- Jurisdiction
- Texas
I got a ticket during my drive from Austin, TX (where I live) to Shreveport, LA.
I'm innocent, but I don't want to drive four hours to fight a ticket I shouldn't have received. Is there a way the court could dismiss it without my presence? I assume a lawyer would cost me more than the gas money it takes to drive too. And I don't need a lawyer with my evidence.
I was four hours into my drive when I got pulled over for allegedly going 56 in a 45. At first, the officer said I was going 55, then she said, "Actually, I have you going 56."
Either way, she was wrong about the speed limit, which I tried to tell her but she said that it was 45.
After she gave me my ticket, I went back to look at the signs and saw that I was right. All the speed limit signs are 55 mph, and it was the same speed limit for a while. She was actually driving in the opposite direction of me.
Anyways, I went back and recorded a video of my route and showed where she pulled me over and showed all the speed limit signs.
I did not break the law, I'm pretty sure I was going 55 (I had it on cruise control), but she bumped it to 56. I have video evidence, but I don't want to drive four hours to fight my ticket. I shouldn't have to drive and pay gas for a ticket I didn't deserve in the first place.
Should I hire a lawyer to just get this dismissed for me and save myself the drive and a missed day of work? Should I just go and fight this myself? Is there anyway to get a ticket dismissed when you live too far to appear in court? And what should I ask for in "discovery?" The officer's dashcam video (which would only prove my innocence and confusion when she pulled me over)?
This is causing me so much stress, even though I know I have an easy dismissal.
This was in Henderson, TX by the way.
I'm innocent, but I don't want to drive four hours to fight a ticket I shouldn't have received. Is there a way the court could dismiss it without my presence? I assume a lawyer would cost me more than the gas money it takes to drive too. And I don't need a lawyer with my evidence.
I was four hours into my drive when I got pulled over for allegedly going 56 in a 45. At first, the officer said I was going 55, then she said, "Actually, I have you going 56."
Either way, she was wrong about the speed limit, which I tried to tell her but she said that it was 45.
After she gave me my ticket, I went back to look at the signs and saw that I was right. All the speed limit signs are 55 mph, and it was the same speed limit for a while. She was actually driving in the opposite direction of me.
Anyways, I went back and recorded a video of my route and showed where she pulled me over and showed all the speed limit signs.
I did not break the law, I'm pretty sure I was going 55 (I had it on cruise control), but she bumped it to 56. I have video evidence, but I don't want to drive four hours to fight my ticket. I shouldn't have to drive and pay gas for a ticket I didn't deserve in the first place.
Should I hire a lawyer to just get this dismissed for me and save myself the drive and a missed day of work? Should I just go and fight this myself? Is there anyway to get a ticket dismissed when you live too far to appear in court? And what should I ask for in "discovery?" The officer's dashcam video (which would only prove my innocence and confusion when she pulled me over)?
This is causing me so much stress, even though I know I have an easy dismissal.
This was in Henderson, TX by the way.