How can I beat a photo radar ticket?
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Ok... obvious answer is... dont speed or run red lights. If the camera caught you, then you were doing something wrong. Fighting it is damn near impossible because they have photo evidence that you were breaking the law. Like you said.. you dont know if you were speeding or not- we all tend to drive faster than we should, and you were probably speeding. Those cameras dont randomly take pictures and try to bust you on something you didnt do... they actually have a rhyme and reason. Why should they have to post signs informing you that you are under survelliance? When you signed for your driver's license you agreed to follow all rules of the road. So therefore the police and the government have a right to make sure you are following through with your promise. There was most likely an article in the local paper when these cameras were incorporated into the system, and where they are located... that's about all the warning you are going to get. You should assume that at any point in time you are being watched... that makes me nervous but that is the way that it is. Every light you stop at has cameras, and most are recording license plate numbers. Even if they aren't equipped with the technology to send you a ticket for running a red light. Now that i have strayed from the question... you cant beat the photo radar unless you have solid proof of what you were doing or how fast you were going at that precise moment.. as that is impossible because you have no knowledge of when the camera is recording you, i would recommend being careful. Respect the laws in the area and you wont have the problem. As for malfunctions... machines aren't perfect and if they have recorded you at something you know is impossible (say you drive an old beater that couldn't go over 70 if your life depended on it and it records you going 90)then you are gonna have to prove how that is an impossiblitity. Other than that... good luck!!
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Probable cause (IE) tail light out, registration sticker) But They need your permission to search
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try netdetective.  that sight is reliable.
602834
It should be written or printed on the ticket. You can normally just pay the fine by mail.
88020
*Chuckling* I actually dun get speeding tickets, tis one of the handy things bout wolf instinct. I can usually tell if there is a patrol car (or camera speed monitor) nearby by the way others drive and I let what I call a "lame duck" (someone in more of a hurry than me) go ahead of me while I follow at a reasonable distance. They tend to get the ticket instead. Heh, evil I know, but not my fault they they were speeding and got caught...\nGood advice on how to avoid the ticket when pulled over is here http://www.askmen.com/fashion/how_to_100/147_how_to.html\n\nNow first off if you are busted by camera, give it up, you won't win. Courts tend to put great stock in the automated speeding monitors.\nIf you are pulled over and do get a ticket, this means you gotta go to court to fight it, but police officers do not have the time to go for every ticket they write. So they cannot refute you in court and if you prove reasonable doubt, you can get out of it.\nBut if the officer is there, well you got a problem and it becomes more difficult to win.\n\nIf you decide to fight it in court, a good site with a lot of free (not all, but a lot) information is http://tipmra.com/sample/tipmra_sample.htm\nI can tell you the last time a friend got one was by the radar gun, which is easy to refute as loose tools in the trunk is well known to foul up the readings.\n\nAnd finally I leave you with this lil tidbit...\nHow To Get Out Of A Traffic Ticket!\n\nA police officer pulls a guy over for speeding and has the following exchange...\n\nOfficer: May I see your driver's license?\n\nDriver: I don't have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.\n\nOfficer: May I see the owner's card for this vehicle?\n\nDriver: It's not my car. I stole it.\n\nOfficer: The car is stolen?\n\nDriver: That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner's card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.\n\nOfficer: There's a gun in the glove box?\n\nDriver: Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.\n\nOfficer: There's a BODY in the TRUNK?!?!?\n\nDriver: Yes, sir.\n\nHearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation.\n\nCaptain: Sir, can I see your license?\n\nDriver: Sure. Here it is.\n\nIt was valid.\n\nCaptain: Who's car is this?\n\nDriver: It's mine, officer. Here's the owner's card.\n\nThe driver owned the car.\n\nCaptain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there's a gun in it?\n\nDriver: Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it.\n\nSure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.\n\nCaptain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said there's a body in it.\n\nDriver: No problem.\n\nTrunk is opened; no body.\n\nCaptain: I don't understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn't have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glovebox, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.\n\nDriver: Yeah, I'll bet the lying s.o.b. told you I was speeding, too!
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Your best bet is to "plea it down".  If you contact the solicitor's office that is prosecuting the ticket, you may be able to exchange a guilty plea for a reduced fine.\n\nReally this should be done by a lawyer.  A lawyer who specializes in such cases will know who to call, what to ask for and will likely even know the attorney who is responsible for prosecuting your ticket.\n\nI, personally, wouldn't even try to fight it without an attorney, but good luck to you if you do.
