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Okay I was coming back from school when supposedly a motorcycle cop saw me running a red light. Where going to call the place where he said he saw me run the red light spot A and where he stopped me spot B. The distance from spot A to B is 3 miles. By the time he stopped me he passed me once before he turn back to get me. When he stopped me he asked me how fast i was going threw the intersection he saw me run the red light (spot A) i answered 50mph (which is the speed limit) on the ticket he approx 65mph which is complete bulls*** i asked him to show me the radar and he said it was a visual approx. Is there anyway to fight this ticket or do you think its a complete waste of time to do so? Or which is the best way to fight it? Should I get a lawyer?

I got three summons, one for speeding 117/55, one for reckless driving and one for riding my motorcycle with only a permit. I showed up at court on the date and the judge said she was entering not guilty pleas and also suspending my license until at least the next court date which she did and took my license. I was going to plead guilty for only having a permit but don’t believe I was guilty for the other two I don’t think I was going that fast but he said he had me on radar. Now I have to go back in a few weeks for what I guess is the trial, and don’t know what to do. I don’t have any money for a lawyer. I’d like to go in there knowing whats going to happen and what kind of punishment I’ll probably get

Let’s start with how I got the ticket. It’s a 77 mph in a 40 mph zone. Before you call me ignorant- It went from a 65 to a 40 on a major highway in NH. Also, if you call it reckless driving- the only thing I found OFFICIALLY on the state website was that if the speed is 26+ over you must show in court.

So basically it was a speed trap, and I was hungover early in the morning and not paying attention, going with the flow of traffic when a state policeman walks out into the middle of the highway and flags me down. &%@%~!

Okay, here’s where I stand. I’ve gotten two tickets before, I’m 19. I got probation for my first, then I accidentally voided my probation by getting another ticket, so I got double punishment 20+45 days w/o a license.(this happened over a year ago) Since then I’ve been good, until 2 days ago when I got this. The trooper saw this history and told me to "add it to my record" and walked off, before I could explain my situation to him.

What I’ve learned: NH state police don’t have to worry about not getting paid for court dates, so the trooper is gonna be there. He might ask me what Im going to plea so he can use it against me. It might be "reckless driving". 26mph+ is at least 0 charge. I don’t want a lawyer, but I should have one? I do work with a state trooper as a coach at my DMV, I should go talk to him about it.

So here’s my defense. Also if you have any advice like what to do on the court date (Dec 29, right after Christmas) let me know thanks. This is a rough draft

Defense

First off I would like to thank everyone present for their time they’ve taken to be here.

I am still not familiar with the route I was traveling on given the day I was stopped and summoned on my way to work. In the area where I was stopped the speed limit changes
from 65mph to 40 mph. Before the time of the stop I let off the throttle, decelerating and applied the brake, and was not given sufficient time to decelerate
down to the posted speed limit before the respectful officer signaled me to pull over. Things that attribute to my misunderstanding of the speed limit are
the aspect ratio, or height of the sidewalls of my
tires on my car is 10 millimeters smaller, offsetting my actual speed I recognize on my speedometer. The officer was scanning from
not a fixed position, but using two hands standing near his cruiser. Given my experience in Criminal Justice
as a college student and as a past intern with Pembroke Police, I know that a generic laser radar dector is not
accurate if presented towards an object at an angle beyond a mere eleven degrees. The officer was also standing
facing towards a large bend in the road, scanning my vehicle in the bend next to Exit one on Route 89 East, making my car also traveling at an angle.

I am a criminal justice student at NHTI, past intern with Pembroke Police Department, and work for the Department of Motor Vehicles in
the basic motorcycle rider training program. I need my license for my education, without it I be forced to withdraw from the school.
I am a Motorycle Training Instructor for the state, ID# 134405 I have been with the program for 4 years. As an
instructor my job requires I maintain an active, valid motorcycle and drivers license. I need my license
not only to get myself to school everyday, but I also need it for my two jobs I am maintaining, while in school, in order to
buy a motorcycle for my job as an instructor because I, like many college students, am struggling to get by financially. I attempted to explain my situation,
the same one I’ve presented here, to the officer but he interupted me and told me to "add this one to my collection". I do not have a criminal record.
If there are any additional or different weights that can be added in the abscence of a license suspension I
would be greatfully interested and estatically grateful for, thank you.

We live in Boston, MA, and this is the statement I have given my lawyer.

