my feet wrong and he wanted to give me a breathalyzer test to which I responded that I just finished my beer about half an hour ago and that I would rather take a blood test. The officer then said that the test is just to see if he can let me drive home or not and that the device is not property calibrated. So I took the test and blew a .087%. So he gave me a careless driving ticket.
How should I go about this? I decided to fight the ticket and should probably get a lawyer but I don't even know how to go about that.
I currently have 3 points on my license (I think) and can't afford 3 additional points.
The officer also told me that by giving me two tickets I will only get the points from the ticket with the higher points. Is that true?
I got a Speeding Ticket a few days ago.
I was driving home from a friends house at 12:05 am and got pulled over on a 3 lane highway by local LEOs. The officer said that he clocked me doing 87 MPH and gave me a ticket for 70+mph in a 55mph zone. He also asked me to step out of my vehicle and ask me to stay on one foot, walk on the line, follow the flashlight with my eyes and so on. According to the officer I switched my feet wrong and he wanted to give me a breathalyzer test to which I responded that I just finished my beer about half an hour ago and that I would rather take a blood test. The officer then said that the test is just to see if he can let me drive home or not and that the device is not property calibrated. So I took the test and blew a .087%. So he gave me a careless driving ticket.
How should I go about this? I decided to fight the ticket and should probably get a lawyer but I don't even know how to go about that.
I currently have 3 points on my license (I think) and can't afford 3 additional points.
The officer also told me that by giving me two tickets I will only get the points from the ticket with the higher points. Is that true?