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To be honest you are in trouble.  The judge will side with the cop everytime, especially with the radar gun.  Here is your best strategy......Call the cop that gave you the ticket and ask him to cut a deal with you....or wait for him in the lobby of the courthouse and plead /beg cry do whatever make up a story  ?maybe he'll give you a plea bargain.   I did this a few times,   2 of the 3 times it worked.  They charged me with a lower speed on etime instead of 75 in a 55  65 in 55,  the other time they took it from 70 in 55 to careless driving instead.  thats your only chance bud is a plea bargain.\n\n"an outside chane is this" on your ticket it says when the last date that radar device was checked for accuracy it must be checked every 30days...maybe the cop forgot that month
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You still have to pay, so pay but tell the clerk that you want to fight the ticket. She/he will schedule you and the officer that gave you the ticket to court. Then if you win or he doesnt show up they give you the money back.
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Contact the folks at city hall.  They can either tell you if you do have an outstanding ticket or give you a good contact at the responsible agency.  Hope it helps.
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Not sure what's "required" but what a good officer will provide?\n\n1. A copy of the ticket.\n2. A copy of your driving record.\n\nBeyond that, a good defense lawyer will ask for:\n\n1. A copy of the calibration record for the radar gun.  State Troopers are assigned one car with one gun, and they always have it.  County Police often show up without these records and judges (particularly in Northern Counties - near D.C.) are prone to throw the ticket out if the officer can't produce the records.\n\nBeyond that, nothing more.
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A)  If you were convicted on the tickets, there isn't anything you can do.\n\nB) If they are still pending, get a lawyer\n\nC) Not speeding will certainly help you to keep it clean going forward.
1102081
go turn yourself in and pay the ticket
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Yes it is - (in the UK that is - hope you are in the UK?).  You can request proof that appropriate signs were in place as stipulated in the Road Traffic Act.  You may find that sending this letter may get on their wick to the point that they will drop the speeding claim - obviously they have to have photographic evidence of the offence also!  As per the RTA they also have to provide the items requested in the letter.  I managed to get off a speeding fine with it.  \n\n\nIn order that I may honestly complete the required information requested on the reverse of the form, I require the photographic evidence of the alleged offence in order that I may ascertain who was driving.\n\nI will also require:-\n\n•The name of the manufacturer, including make and model and serial number of the radar or laser gun used.\n\n•Copies of the manufacturers recommended maintenance schedule for the above device.\n\n•Copies of the manufacturer’s literature as it relates to the correct use, including but not limited to, mounting, aiming, weather and traffic limitations for the device used.\n\n•A copy of the past six months maintenance records, including but not limited to calibration specifications.\n\n•Photographic evidence that the legally required notifications of speed camera use were displayed at the site being used for speeding offence detection, or a copy of the relevant legislation that states that this in not necessary.\nPlease note that attempted delivery to the address listed on your letter, as detailed above, will be considered as valid service of this document.\n\nI look forward to your prompt response.\n\n\nGood luck with it!!  I don't know about anyone else - but I have no problem with fixed speed cameras - just the nasty sneaky mobile ones - normally hidden away in an area that has no risk to pedestrians, but significant possibility for speeding without endangerment to any other road users.  GRRR nasty money making machines!!
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It tends to be on technicalities.  Where there many vehicles moving with you and you were received a tickets?  Did this affect the radar gun effectiveness with your vehicle?  When the officer was pacing your vehicle, was his spedometer calibrated properly and in properly maintained?\n\nSo you see, there are many technicalities.  But if you are responsible, it is better to take a driving class if offered by the court to have the ticket dismissed.
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You have options.  They are not very good; but you do have them.  Pay the ticket is one option.  Have your day in court is the other.  If you take this to court, know that an officers word is always taken against your word unless you have proof otherwise.  It stinks, but you have the burden of proof when it comes to his word against yours.\nWhenever an officer fails to appear in court, nearly all the time the case is dismissed.  It's a lack of evidence thing.  The officer's word is evidence.  I am not sure how in-car cameras/video influences things.  That might be evidence without an officer's word.  Check with a lawyer.  One note, court fees might be such that you will still pay.  Lawyer's fees are too high for such a case unless it is a keeping your name clean thing.  Money-wise, take the ticket and don't gamble on the officer not showing up.  Court fees are high if you loose.
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Not unless you have radar absorbing paint which the government would love to have too.  I was picked up on a 10 speed bike trailing all kinds of foil to mask me but I was still picked up and clocked by police radar gun.  If you find a way post it.  I want to know that trick.  You can overload them with powerful transmitters, the radar reads false speed like 200mph which is not reliable for court,especially when I drive a 1972 VW bug, but they are illegal.  Plans on Internet and part from Radio Shack
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Dont Speed - Then you wont have a ticket in the first place