So I took a road trip to Virginia for a family wedding.... I put quite the damper on the weekend....
08-07-2005, 08:20 AM
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You need an attorney
and no, I am not an attorney.
You have a lot in jeopardy here and I do not agree with some of the suggestions that others have offered to you.
Speaking as a "persistent violator" of speed laws, you need legal counsel. 104 in a 60 is excessive, at least under the law.
Your goal is not to walk on this one. That is unlikely to happen unless the officer for some reason does not show and even then it is not a given. In most jurisdictions dismissal due to the citing officer not showing is at the discretion of the judge.
Your goal is to plea down to a lesser charge. If you were not rude to the officer and are a first time violator, you can probably plea down. I doubt you are going to be able to get "failure to obey a traffic sign", but hopefully you can get this down below jail as a potential penalty.
Be aware, as you drive in adjoining states like NY (my home, although I now live in PA), that 25mph over the limit in NY and the officer has the option to arrest you and impound the car.
As an aside, possession of a radar detector in Virginia is punishable by fine only. I am not sure about confiscation.
You have a lot in jeopardy here and I do not agree with some of the suggestions that others have offered to you.
Speaking as a "persistent violator" of speed laws, you need legal counsel. 104 in a 60 is excessive, at least under the law.
Your goal is not to walk on this one. That is unlikely to happen unless the officer for some reason does not show and even then it is not a given. In most jurisdictions dismissal due to the citing officer not showing is at the discretion of the judge.
Your goal is to plea down to a lesser charge. If you were not rude to the officer and are a first time violator, you can probably plea down. I doubt you are going to be able to get "failure to obey a traffic sign", but hopefully you can get this down below jail as a potential penalty.
Be aware, as you drive in adjoining states like NY (my home, although I now live in PA), that 25mph over the limit in NY and the officer has the option to arrest you and impound the car.
As an aside, possession of a radar detector in Virginia is punishable by fine only. I am not sure about confiscation.
08-07-2005, 08:44 AM
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Very few states don't have reciprocity these days
<ul><li><a href="http://www.criminaldefensedenver.com/interstatecompact.htm">Interstate Compacts Regarding Drivers Licenses</a></li></ul>
08-07-2005, 12:30 PM
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1. get a V1. 2. write a lett to the court the judge might let you do TBD in lieu of
showing up to court since you are so far away. 3. if that doesnt work, get an attorney so they can show in your place. They might be able to get that 104 down to say 90.. traffic school big fine and you are done.
08-07-2005, 01:51 PM
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ditto. I got clocked doing 154 mph in a 55 in PA. and got a warning
I blew by a state trooper on the Blue Route in PA on my way to work in Conshohocken back in 2000. He was in the median in the grass. Obviously there was no way he could have caught up to me in my supercharged M3 but I pulled over anyway. He liked the car and just gave me a warning.
08-07-2005, 03:56 PM
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Agreed. "proport" needs an attorney. Get an atty in VA, in the area where the courthouse is.
You're going to need a local attorney, who knows exactly what it takes, in that courthouse, to get you what you need. If you don't know how to get one, call the courthouse library and ask for a lawyer referral. Tell them you need an attorney that regularly handles defense of traffic charges and speeding tickets.
As one or more of the other posters said, in many States, speeds over the 80-90mph range are considered wreckless. You were clocked and charged with a triple digit speed. I would take that very seriously. The few posters who said they only got warnings when they were caught going over 100mph were simply very lucky because the cops that stopped them were sympathetic to nice fast cars, etc. Your cop was not.
Good luck.
As one or more of the other posters said, in many States, speeds over the 80-90mph range are considered wreckless. You were clocked and charged with a triple digit speed. I would take that very seriously. The few posters who said they only got warnings when they were caught going over 100mph were simply very lucky because the cops that stopped them were sympathetic to nice fast cars, etc. Your cop was not.
Good luck.