speeding ticket court date! helpp

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<p>You did well on this one. I guarantee I would have ended up with the fine. I hope it’ll be a while before your next one. </p>

<p>Here’s a tip that works pretty well if you decide to go over the speed limit or it just gets away from you - on a freeway stay out of the left lane as much as possible and try to make sure there’s always someone going faster than you. Also, don’t weave in and out of lanes much and use your turn signal to change lanes.</p>

<p>And, especially as a new driver, take it easy. You’ll get to your destination much faster (and more intact) than if you speed and get pulled over or worse, in a wreck.</p>

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<p>Pay the ticket and go to traffic school if you are allowed. I think if you appear, you may waive your right to traffic school. Check on this. If you attend traffic school (and this is not fun, believe me) the ticket will not show on your record or affect your insurance. My D got a speeding tix (going 40 in our neighborhood…30 is the limit). She got to spend one of her Saturday’s in Traffic School and learned a valuable lesson.</p>

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<p>Now that I read your post, congratulations, and good thing you didnt listen to me. I can’t imagine here in So Cal, any judge being so kind.</p>

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<p>I for one am ambivilent and what in the world were you doing speeding like that? that scares me to death, and I don’t see much remorse in for your behavior, frankly wonder how many times you were speeding before you go busted</p>

<p>So charm gets you out of the fact you could have killed someone…scary indeed</p>

<p>Nice how so many ignored the fact the OP was driving dangerously and could have done some real damage, and all she says is 'really bad" or whatever</p>

<p>Sometimes I just don’t get it…helping someone get away with what could have been really deadly, and I can guarantte you she was speeding at other times before this ticket, just never got caught before</p>

<p>If this was MY kid, no matter what the court said, the license would be yanked by ME…can’t charm your way out from mom and dad</p>

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<p>citygirlsmom:</p>

<p>Unless you can say that you’ve never gone above the speed limit, what you’re saying has little value. If you honestly haven’t, I suspect you are the only one in the world. </p>

<p>Besides… who are you criticizing? Her, or the system? I think her mom forcing her to go to traffic court was the right move; I assure you talking to a judge as a seventeen year old is a moving experience, as will be the traffic school. Plus, it seems like she realized 28/30 people didn’t get out of a ticket, so she certainly isn’t taking it for granted.</p>

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<p>She is a brand new driver…6 months or so, I have been driving for over 30 years, big difference…and the OP seems pretty cavalier to me…</p>

<p>and I would ask some questions about the court experience, wondering if other factors were taken into account that shouldn’t have been</p>

<p>we have a young girl going way over the speed limit, and I wish I had been in that room…seeing who the judge punished more severlly and why…that would be an interesting social study, I have my theories</p>

<p>and yeah, when that speeding teen with little experience crashes because they can’t control the car, you might have a change of heart</p>

<p>she still didn’t say why she was going 80, not 60, not 70, but 80</p>

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<p>opps I erred, she had been driving for about 6 weeks…yeah…when she got the ticket</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/pgs76thru78.htm[/url]”>http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/hdbk/pgs76thru78.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Actions Against The Provisional License </p>

<p>Teenagers as a group average twice as many accidents as adult drivers, while driving only half as many miles. This makes the teenage accident rate per mile four times as great as that of adult drivers.</p>

<p>Studies show that the traffic deaths of new drivers is a deadly combination of their inexperience, their lack of familiarity with their car, and their need to push themselves and their vehicle to the limit.</p>

<p>Traffic Violations Increase Accidents </p>

<p>Nearly half of the drivers between ages 15 and 19 are convicted of a traffic violation in their first year of driving.</p>

<p>Speeding (which often results in loss of vehicle control) is the most common moving violation for
teenage drivers. About 50% of all their traffic convictions are speed violations.</p>

<p>When you violate traffic laws, you increase your chances of having an accident.</p>

<p>Teenage Traffic Deaths </p>

<p>Drivers 15 to 19 years old have very high traffic accident, injury, and conviction rates. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers. If you are under 18 years old, your risk of a fatal accident is about 2½ times that of the “average” driver. Your risk of an injury accident is three times higher than the average driver.</p>

<p>Keeping The Provisional License </p>

<p>DMV will be watching your driving record and will take actions based upon any accidents or violations as follows:</p>

