Need advice....speeding ticket in different state

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Originally Posted By: calvinnnnnnnnn
^ not really helpful...im really depressed about this. my spring break just started and this happened........


you poor thing. so after you endanger other road users you're depressed about your spring break? the law is there for a reason... maybe no one else was around even, and you think your speeding didn't endanger anyone. you'd be wrong.
 
We don't have traffic school here. You were lucky the first time. That was your one get-out-of-(ticket)-free card. It does seem this whole traffic school experience is expected if not ingrained in your culture.

You face two different questions that are kind of getting lumped together.

1) If you totally blow it off and don't pay it what happens?
A) Warrant in Oregon, maybe elsewhere.

2) If you plead guilty and pay the fine through the mail will it up your Cali insurance?
A) Maybe, the officer hinted it wouldn't.

Although I had to list my tickets when I signed up for insurance the first time, they go off DMV records for renewals. They found an accident my wife was in, we weren't at fault, and they said they'd forgive us.
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You CAN get an oregon attorney to represent you in court remotely but that often only makes sense if you drive for a living and are one point away from license revocation.
 
You are going to have to pay the fine.
You can be quite sure that if you don't pay it by mail and then fail to appear on the listed court date, a warrant will be issued.
Sooner or later, you are going to end up paying, probably more than it will cost you to pay now, and you might end up with a day or two in somebody's jail while the details of what you're going to pay and how you're going to pay it get worked out.
Now, judging by your profile, you are a young man.
I can tell you that when I was your age, I drove pretty conservatively, since I had learned through experience that I attracted an unwelcome number of citations doing otherwise.
I was within one citation of losing my license, so I had to observe silly things like the 55 mph speed limit, then in effect.
I always wonderd why the older guys got by driving so much faster than I did.
Now that I am an older guy, I find that the simple combination of long experience in spotting the cops at great distance on the ground, as well as knowing where you are likely to find them, along with an anonomous Honda Accord and a healthy head of gray is pretty much as good as diplomatic immunity.
 
Originally Posted By: fdcg27

Now that I am an older guy, I find that the simple combination of long experience in spotting the cops at great distance on the ground, as well as knowing where you are likely to find them, along with an anonomous Honda Accord and a healthy head of gray is pretty much as good as diplomatic immunity.


+1 this is better than any radar detector. All those do is say "you're screwed" when they go off.
 
I've found that if there some traffic, people in front of you hitting their brakes for no particular reason means it would be a good idea to do the same, because there is probably a state trooper hiding in the trees in the median.
 
type in oregon speeding ticket Lawyer and talk to one of them he or she will most probably go to court there for you and get it reduced its the points and insurance surcharges that get you if you just pay it...I dont know how it works there but that is some good general advice..
 
Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
type in oregon speeding ticket Lawyer and talk to one of them he or she will most probably go to court there for you and get it reduced its the points and insurance surcharges that get you if you just pay it...I dont know how it works there but that is some good general advice..


+1 That's what we did with mine back in november.
 
Not sure about Oregon but when I had a ticket in Florida for 30mph over, they say I have to appear in court. I end up finding a lawyer who trade tickets with other lawyers to show up for me, and it somehow got dismissed. I think most court will put speeding tickets at a lower priority so when cases are full, they get dropped, especially if you have a lawyer who waste their time.

It is not just about the fine, the insurance goes up if you have tickets. In any case either find a lawyer to represent you or pay it. I'd try to see if it is possible to do online traffic school or something similar so it won't go on your record. If that's not possible, find a lawyer. Yes you'll spend more $, but it won't increase your insurance if you are at high risk category.
 
Originally Posted By: calvinnnnnnnnn
will an oregon speeding ticket be notified to california?

im going to pay if i have to, but i want some advice to get it dismissed. i can't afford this ticket since i took traffic school like 15 months ago(only 1 every 18 months-but heard judges often allows you to do it several times in 18th months)


Sounds to me like you need remedial driving training ("Traffic school") or remedial math. 86 is alot higher than 60.

I know this is harsh, after the fact, and I am not innocent with speeding, but this is a consequence of the action and decision you made. Consult a professional to determine what you need to do to fix it.

Look at the positives here. You did not make a mistake or error in judgment that cannot be fixed. Consider this a lesson learned and move on.
 
Pay your road usage fee. 26 over, even down a "steep hill" is quite a bit and well within your ability to avoid. I'd be astounded if you could get a lawyer and have it dismissed for less than $300. Sorry to say, but you're best off just sucking it up this time. In the future, watch out for speed enforcement if you must speed like that.
 
Man up and pay the fine. Don't pay and possibly go to jail. Want to renew your current license down the road? Not if you have that outstanding ticket even in another state. You play, you pay.
 
For him to make it out of the state period they have to have a reciprocal agreement. This is how it worked at one time here in PA with states which they had reciprocal agreements with (at the time NY/NJ/MD ..not sure about OH/WV/DE.

If he doesn't pay the fine there's a paper bounce back and forth ..then his state assigns the points to his license. If he's stopped in the state that issued the ticket, he'll get arrested for the unpaid ticket and some blood letting for the trouble.
 
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Back around 1987, I was pulled over in Montana for speeding. I was clocked doing 79MPH on I-15 near Butte.

The ticket was not a moving violation. I was wasting natural resources and was fined $5, payable to the officer.
 
Seems to be some sort of leftover urban legend from long ago that getting a speeding ticket in another state will never come back against you, as long as you stay out of that state. It's not the Dukes of Hazard anymore, the police don't stop at county lines.

Either pay the ticket in full, with documentation as posted above, or consult a lawyer if you want to fight it. Them's the only choices.
 
I'm not sure how it works as far as your home state doing anything about a ticket in another state. I would guess in this case Oregon would issue a warrant if the ticket isn't paid, but I'm not sure California would care about a moving violation if they even knew. At one time if you were an out of state driver, the authorities could hold you until you paid the ticket, but federal law does not allow that anymore as I understand it.
 
Originally Posted By: mechanicx
I'm not sure how it works as far as your home state doing anything about a ticket in another state. I would guess in this case Oregon would issue a warrant if the ticket isn't paid, but I'm not sure California would care about a moving violation if they even knew. At one time if you were an out of state driver, the authorities could hold you until you paid the ticket, but federal law does not allow that anymore as I understand it.


The insurance companies do, hence the fight.
 
1. There is now a national data base on tickets, your insurance company will find out.

2. Don't ignore it, you will be found guilty and fined. If you don't pay they won't issue an arrest warrant for a traffic infraction, they will send it to a collection agency.

3. A lawyer for a $ 287 fine is a waste of money.

4. You can find a lot of information on the web. Try a search on fighting a ticket in Oregon.

5. You can get a ticket dismissed if the officer made a mistake, but don't count on it.

6. If you request a contested hearing and ask them to subpoena the officer and he doesn't show up, the ticket will be dismissed, at least it will in Washington. You need to find out what Oregon's rules are.

7. Speedy trial only works for you if you file a timely protest. You can't ignore it and hope it will go away. OTOH, a tax client got a ticket for rear ending another vehicle. I showed her how to get it dismissed because the court fouled up and didn't set the hearing within the speedy trial rules for infractions and she filed the proper protest. She was amazed. She kept saying, "But I am guilty." I told her it doesn't matter if they don't follow the court rules.

8. In the end, you don't get much sympathy here. You were speeding and you got caught.
 
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