question about wreckless driving/riding tickets
11-22-2004, 06:39 PM
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question about wreckless driving/riding tickets
Just got a wreckless ticket this sunday.. sucks I know. Anyway on the ticket it reads "general wreckless driving" with no indication of the posted speed limit or the actual speed I was riding.
The cop pulled me over and told me that he pulled me over because I was riding at around 80mph and never told or asked me if I knew the speed limit.
If he pulled me over for speeding then why wouldn't he call it a "speeding wreckless driving" rather than general and why didn't he put how fast I was going on the ticket.
Maybe because he didn't know how fast I was going for sure since all he did was pace me and never used a radar? Your thoughts?
The cop pulled me over and told me that he pulled me over because I was riding at around 80mph and never told or asked me if I knew the speed limit.
If he pulled me over for speeding then why wouldn't he call it a "speeding wreckless driving" rather than general and why didn't he put how fast I was going on the ticket.
Maybe because he didn't know how fast I was going for sure since all he did was pace me and never used a radar? Your thoughts?
11-22-2004, 07:53 PM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (Etylorcen)
get an attourney, reckless is a gross misdeminor and can record as a criminal record... insurance companies will not like a reckless citation at all
11-22-2004, 08:16 PM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (Etylorcen)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Etylorcen »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">He can cite you for just riding wreckless, swervin around, wheelies/endos. </TD></TR></TABLE>
But I wasn't doing wheelies or anything like that. I was just riding a lil too fast I guess. WOuldn't they want to cite me for speeding vs a general wreckless or even a speeding wreckless ticket?
But I wasn't doing wheelies or anything like that. I was just riding a lil too fast I guess. WOuldn't they want to cite me for speeding vs a general wreckless or even a speeding wreckless ticket?
11-22-2004, 08:17 PM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (SeOuLxK)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SeOuLxK »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">get an attourney, reckless is a gross misdeminor and can record as a criminal record... insurance companies will not like a reckless citation at all </TD></TR></TABLE>
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life.
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life.
11-22-2004, 11:54 PM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (R6)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by R6 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Do what you want
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Do what you want
11-23-2004, 06:18 AM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (R6)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by R6 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Don't be stubborn. Don't be stupid.
You just got a reckless driving ticket. You DO need a lawyer.
Trust me (and don't ask me how I know).
It doesn't matter what your previous record is, a reckless driving ticket is very bad.
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Don't be stubborn. Don't be stupid.
You just got a reckless driving ticket. You DO need a lawyer.
Trust me (and don't ask me how I know).
It doesn't matter what your previous record is, a reckless driving ticket is very bad.
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11-23-2004, 06:21 AM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (SeOuLxK)
Get a lawyer, its the best $100-$150 you will spend. I had 2, 6-pt. speeding tickets in the same week in the same court and my pawyer got one dropped to a parking ticket and the other to a 3-pt. 1-10mph over.
11-23-2004, 06:22 AM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (ASteele2)
Go fight it... this may be a new feature to our great law system, general in terms so the police can lay them around without having to be specific or having to actyually see or messure a crime (Is speeding a crime?) Let us know what is what when you find out.
11-23-2004, 06:08 PM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (R6)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by R6 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Do what you want
But,
My friend and I both got reckless driving tickets (different times, same county). He decided that he did not need a lawyer. He went to court, he got a $1000 fine and all of the points on his record.
I hired a lawyer. I paid $500 and the lawyer got everything dropped if I took a 4 hour driving school. I had to pay for court costs. $500+175= $675 with no points!
You decide what you want to do.
I doubt I'd need a lawyer.. first of all I haven't had a ticket in five years and never had a wreckless in my life. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Do what you want
But,
My friend and I both got reckless driving tickets (different times, same county). He decided that he did not need a lawyer. He went to court, he got a $1000 fine and all of the points on his record.
I hired a lawyer. I paid $500 and the lawyer got everything dropped if I took a 4 hour driving school. I had to pay for court costs. $500+175= $675 with no points!
You decide what you want to do.
11-23-2004, 08:42 PM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (turbogixxer)
Anyhow, 80mph is relative. Were you on the freeway? Residential? School zone? Get a traffic lawyer.
11-24-2004, 09:55 AM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (R6)
Get a lawyer.
Matter of fact.....goto ticketassassins.com, go there read everything......you will learn alot, hell..even pay the 25 bucks for his help
Matter of fact.....goto ticketassassins.com, go there read everything......you will learn alot, hell..even pay the 25 bucks for his help
11-24-2004, 10:38 AM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (BallHawk3)
dude people are trying to help and you are being stubborn and saying you shouldnt get a lawyer. well then dont 
like others ahve said, its a gross misdemeanor. gl anyway
like others ahve said, its a gross misdemeanor. gl anyway
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (R6)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by R6 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Maybe because he didn't know how fast I was going for sure since all he did was pace me and never used a radar? Your thoughts?</TD></TR></TABLE>
In california, pacing is a good enough means to determine your speed. In the long run, I don't see why a judge will see a difference between general and speeding wreckless driving. Maybe you did more than just one thing, like change lanes without signalling, cut people off, etc, etc.
In california, pacing is a good enough means to determine your speed. In the long run, I don't see why a judge will see a difference between general and speeding wreckless driving. Maybe you did more than just one thing, like change lanes without signalling, cut people off, etc, etc.
11-24-2004, 04:36 PM
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Re: question about wreckless driving/riding tickets (9integra2)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 9integra2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
In california, pacing is a good enough means to determine your speed. In the long run, I don't see why a judge will see a difference between general and speeding wreckless driving. Maybe you did more than just one thing, like change lanes without signalling, cut people off, etc, etc. </TD></TR></TABLE>
nah all I did was ride faster than I should have.
In california, pacing is a good enough means to determine your speed. In the long run, I don't see why a judge will see a difference between general and speeding wreckless driving. Maybe you did more than just one thing, like change lanes without signalling, cut people off, etc, etc. </TD></TR></TABLE>
nah all I did was ride faster than I should have.
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