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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I've gotten maybe half a dozen speeding tickets in my entire life. Doesn't mean I don't speed more often, but that's how many times I've gotten a ticket for it. I pleaded "not guilty" to all of them. I have never had to actually pay the ticket. Go to court, the cop doesn't show up, they don't send lawyers for this stuff, the judge nolles the case and I go home with no ticket, no fine, no points, and no notification to the DMV that a ticket was ever issued. I also don't have to actually testify or make a statement. It's all done usually before they even call your name to enter the courtroom - the clerk comes out and just tells you to go home.
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This is true. I was in court with my son when he was sixteen for speeding. The officer was not there so after a stern comment from the judge the ticket was dismissed. Unfortunately this is not always good. There was a woman there that when they looked at her record it was clean and they just told her to be more careful and dismissed her ticket. However my concern there is she was speeding in a school zone. How many times has this happened to her before and it’s not on her record. These tickets should be turned into a formal warning and be on her record. Just my opinion