biometrics's bad luck

[hanster 0]

so today i had my biometrics' appointment in pittsburgh, so i got up early in the morning (4:30am), showered and got ready and I was on the road by 5:00am heading towards pittsburgh which is an hour and a half away but i wanted to escape the morning traffic there. i left my apartment in morgantown, and i hadn't driven half a mile when a cop pulled me over. license and registration, and then asked me if i knew what the speed limit was, and i told him that i thought it was 45 and he said it was 35 and he got me on his radar driving at 50. he went to his car and came back with a ticket and told me that i need to drive slow because there might be ice on the road. well, all the roads where clear, so i took my ticket and went on my way. the biometrics appointment went well and was quick, but throughout my whole trip i was worrying about my speeding ticket and wondering how much it was. so when i came back home, i called the number on the ticket and they told me that it was $137. for you people that read my post few days ago about driving to pittsburgh, you would recall people giving me an advise to stay in a hotel in pittsburgh in order to avoid traffic and all and i told them that i didn't want to do that because i did not want to pay for a hotel room since i cannot afford it. well i guess for $137 (price of my speeding ticket) i could have stayed at a very nice hotel in pittsburgh.

lesson i got from is the following: listen to people's advise.

[rebeccajo 14]

Aw, that SUCKS!

[Savanphil 3]

Poor thing, well atleast your biometrics apppt. went fine.

[hanster 0]

Aw, that SUCKS!

i know, i should have listened to you. i was talking to a buddy of mine and he said that if i show up to court and either plead guilty or no contest, the judge might lower the fee. now, he didn't know if i should say "no contest" or "guilty" but i am assuming that i would have to say no contest.

now my question is that would i have to pay court fees for that? and would that look bad on my driving record if i go to court, i know that a speeding ticket already looks bad on my driving record but i am wondering if going to court to contest would look worse

[hanster 0]

Poor thing, well atleast your biometrics apppt. went fine.

to be honest, after getting that ticket, i was no longer worried about my biometrics lol. all i could think of is guessing how much i would have to pay.

maybe i should try to get a ticket the day of my interview this way it will prevent me from worrying about it.

[raymaga 25]

Sorry to hear about your situation. Congrats on getting the biometrics done, though!!!

My daughter had an accident recently and got a ticket for speeding because of it. She could either show up in court or write a letter stating her case to see if the judge will either lower the fine or take it away completely. There was no charge for either appearing in court or sending the letter to the judge (which she did). We haven't heard anything back, but she had the accident during one of the worst storms in Washington state, so we're hoping he will be sympathetic to her because she is a full-time student, works 2 part-time jobs and was only trying to get home from Canada (visiting) so she wouldn't miss her finals at college and miss any work.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!!!

Edited January 17, 2007 by raymaga

[Emo 0]

so today i had my biometrics' appointment in pittsburgh, so i got up early in the morning (4:30am), showered and got ready and I was on the road by 5:00am heading towards pittsburgh which is an hour and a half away but i wanted to escape the morning traffic there. i left my apartment in morgantown, and i hadn't driven half a mile when a cop pulled me over. license and registration, and then asked me if i knew what the speed limit was, and i told him that i thought it was 45 and he said it was 35 and he got me on his radar driving at 50. he went to his car and came back with a ticket and told me that i need to drive slow because there might be ice on the road. well, all the roads where clear, so i took my ticket and went on my way. the biometrics appointment went well and was quick, but throughout my whole trip i was worrying about my speeding ticket and wondering how much it was. so when i came back home, i called the number on the ticket and they told me that it was $137. for you people that read my post few days ago about driving to pittsburgh, you would recall people giving me an advise to stay in a hotel in pittsburgh in order to avoid traffic and all and i told them that i didn't want to do that because i did not want to pay for a hotel room since i cannot afford it. well i guess for $137 (price of my speeding ticket) i could have stayed at a very nice hotel in pittsburgh.

lesson i got from is the following: listen to people's advise.

Go to court. You will end up paying less than $137

[Rodney 0]

I would go to court. If this is your first offense then you can get it reduced possibly. Insurance is what you need to worry about. Once this ticket hits your insurance rates will go up, unless you can get it reduced.

At least this is how it works where I live.