<ul>
<li> If you get a traffic ticket and fail to appear in court, DMV will suspend your driving privilege until you appear in court.</li>
<li> If you get a traffic ticket and fail to pay the fine, DMV will suspend your driving privilege until you pay the fine.</li>
<li> If you have one “at fault” accident or conviction within 12 months, DMV will send you a warning letter.</li>
<li> If you have a second “at fault” accident or conviction (or combination of both) within 12 months, you cannot drive for 30 days unless accompanied by your parent or other licensed adult who is at least 25 years of age.</li>
<li> If you have a third “at fault” accident or conviction (or any combination) within 12 months, you will be suspended for six months and be placed on probation for one year.</li>
<li> If you have additional “at fault” accidents or point count convictions while you are on probation, you will be suspended again. (Traffic law violations resolved in Juvenile Court are also reported to DMV.)</li>
<li> If you are convicted of using alcohol or a controlled substance and you are between the ages of 13 and 21, the court tells DMV to suspend you for one year. If you don’t have a driver license yet, the court tells DMV to make you wait a year longer before you can apply for a license. You can also be required to go to a DUI program.</li>
</ul>

<p>Any restriction, suspension or probation will continue past your 18th birthday for its full term.</p>

<p>Other, stronger actions can be taken if your driving record justifies them. Remember, when your driving privilege has been suspended or revoked, you may not drive in California with any license or permit.</p>

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<p>gee, wonder why this makes me nervous, just can’t imagine</p>

<p>right now I am teaching my girls to drive…last year, we knew someone who got killled by a speeding teen who was a new driver</p>

<p>yeah, I don’t take this lightly and go whoohoo when teens go 80</p>

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<p>Parents who would continue to allow a girl like this drive make me mad. They will continue to pay her insurance? Are you kidding me???</p>

<p>She’s a threat to everyone on the road, and clearly too immature and careless to have a license. </p>

<p>And parents on here congratulating her? For what exactly? Just think - your kids are out there sharing the road with this Expert 6-week-long driver who is driving 80 mph…</p>

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<p>Very cavalier attitude by OP and many parents here. Unfortunately you see it in many areas when it comes to teens and consequences of their actions.
Too many parents want things to go easy for their poor babies.
Unless serious actions like going 80 mph 6 WEEKS after getting their license receive serious consequences they are doomed to be repeated.
You see the same thing happen with attitudes on restrictions such as only one person in the car.
Parents set the tone. We can’t always rely on the courts and others.</p>

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<p>Massachusetts just amended its Junior Operator laws. A Junior Operator is one who is under 18 years old. The penalty for the first speeding offense is an automatic 90 day suspension and a Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course or a State Courts atainst Road Rage (SCARR) course. Then it will cost $500 reinstatement fee to get the license back, and the operator will need to take the full written and road test again.</p>

<p>Second offense: 1 year suspension, Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR, the $500 reinstatement fee, and the full exam.</p>

<p>I’m astounded that no such automatic penalties apply in the OP’s state. (Of course, I’ve also told my kid that the least of her worries would be the court!)</p>

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<p>“Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course”</p>

<p>I love that name. Evidently, they should start a Parent Attitudinal Retraining Course too.</p>

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<p>I’ve got to agree Weenie…the parents of any minor child who gets stopped for being that far over the limit need to go to a required driving (and parenting) course too!</p>

<p>We have two teen drivers and I guarantee you that if either of them got a speeding ticket, much less for 25mph (!!) over the limit, they’d never get the keys to my car again and they’d be off my insurance forever. They could drive again only when they were over 18, bought their own car, and paid for every penny involved in it themselves. </p>

<p>80 in a 55 is no small matter, ESPECIALLY for someone so inexperienced behind the wheel…every mistake is magnified at speed.</p>

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<p>um okay thanks to all of you who have been criticizing me/my parents?
and yeah i never even mentioned anything about how much/if i was being punished so don’t make assumptions that my parents dont care</p>

<p>it appears most of you who are being critical are more upset about the system and the fact that i got off so easy. honestly i couldn’t agree more…it scares the crap out of me that there are probably many kids who get off as easy as i did that are going to be out on the roads driving dangerously</p>

<p>and when youre speaking about my lack of showing remorse you really have no idea. the reason i actually got off is because the judge could sense my remorse i’m sure. but whatever just wanted to clear that up.</p>

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It scares the crap out of me that you are going to be on the road, they should have suspended your license until you’re 18, and if they didn’t, you parents should have.</p>

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<p>I read an advertisement from Allstate insurance yesterday that I found interesting. It stated (and I’m paraphrasing), “If 12 jumbo jets a year came down, someone would do something. That’s how many teens are killed in car accidents every year.” 6000 teenagers a year. That’s a big number.</p>

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<p>Question Ari…
Are you going to be driving? Was your license taken away by either the “system” or your parents?
If the answer is no, then yes I am critical. There are some things that are just too serious to let go.
If you are driving 80 mph one month after getting your license, you are not mature enough to drive.
Remember, it could impact my kid. You could kill them when you lose control at high speeds.</p>