steveincowtown wrote:KaiserB wrote:steveincowtown wrote:I am not an LEO (although a big fan of those who are), but asking on officer how to successfully undo a ticket given by another officer is somewhat akin to asking your sister in law the best way to get away with cheating on your wife.
I cannot picture any situation where you could appear in front of a Judge and argue against an Officer successfully that even though you were speeding, you weren't going as fast as he thought.
Almost every city in Texas has Deferred Disposition. Here is a ling to Keller's website on the subject:
http://www.cityofkeller.com/index.aspx?page=461" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If you qualify, it keeps the ticket of your insurance and off your driving record.
This is simple. Can you make the case that it is not possible for your car/truck to accelerate to 48MPH in the space given? For example taking off from a stop sign and going 250' a car may only get up to 35 MPH not 48MPH as charged. Thus you would NOT be guilty of 48MPH and you are not required to admit to another speed to allege you were going slower than 48 MPH
Not to be a smart donkey, but I think the odds of engaging a LEO and a Judge in an argumentative conversation about Physics, for a traffic ticket, and absent a Attorney by your side are near slim.
It is not an argument it is a statement of the facts, and yes it has worked in court in the past. It is not an argument to state:
I drive a 2002 Toyota Corolla which accelerates at 5MPH per second (or whatever the manufacturers figure is).
I was clocked at the alleged speed of 48 MPH 65' from the stop sign.
The maximum speed a 2002 Corolla could have done at the end of 65' is ~18 MPH. If the car accelerates at 7.3 FPS^2, the maximum speed on could reach in 4 seconds duration 73' from a stop is 20 MPH.