speeding ticket

What is the name of your state? California
i received a speeding ticket with the wrong direction of travel and location. the officers location of the road doesn't exist. is this enough to get the ticket dismissed?

Is this too difficult for anyone to reply to or what?
The officer wrote the ticket for S/B Auberry Rd. S/O Copper.
Well, I was headed N/B, N/O Copper. The other problem is that Auberry Rd doesn't exist s/o Copper. The road comes to a T and that is it. So if the officer is in fact writing a ticket for this location, then it means I was in private property speeding through a horse pasture.

You are guilty of speeding right ? So the officer made a mistake and wrote the wrong street, He's only Human. We are all fed up with people constantly wanting to know if they can get their ticket dismissed. Because the officer accidently wrote the wrong street or date ect. Do the right thing and pay the ticket and stop looking for ways out of being responsible for your own action's. Kathie

[racer72]

I have seen this used many time as cause for dismissal and it has worked in most cases. Those with detailed maps had the best luck.

Racer, thanks for the advise, that's what I was looking for. I thought about trying to get a county map for use in court.
Thank you.


Knorris, do you use the same reply and just copy it for all speeding tickets. We are all just trying to excercise our right to ensure that our justice system has checks and balances. If the officer's can do what they want then God help us all. If we challange the officer's judgement and knowledge then we're helping him to be more accurate and precise about what he does on his job. I've had a couple of tickets in the past that I have just paid because there were no blatant errors. But, I feel that this is a case that needs to be brought to the attention of the court's decision. Obviously the officer was not aware of his surroundings and location. That just questions his ability to do his job. As a matter of fact the same cop drove by me at 30+ mph over the speed limit for no reason. I followed him for about 10 miles between country and city and he sped the entire time he was in my view. I know this because I had my cruise control set at the speed limit and he drifted farther and farther every time until stop lights slowed him. At no time did he ever have his lights or siren on either. Now, what kind of model is that for the rest of us. Obviously because he has blue lights on his vehicle, he can sped around all the time when not needed. I just think you blow this speeders' questions off too easily. I see the same response to everyone's questions from you.

Yeah, Markup...
As the name of this site says - free advice. And the forum is called... Traffic Law. Now what else would we be doing here but discussing traffic law and the connection most folks have with traffic law... getting a ticket. duh That's what this site appears to be meant for.
Thank God there's people like Racer72 here to offer what we all came for - good advice. I've got some, and so have you. I was hesitant about posting, however, because of web lizards like Knorris. I read numerous posts here from folks looking for sound advice, only to get trashed by Knorris and her cronies. Look around the Net and you'll find little people like her on every forum - know-it-alls who have no other purpose in life than to inflate thier own egos by bashing anyone who dares post on "their" site. The only reason I can see that people like Knorris thrive on the Net is that no one will put up with them in real life.
So Knorris, if you don't want to talk about traffic laws and tickets, find another place to haunt or shut up.

[Bravo8]

Originally posted by Markup
We are all just trying to excercise our right to ensure that our justice system has checks and balances.

Bull.

That should read, "I am simply trying to get off on a technicality b/c I don't want to take responsibility for my own actions."

How exactly is the officer writing the wrong street a case of the officers "doing what they want."?

Don't feed us a line and try to take the moral high ground. No one's buying it.

[JETX]

Let me give the REAL answer to this relatively simple question.... "is this enough to get the ticket dismissed?"

Answer:
Maybe.... or maybe not. The only way that YOU will know if it is sufficient is to go to court. Take as much evidence as you can to support your claim that the ticket should be voided and present it to the court. The judge then will say one of two things....
1) Guilty, pay the fine, or
2) Not Guilty, ticket (or case) dismissed.

If you want to get substantial assurance of how your case will go, research relevant caselaw in your state/county and bring that to court with you. This is called 'legal precedence' and if you can show that another case with errors like yours was dismissed, that would go a long way to supporting your request for dismissal.

Any other answers as to yes or no, are purely conjecture and absolutely of no relevance to YOUR case. Law is NOT absolute and is often subject to whims. For example, the judge might have gotten 'ticked' at the police that morning and have a tendence to 'help' you in your case. Or the judge could have had a case just before yours where a defendant tried to weasel out of a ticket due to a minor error... and that could affect your case.

Simply, your choice... but be prepared with LEGAL support if you decide to fight the ticket.