missamyrae
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California
Hi - here's my question...
A couple weeks ago my friend was out on a back road racing another friend. As they started the second race a CHP helicopter went up and saw them, followed my friend home and soon after the cops showed up. He received a ticket for Exhibition of Speed - I'm not sure if his ticket said CA VC Section 23109(a) OR CA VC Section 23109(c). He has no prior speeding tickets, this is the first (and only) time he's raced, the only real "trouble" he's been in is in the past week he had his old car towed after it recieved 3 tickets for parking for 72 hours +. He was in a 45mph zone and the cop wrote 70+ as his speed. He also got hit for having no proof of insurance, although his car is insured. The one thing that confused me about the ticket is - the CHP officer in the air is the one who saw the violation, however on the ticket the issuing officer did not mark that he did not witness the crime.
The girl he was racing admitted to the officer she was racing, but was just given a ticket for aiding or abetting racing.
Any advice on how he should proceed when he goes to court? Does he have a chance to have the violation changed?
Hi - here's my question...
A couple weeks ago my friend was out on a back road racing another friend. As they started the second race a CHP helicopter went up and saw them, followed my friend home and soon after the cops showed up. He received a ticket for Exhibition of Speed - I'm not sure if his ticket said CA VC Section 23109(a) OR CA VC Section 23109(c). He has no prior speeding tickets, this is the first (and only) time he's raced, the only real "trouble" he's been in is in the past week he had his old car towed after it recieved 3 tickets for parking for 72 hours +. He was in a 45mph zone and the cop wrote 70+ as his speed. He also got hit for having no proof of insurance, although his car is insured. The one thing that confused me about the ticket is - the CHP officer in the air is the one who saw the violation, however on the ticket the issuing officer did not mark that he did not witness the crime.
The girl he was racing admitted to the officer she was racing, but was just given a ticket for aiding or abetting racing.
Any advice on how he should proceed when he goes to court? Does he have a chance to have the violation changed?