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?

 

He can cite you for just riding wreckless, swervin around, wheelies/endos.

 

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

 

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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?

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

you got that wrong, Insurance companys LOVE tickets, they get more $$$ from you

 

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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.

 

Anyhow, 80mph is relative. Were you on the freeway? Residential? School zone? Get a traffic lawyer.

 

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

 

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

 

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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.

 

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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.