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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lawyer up for what? There are facts and regulations, OP’s husband will get what he deserves. What is the lawyer going yo do? Argue that he didn’t drive that fast?[/quote]
The lawyer would tell the person to take a driver improvement class before court, and bring certified copy of clean driving record.  These things are routinely knocked down to a lower penalty for the first offense.[/quote]

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Yeah, I'm guessing you're not a lawyer. People who appear regularly in traffic court know the judges, and are known to the judges. They can articulate defenses a layperson might never think of. They know the "going rate" for various offenses. Depending on the evidence, the lawyer might very well argue the alleged speed wasn't proven.[/quote]

All of this.  In addition, in many places the reckless driving charge is simply a presumption at a specified speed.  You can try to show that the existing conditions did not make the speed reckless.  [/quote]
I am a lawyer (though I don't handle traffic cases) and I posted earlier that i spent the day in traffic court recently.  I wasn't represented and the cases with lawyers went first, so I watched them all.  Not a single attorney made these arguments.  OP already posted that it wasn't a jurisdiction where this is considered reckless driving.  The judge did know the lawyers, but he also knew and was friendly with the officers who gave the speeding tickets.  First time offenses got court-ordered driver improvement classes and a lower fine, uniformly.  There was one case that actually benefited from the lawyer due to the person's high rate of speed (almost a 100 mph) and she had a job with a security clearance that was at risk. The judge agreed to probation, community service, fine, and stern warning.  i'm not sure she would have received such a good result without an attorney.  The rest of us who could show a clean driving record, represented or not, got driver improvement classes and a fine.  The judge was pleased that I took my class prior to court (and this allowed me to take the half-day class instead of the full day class he ordered for everyone else). [/quote]

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