I remember the one night I was meeting up with some friends to go see a new movie that just came out. I was supposed to be at the movie theater by 8:30, so that I could get a ticket for the 9:00 PM showing. I however overslept and was running late. While I was driving to the theater, I made the decision to speed. Within a couple minutes I passed a cop. The officer quickly pulled me over. I then spent the next 30 minutes telling the officer why I was speeding while he was looking at my license and registration. The officer then told me that I would receive a ticket for speeding. After everything was done, and I was free to drive off I had already missed the first half of the movie.

1. I remember the one night I was meeting up
with some friends to go see a new movie
that just came out.

2. I was supposed to be at the movie theater by
8:30, so that I could get a ticket for the 9:00
PM showing.

3. I however overslept and was running late.

4. While I was driving to the theater, I made
the decision to speed.

5. Within a couple minutes I passed a cop.

6. The officer quickly pulled me over.

7. I then spent the next 30 minutes telling the
officer why I was speeding while he was
looking at my license and registration.

8. The officer then told me that I would receive
a ticket for speeding.

9. After everything was done, and I was free to
drive off I had already missed the first half of
the movie.

10. A couple weeks later I appeared in court to
fight the ticket and lost badly.

11. I wish I would have known these tips to
increase the chances of getting a ticket
thrown out when I was pleading my case to
the judge.

12. There are a couple of ways to help your
chances in not having to pay for a traffic
ticket.

13. The first is to challenge the officer’s
subjective conclusion.

14. This means that if you can prove that what
the officer witnessed was necessary and was
thus not a breach of the law you can be in
good shape.

15. The next tip is to challenge the officer’s
observation.

16. While in court if you are able to poke holes
in any and every small detail of what the
officer has stated, observing then you can
increase your chances of having the ticket
thrown out.

17. There are some ways to get out of a ticket
that doesn’t necessarily involve challenging
the officer that wrote you the traffic ticket.

18. The first is to prove your conduct was a
mistake of fact.

19. This in a nutshell is just proving that perhaps
a certain sign of marking that you should
have seen wasn’t available or was too
damaged to be able to tell what the meaning
of the sign was.

20. The next tip is to prove what you were doing
was legally justified, and this goes hand in
hand with proving your conduct was
necessary to avoid harm.

21. Typically it is a lot easier to legally justify
behavior if it is a matter of safety.

22. This being said examples can include
speeding due to a medical emergency or
stopping due to car failure.