For me it's not about the cost of the ticket, but the cost of losing my license. Points accrue quite fast and losing your license would suck big time.

BTW I got one of my tickets on 360 heading towards VIR. Pretty much the same as you. I really wished I would have fought the ticket to at least 2 points. After that incident I ordered back a V1 and it has saved me numerous times. Especially heading to the track. Invest in a V1 while you're at it.

:D

Is it worth fighting...hells yeah! I have gotten out of several tickets by just appearing. Once the Trooper never showed and that is an automatic dismissal. The other time, the judge asked me what I did (told him military). I asked the judge if I could make a statement and he said ok. I just said that I apologized for speeding and understood that I not only jeopardized my safety, but also the safety of those around me (which in my case was a farce cause I was the only one on that stretch of 95 at 3 in the morning). The judge thanked me for my statement and said, in light of your understanding and admition I am dropping the ticket administratively, however, if I was caught speeding again within 6 months then the ticket would come back. So, is it worth it...IMHO..yes!!!!!

TD, I'm glad it worked out to your satisfaction.
Cheers,

Pick your poison the next time we run into each other. ;)

Damn, I wish I had done the same. I sucked it up and paid, plus I was late so it wound up costing me about $170. I definitley would have paid $250 to get off. Did you do it over the phone? How did he get you off?

I just had to take a $40 on-line driver's ed course. I didn't have to show up to the hearing. BTW, I have a very, very clean record: 0 tickets.

$40 for a rally course? Sweet!

My wife was issued a "Failure to obey traffic sign" in Prince William county back in 1998.
We were heading to NY in a rental Dodge Neon on St Patricks Day night and I don't know how fast we were going but cop said we were a bit over 90 :shock:

Cop threatened to haul my wife to jail (I was planning on bailing her out on the way back home:))

Then he spotted our daughter, who was two at the time, waving and smiling in the backseat and this caused the officer to have a change of heart and mentioned to her that the speed limits are lower in MD then NC.

Glad I was not the one driving...