Colin Grubb
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
My question involves traffic court in the State of: Indiana
I was told I was going 15 MPH over the speed limit in a 55 on I65 by a state police-man. Indiana has been putting a lot of construction zones around the interstates/highways, some of which do not even have any construction, let alone orange cones. There were no workers present TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION. I say this because there's always a chance that I didn't see one. However, this happened on Columbus day so government employees in Indiana did not work.
First off, I have never gotten a ticket before (age 21)
Mistake 1: The officer put my Father's name as the person who committed the violation. Everything else (driver's license, birthdate etc) was mine.
Mistake 2: The officer put down the following I.C. code: "9-21-5-11(c)(1) WORKZONE SPEEDING - WORKERS PRESENT/IF"
When I called the clerks office on the county (NEWTON), the woman said that the ticket she was looking at said the following:
"9-21-5-11(c)(1) WORKZONE SPEEDING - WORKERS PRESENT. 9-21-5-11(d)(1)"
Along with this, the woman told me the judge was telling her to tell people getting workzone speeding tickets to come to court.
I personally feel I should go to court, considering the ticket is $430... I am a college student and cannot afford this excessive fine.
Does anybody have any suggestions such as what I should include in my argument while in court?
I was told I was going 15 MPH over the speed limit in a 55 on I65 by a state police-man. Indiana has been putting a lot of construction zones around the interstates/highways, some of which do not even have any construction, let alone orange cones. There were no workers present TO THE BEST OF MY RECOLLECTION. I say this because there's always a chance that I didn't see one. However, this happened on Columbus day so government employees in Indiana did not work.
First off, I have never gotten a ticket before (age 21)
Mistake 1: The officer put my Father's name as the person who committed the violation. Everything else (driver's license, birthdate etc) was mine.
Mistake 2: The officer put down the following I.C. code: "9-21-5-11(c)(1) WORKZONE SPEEDING - WORKERS PRESENT/IF"
When I called the clerks office on the county (NEWTON), the woman said that the ticket she was looking at said the following:
"9-21-5-11(c)(1) WORKZONE SPEEDING - WORKERS PRESENT. 9-21-5-11(d)(1)"
Along with this, the woman told me the judge was telling her to tell people getting workzone speeding tickets to come to court.
I personally feel I should go to court, considering the ticket is $430... I am a college student and cannot afford this excessive fine.
Does anybody have any suggestions such as what I should include in my argument while in court?