So I admittedly have a lead foot sometimes. The funny thing is I had only one speeding ticket in my life for going 8 over in the middle of nowhere in New Mexico. Who DOESNT speed in New Mexico? Anyway that was until recently. I got two tickets in ONE WEEK. Blehck. The truth is I didn’t deserve one of them, the cop pulled me over for speeding up to soon when the speed limit increased from 30 to 45 - I was literally 10 feet in front of the sign when I sped up. Im pretty sure it had more to do with my car than anything. In any case instead of just letting them take me for 200 bucks and 8 points on my driving record I decided to fight it.

Fighting a speeding ticket is actually much easier than you would think and can save you a ton of money. Never, ever, ever just send the ticket in if it includes points against your license and/or huge fines. There are all sorts of ebooks out there on “how to fight a speeding ticket” and sites with 100 step programs to do so. Well guess what, you don’t need it, its OVERKILL. I am going to tell you how in three simple steps:

1) Go to court at your appointed time

2) When the judge reads you your rights, say “I understand” and then instead of pleading say:

“I would like to speak to the prosecuting attorney.” Which you HAVE to be granted.

3) Tell the attorney you would like to make a deal.

4) Make a deal with him or her.

The truth is no one wants you to go to court. Not the prosecution, not the attorney, not the judge, and most of all not you. In fact, many times you might not even have to go before a judge, you might just strike a deal before you ever go into the court room, sign something and be done.

What kind of deal can you get?
Generally they have set deals they hand out that you plea down to. I had a couple of options that would have gotten rid of my ticket completely but since I had another ticket for the next week I asked to take care of them both at the same time, which they granted. I went down from 8 points and $400 to 1 point and $80. Thats right $320 and 7 points saved…and all it took me was 25 minutes at a municipal court.

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