I had the misfortune of receiving a speeding ticket yesterday morning on my way home from work. It has been at least five years since I had received one. I was definitely taken by surprise to be pulled over especially since I wasn't going more than 10 miles over the posted speed limit. Actually I was going 9 miles over the limit. The radar detector didn't aid me at all yesterday. As soon as it went off, it was already too late to slow down. The sneaky highway patrolman had come up from behind me and I know he was a good three quarters of a mile behind me when I was clocked. I didn't have a chance to slow down either.
I was talking to someone at work last night about my speeding ticket. He (Justice) mentioned that I should look into deferred adjudication to have the ticket dismissed. Well, I called the precinct this morning and was told that it would cost $287 to go that route. For that price my ticket would be dismissed as long as I didn't receive any more tickets in the next 30 days. I already reached the conclusion that I'm better off just taking the DDC which will cost $97 for court fees, $10 for the driving record, and $39 to rent the video tape from Movie Gallery.
Darn, what all this means is that I'm going to have to be a very good driver for the next year or risk burning a bigger hole in my pocket.
Posted by Theresa at July 16, 2004 01:43 PM