My brother Niko, in his Ford Mustang, and I, in my own vehicle (2007 Crossfire) with my little brother, were driving back from our church basketball league game. It was around 4:35pm on a Sunday and cloudy. I was coming over the hill and saw a police cruiser and police motorcycle parked on the side of the bridge, well out of any radar’s field of view in any direction, that I was coming over, so I put my blinker on, checked my mirror, shoulder-checked, and changed lanes, to give the officers room. I was under the impression that the speed limit was 35 mph, knowing that the opposite side of traffic on the same stretch of Jamaica Plain Way was 35 mph, and seeing a sign further back which stated 35mph as the limit, which is the speed I was travelling. At the most, I could have been going five miles above the speed limit, but that is not likely.
Coming over the top of the hill and continuing down, I saw two State Troopers speaking with a driver of another vehicle parked on the side of the road. One was wearing a bright yellow coat, while the other was in his dark blue uniform. Neither officers had anything in their hands. Both the cruiser and motorcycle were parked on the side of the bridge, where I previously saw them.
The officer in the yellow jacket calmly turned around and proceeded into the closest lane, which my brother was travelling in. He then waved him over to the side of the road, walking into his lane. At the same time, I observed the second uniformed officer strolling through the first lane, and into the lane in which I was travelling. I had to apply my brakes a little harder than usual to avoid striking the officer, since he had strolled into my lane of travel. He waved me over, with me being quite confused and scared, this being the first time I have been pulled over, and having no idea what merited the stop.
One officer approached my brother (the one with the yellow jacket) and stood at his fender on the driver side, while the “blue” officer approached him and asked him for license and registration. After questioning my brother, the officer walks up to me, I roll down my window, and put both hands on my steering wheel, and he asks me for my license and registration. I politely tell him that my license is not on my body, and give him my temporary license, my registration, my full name, and my social security. At some point, I had mentioned that my wallet was in my jeans, along with my license, behind the divider in the trunk area. I just left a basketball game and was wearing my yellow shorts and a simple brown T-shirt, with a black jacket on the outside. The officer asks me how fast I was going, and I responded “The speed limit, but no more than five miles over.” The officer informs me that the limit is not 35, but 25. The officer then proceeds to inquire about the origins of the car, and asks me “Whose car is this?” I tell the officer that it is my car. He then states “that’s not what it says here.” By this point, I was becoming increasingly scared and was very intimidated, but I told the officer “The car is in my father’s name for the cheaper insurance, and the car was a gift to me for high school.” When I had told the officer this, his already stern and gruff attitude had changed to hostile, and he became very belligerent as he further inquired about my vehicle. He asked me in a severe tone if my “daddy” bought me “this nice car,” that “daddy” was probably paying for the insurance, too. He then stated that the car I was driving was too nice for a “kid” my age. During this outburst, I was coming to feel very frightened while I was pulled over, realizing that whatever situation I was in, it had taken a turn for the worse.
While the officer had been questioning my brother (he was pulled over behind me), I had observed more of the same aggressive gestures and body language that was directed towards me. I then saw the “yellow” officer retrieve a radar gun or laser radar gun from his cruiser, and the other officer wave another dark colored car to the side of the road with a malfunctioning taillight, who he spoke to, went to this cruiser to verify information, and promptly let him go. My brother and I were waiting for some time while the officers were pulling other motorists over, letting some of them go ticket-free. Finally, the officer returns to me, reads my citations, and hands me my ticket. I said “Thank you, Officer,” started my car, put on my blinker, checked my mirror, shoulder checked, and merged with traffic.
To reiterate some points, I was going what I thought was the speed limit (which I had wrongfully believed was 35mph), but I was not, in any way, endangering the public, the officers present, myself, or my little brother in the passenger seat. If I was not, the most it could have possibly been was five miles above the limit. The surrounding traffic was doing well in excess of the 25 mph limit, as we
Now, the problem I have is that I was not travelling at 61 mph, nor was I street racing. I was passing my brother at about 40 to 42 mph. Yes, I have admitted to speeding, but I did not do so in such a manner as to endanger the general public, myself, my brothers, or the officers.
So why should I plead guilty to a street racing charge? He never mentioned street racing to me, nor was it stated on my citation. He did, however, write down the provision for street racing on the ticket, but again not informing me.

Charged with speeding wreckless driving and felony eluding never been to jail did not elude because i pulled over I have a lawyer but wonder could i accept the wreckless and speeding if they drop the felony and he also did not have a radar or read me my rights i went to jail but was never placed under arrest and they want give my motorcycle back

well what happened was i got pulled over by an officer on a motorcycle and when he walked over to me i asked why i was pulled over. the cop then told me that i was speeding and that he clocked me going 90 mph on his radar. long story short i didn’t admit to speeding at the speed he told me and he gave me a ticket. now i was wondering if a cop on a motorcycle actually has a radar and if i would have a chance protesting the ticket (its my first one). im also a minor and he told me that i wouldn’t be able to fix it with traffic school. please only answer this question if your a cop, a lawyer, someone who actually knows what there talking about or someone that has been through the same situation as me. i really appreciate your effort, thanks in advance.
The cop also told me that he was PARKED on the side of the road when he "got me on the radar" and i actually asked if i could see any proof of my speed such as the radar itself and he told me he didnt record it or anything so is he lieing?
ok so here are the facts:
1. i asked to see any proof of my speed such as his radar and he told me he didnt have it.
2. i got the ticket which had the speed 90 mph on it
3 i want to protest the ticket but im wondering wether the cop can use the radar as evidence against me seeing as he didnt record my speed on the radar and only put it down on the ticket

now i feel as if the cop actually didnt have a radar and was only saying he did to try to get a confession out of me, which he didn’t get. now im gonna try and protest the ticket but what do you think? will i get out of the ticket due to lack of evidence because the cop didnt record anything on his "radar"? or is his word good enough to the judge that i was going that speed, which i view as completely unfair…