Hi, I'm Barry Kowitt, one of the attorneys here at the law firm of Unger & Kowitt
today wanna talk to you question we get asked all the time
which is how to beat a speeding ticket in court the first thing you have to
know about how to beat a speeding ticket in court is that you gotta be prepared
you can't just walk in expect to get the case dismissed it doesn't work that way. You have
to do a little bit about to take the ticket you receive
in this case it's a speeding ticket look at the actual ticket
look at the citation number of their and go online either Google or somewhere
else
and look it up and actually read the elements
that this state has listed that the officer must prove against you in court
if you don't know that you don't even know where to begin so is the first
place
in Florida an officer will generally use one of three ways:
determine your rate of speed a radar gun which I'm sure your familiar with.
Pace clock which is when they use the actual speedometer the vehicle
they're driving in,
or VASCAR which is a time distance
measuring device when they set up two points on a road
and when you go from point A to point B the computer tells them how fast you were going.
Each ticket does carry with it a certain type a paper work
and it's your obligation to look at that and make sure it's accurate.
I can't tell you how many times just by asking to look at the paperwork
the officers indicate they don't have it and they're going to dismiss your ticket.
so that's a nice thing to know. The other thing is if you actually look at your
ticket
and you don't see the typeof speed measuring device the officer used
that's another way to get the case dismissed go to the judge
obviously wait for your name to be called go to the judge and tell 'em
there is no indication of how the officer determine your rate of speed and
therefore
you're due process rights were violated because you were not able to prepare an
adequate defense
see what happens some judges might agree with you and some won't, but if you ask
nicely respectfully
there's nothing no harm in asking so I definitely think you should give that a shot.
but if it is on there, talk to the officer beforehand look at the paperwork
and this is where a little bit of common sense comes if you see something that doesn't look
right
it probably isn't right, so that's an opportunity to go to the judge when your name
gets called
and say you looked at the officers paperwork and something didn't look right to
you
and show the judge. Many times the judge will see what you're talking about
and dismiss the case so that's another great way to get the case dismissed
hopefully a given you some good tips you can use to get your case dismissed
If, for whatever reason you're not comfortable going, or you prefer to have an attorney go
on your behalf
no problem just call the number on the screen and we'll see if we can help you
out
thanks good luck