What is the name of your state? Georgia
What happened: I was following my coworker(John) to a sales presentation and we got pulled after speeding(63 in 35) through a school zone. Neither of us realized it was a school zone considering the lights on the school zone sign were not flashing and there was no school activity (It was 8:20 and the school zone speed limit ended at 8:30). The police officer led me to believe he was going to let me off because I was just following, but still gave me a ticket for 28 over. I asked to see the radar gun reading and he let me, but when i tried to ask other questions he said he did not have to give any explanation. I wanted to ask him if he had two seperate radar readings for both of us or if he was just using the one.
John hired a lawyer and referred me to the same law office which was in the town we were ticketed in. I talked to them and they said they would defend me for $750 and probably get the speed dropped to 14 over(not reported insurance and less points) but i would still probably have to pay the 530$ ticket or I could try to plead nolo which he said means insurance should not be able to use it against me. I just lost my job and it would be really tough for me to pay for the lawyerand the ticket. I am a safe driver and have a decent driving record with only one speeding ticket and one accident(im 22) but im afraid that this will really hurt me insurance wise and possibly cause me to have to sell my sportscar.
Questions:
Should I still hire the lawyer?
Do I have any argument against this in court?
any advice will be greatly appreciated.
What happened: I was following my coworker(John) to a sales presentation and we got pulled after speeding(63 in 35) through a school zone. Neither of us realized it was a school zone considering the lights on the school zone sign were not flashing and there was no school activity (It was 8:20 and the school zone speed limit ended at 8:30). The police officer led me to believe he was going to let me off because I was just following, but still gave me a ticket for 28 over. I asked to see the radar gun reading and he let me, but when i tried to ask other questions he said he did not have to give any explanation. I wanted to ask him if he had two seperate radar readings for both of us or if he was just using the one.
John hired a lawyer and referred me to the same law office which was in the town we were ticketed in. I talked to them and they said they would defend me for $750 and probably get the speed dropped to 14 over(not reported insurance and less points) but i would still probably have to pay the 530$ ticket or I could try to plead nolo which he said means insurance should not be able to use it against me. I just lost my job and it would be really tough for me to pay for the lawyerand the ticket. I am a safe driver and have a decent driving record with only one speeding ticket and one accident(im 22) but im afraid that this will really hurt me insurance wise and possibly cause me to have to sell my sportscar.
Questions:
Should I still hire the lawyer?
Do I have any argument against this in court?
any advice will be greatly appreciated.