yes - it's a moving traffic violation and will result in points on your license and increased insurance rates. I would chance court and having to pay court costs. be factual and polite.

FWIW, remember that police cars have calibrated and periodically certified speedometers for just this purpose. Ordinary car speedometers can be off by as much as 4%. They are also calibrated to the tires the car was sold with; replacement tires of a different size, or under/over-inflated tires also affect speedometer accuracy.

In other words, even assuming your spouse was closely monitoring his speedometer, it may not reflect his true speed accurately; the police car's speedometer is presumptively going to be more accurate. And, common sense and experience is that most drivers don't monitor their speed very closely anyway, not in the same way as would an Officer specifically pacing a car suspected of speeding.

Pay up, or go to court and ask for leniency. I wouldn't bother arguing that the actual speed was something less than the Officer observed.

I always go to court. I have a pretty clean record, so I say I’m guilty but I’d appreciate it if I could take a class rather than have points on my license. They always agree, and sometimes they’ll just reduce the charge to a non-moving violation with no points and skip the class. And sometimes

If you appear somewhat normal, can speak coherently and you are polite they will usually be nice to you. Going to court is great people watching, an amazing parade of dysfunctional and weird people. I think judges appreciate it when someone is easy to deal with.

Anonymous wrote:My DH was driving under 70 on 66 where it changes from 65 down to 55. He got a speeding ticket for 70/55 and wants to go to court to dispute it. He swears up and down that he never went over 68. The cop was pacing him, not a radar. There is no real "proof" either way.

Is there any chance the judge will lower the ticket?


Should he dispute it?

Definitely challenge it. Sounds like the cop made it up. Police are allowed to lie to help the prosecution.
Have him or his lawyer ask for any discovery from the DA's office or traffic court prosecuting attorney. There likely won't be any, or perhaps a dash or body cam video. Reassess then.

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Anonymous wrote:There is proof. The police officer said so. If your DH has clean record he can go to court ask for leniency.

Will the ticket go on his record or is it just a fine? If it’s just a fine, might be cheaper just to pay it.

The cop wasn’t using a radar detector. There isn’t any physical evidence.

I assume it will go on his record. Don’t all in-person speeding tickets?

The officers word is proof. Your DH word is not.

I saw you wrote this happened on 66. If you’re local, it will probably go on records. Speeding tickets out of the area, or out of your area, may not.

That was what I’m assuming the judge will say.

Reality doesn’t matter, only what the cop says.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is proof. The police officer said so. If your DH has clean record he can go to court ask for leniency.

Will the ticket go on his record or is it just a fine? If it’s just a fine, might be cheaper just to pay it.

The cop wasn’t using a radar detector. There isn’t any physical evidence.

I assume it will go on his record. Don’t all in-person speeding tickets?

The officers word is proof. Your DH word is not.

I saw you wrote this happened on 66. If you’re local, it will probably go on records. Speeding tickets out of the area, or out of your area, may not.

Cops never lie... or beat their wives.

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Anonymous wrote:There is proof. The police officer said so. If your DH has clean record he can go to court ask for leniency.

Will the ticket go on his record or is it just a fine? If it’s just a fine, might be cheaper just to pay it.

The cop wasn’t using a radar detector. There isn’t any physical evidence.

I assume it will go on his record. Don’t all in-person speeding tickets?

The officers word is proof. Your DH word is not.

I saw you wrote this happened on 66. If you’re local, it will probably go on records. Speeding tickets out of the area, or out of your area, may not.

Go argue. He may get his points removed but just have to pay the fine. That would be worth it.

Anonymous wrote:Was this his first time driving that section so he didn’t know the speed changes? 68 is still more than 20% over the speed limit. I’m not sure I’d be too sympathetic to someone going 20% over and arguing over 2 mph.

I believe the penalty brackets are 1-9 over, 10-19 over, and 20 over. So arguing two MPH won’t lower you to a different tier. But you should remind him 5 mph more and it’d be a reckless.

68 is perfectly fine in that section. I go faster there myself.

I’ll have to see if I can google the penalty brackets. Thanks - that was helpful.

Anonymous wrote:There is proof. The police officer said so. If your DH has clean record he can go to court ask for leniency.

Will the ticket go on his record or is it just a fine? If it’s just a fine, might be cheaper just to pay it.

The cop wasn’t using a radar detector. There isn’t any physical evidence.

I assume it will go on his record. Don’t all in-person speeding tickets?

Was this his first time driving that section so he didn’t know the speed changes? 68 is still more than 20% over the speed limit. I’m not sure I’d be too sympathetic to someone going 20% over and arguing over 2 mph.

I believe the penalty brackets are 1-9 over, 10-19 over, and 20 over. So arguing two MPH won’t lower you to a different tier. But you should remind him 5 mph more and it’d be a reckless.

There's a chance the officer might not show up in court, so might be worth a shot.

There is proof. The police officer said so. If your DH has clean record he can go to court ask for leniency.

Will the ticket go on his record or is it just a fine? If it’s just a fine, might be cheaper just to pay it.

Yes

My DH was driving under 70 on 66 where it changes from 65 down to 55. He got a speeding ticket for 70/55 and wants to go to court to dispute it. He swears up and down that he never went over 68. The cop was pacing him, not a radar. There is no real "proof" either way.

Is there any chance the judge will lower the ticket?

I'm thinking he should just pay it and be done. Don't waste the time to go to court. The judge will just go with whatever the cop says.

He is concerned that 70/55 looks much worse than 68/55 for insurance, etc.

Should he dispute it?