Kricka

I got a ticket for 79/60 clocked me with laser I think at 85/60. Wrote it down on the spot and the ticket has the good driver option if I just pay of only 2 points. The regular ticket is 4 points and I think if I fight the ticket and loose I would get 4 points. Any advice on what to do? In NC I would always get a lawyer to get it reduced, is the system the same in CO?

slm4buffs

corridor, such that you're going a lot faster than the flow of traffic. It seems that there are always a few troopers around. I have a friend in the DA's office in Boulder County and he said to take the buy out. Lawyers can't get it reduced any further than that, unless there was something wrong with the "pull-over". Just my 2 cents.

Agent Orange

saw a lot more troopers in CO. Didn't see one from Vegas all the way to CO line. Then I saw a bunch

Kricka

you just pay it is only two points instead of four. The fine is not bad at all, 70 bucks. It is the points that really suck and they report the violation back to PA and when I get my CO license the points will suddenly show up on it.

Kricka

Very bad state to speed in. When I left I had 11 points on my license and had used every trick in the book to keep it at that.

Rian Colorado

THe point don't transfer, and nothing gets reported UNLESS you don't pay it. Then they get picky. If you have no CO license NOW then I assume they wrote this ticket against a PA license? There's NO WAY to attach this back to you when/if you later get a CO. license.

What Steve was saying is this, pay the fine for the reduced points (plea bargain) it's always less points = higher fine, but in the long run, your insurance won't be as high, take it from one with WAY too much experience in CO. Traffic courts.

(PS, me and my lawyers (yes plural) still dispute the "a lawyer can't get you a better deal" theory. Christine Carney - now a Judge in Ft. COllins - got me 6pts reduced to 1, 4 points dismissed and 12 points reduced to probation. Saved my license, my ***, and I figure at least 15K in insurance costs over 8 years)

just my .02
Rian

Rian Colorado

To Steve's credit however, I HAVE been told the same thing about lawyers BY a lawyer (and they aren't much known for taking money OUT of their pockets)
Honestly I think it changes municipality to municipality. In Idaho springs however, the ARE pulling you over to increase revenue. If it's not a big deal (major points, DUI, license suspension) just pay the 2 point reduction and call it good

Gotta pay to play
Rian

Kricka

One last point--you say pay the fine. Yes I do have a PA license and then in Not True you talk about how a lawyer can get you a better deal? Which is it, pay fine or get lawyer which could get expensive and risk me double points if I loose so I think I will just pay the fine and move on. Seventy bucks for speeding is cheap in my book.

Rob O

It will not show up on your DMV record in another state unless you fail to settle the violation, be it by paying the fine (thus pleading guilty) or appearing in court. Even in states with which CO has reciprocal jurisdiction (or whatever it's called where they share information across state lines) the two points will not be assessed against your non-CO license.

How do I know? Well, I'm from Colorado and lived in AZ and TX, both reciprocal states for CO. Moreover, I recently got a 75 in a 55 ticket in Trinidad, carrying the same options you outlined (pay fine for a 4pt-to-2pt reduction). The officer told me it would be reported to TX officials if I didn't pay or failed to appear in court, but if I paid the fine it would only exist on CO records and the points would not be assessed against my TX license. I paid as soon as I was back in TX, and 6 months later there is in fact no record of this violation on my TX DMV record.

I doubt CO even shares info with PA, so just pay the $70 and fogettaboutit. ;-)

ben at cu

In alma near Brekenridge the cops put dumies in the car to mess with you lol