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1. I remember the one night I was meeting up with some
friends to go see a new movie that just came out.

2. I was supposed to be at the movie theater by 8:30, so that I
could get a ticket for the 9:00 PM showing.

3. I however overslept and was running late.

4. While I was driving to the theater, I made the decision to
speed.

5. Within a couple minutes I passed a cop.

6. The officer quickly pulled me over.

7. I then spent the next 30 minutes telling the officer why I
was speeding while he was looking at my license and
registration.

8. The officer then told me that I would receive a ticket for
speeding.

9. After everything was done, and I was free to drive off I had
already missed the first half of the movie.

10. A couple weeks later I appeared in court to fight the ticket
and lost badly.

11. I wish I would have known these tips to increase the
chances of getting a ticket thrown out when I was pleading
my case to the judge.

12. There are a couple of ways to help your chances in not
having to pay for a traffic ticket.

13. The first is to challenge the officer’s subjective conclusion.

14. This means that if you can prove that what the officer
witnessed was necessary and was thus not a breach of the
law you can be in good shape.

15. The next tip is to challenge the officer’s observation.

16. While in court if you are able to poke holes in any and every
small detail of what the officer has stated, observing then
you can increase your chances of having the ticket thrown
out.

17. There are some ways to get out of a ticket that doesn’t
necessarily involve challenging the officer that wrote you
the traffic ticket.

18. The first is to prove your conduct was a mistake of fact.

19. This in a nutshell is just proving that perhaps a certain sign
of marking that you should have seen wasn’t available or
was too damaged to be able to tell what the meaning of the
sign was.

20. The next tip is to prove what you were doing was legally
justified, and this goes hand in hand with proving your
conduct was necessary to avoid harm.

21. Typically it is a lot easier to legally justify behavior if it is a
matter of safety.

22. This being said examples can include speeding due to a
medical emergency or stopping due to car failure.