Got a super speeding ticket!? I need answerss?

Question

My name is Danielle. I am 17 and i got a super speeding ticket AND was out past curfew by 57 minutes. I was on my way home from visiting a friend for the day at Kennesaw University in GA. I was on I 85 when i had to turn around and go back to my friends dorm because i had left my book bag, which i needed because i had many tests and assignments due the next day at school and my grades are very important to me. So i got my book bag, was on my way home at about 12:15. Past curfew! But i had school the next day! And kennesaw is about 50 min- hour away from my house.
I put my car on cruise at 68 mph and the speed limit was 65, didn't care if cars were passing me, i had seen so many cars pulled over and i was not going to be one of them. I am not the best with directions and had not traveled to Kennesaw and back home before. Therefore, i was using a gps.
Suddenly the highway branched off into three different ways. So i took my car off cruise because i knew i was going to have to switch lanes which may have required slowing down or slightly speeding up. My gps was not being clear about which way to go, i tried my best to follow the arrow on the gps just to realize i went the wrong way, which is frustrating when you are dealing with highways.. .I started to panic because i needed to be home.. its not like me to be out past curfew. So now, i do not know what road i am on and my car was not on cruise like before so i had control over speed now. Right when i got on this wrong highway, speed limit fell to 55 mph but i didn't notice because i was panicking as well as trying to see which way my gps now told me to go. However just as i was doing this, i forgot my foot was on the gas and i nearly reached 80, immediately noticed and slowed my butt down instantly! I was barely going 80 for about maybe two seconds, right when my speedometer touched 80 i braked. But...a cop had radared me from a distance, i think he used the word lazor? So of course, he was your typical cop. Rude and not understanding. I was crying and was shaking, was very remorseful and tried to explain why i was sped up like that but instead he just made sarcastic, nasty remarks. So if I panicked, thought the speed limit was 65 still, barely went 80 and immediately breaked, i obviously wasn't trying to speed. If i was AWARE that the speed limit was 55 and slowed down when i hit 80, thats just expected.
I have never had a ticket before, never had an MIP, DUI, or anything. Not even a detention, saturday school, or any type of trouble in school. Good student. I make A's and B's. I play for my school's tennis team. I come from a good family who have always been there to guide me. I rarely ever miss school.
So now it is what it is. I have a super speeding ticket for going 80 in a 55. As well as a ticket for being out past curfew. I am getting a lawyer, and i am completing 40 hours of community service and will be attending defensive driving classes BEFORE my court date. i really hope the judge realizes i was simply confused, lost and i panicked. When i had to call my cousin to come pick me up, I didn't know where i was and had to have to cop get on the phone and tell her.
Hoping to at least reduce my speed and avoid getting my license suspended for it is my first offense. And hopefully the judge will at least somewhat understand, however i do not expect the judge to. Just hopefully they have a heart. Im a good kid and i had no intentions of speeding considering I tried to hard to slow down. If your reading this are beginning to write " you were going 25 over! you deserve your license being suspended!" Everyone makes mistakes and i will definitely study any long routes before i get on the road. I was not trying to speed, for christs sake i had my car on cruise at the speed limit for the whole ride..until then of course.
So, any advice or predictions as of what will happen in court?

Answer 1

"Oh Your Honour, I wasn't TRYING to speed, you see, I'm SUCH a good student that I left my book bag at a friend's place, even though I have tests and assignments due the next day, so I was out REALLY LATE the night before, anyway, I set my cruise control to SPEEDING, but I was really paying attention to my GPS and not to the road, and when the road split I was paying attention to my GPS and not to the road, and my foot just magically pressed down on the accelerator! So you see, Your Honour, you really should let me go!"



Oh yeah, that'll go down like a lead balloon.

Answer 2

What is the most dangerous about this is that you are freaking out, kinda watching gps, kinda watching street signs, kinda watching your speed, kinda watching the road. Driving like that while speeding is more dangerous than someone just speeding and paying attention to the road. When your mind is all over the place and you are getting worked up emotionally while driving, it is certainly more dangerous.



Would you have made it home on time had you remembered your backpack and driven the speed limit? If the answer is yes, you will probably have your curfew ticket dropped since that is a believable story and people forget things sometimes. You being a good student, of course you would go back for your bag.



That does not excuse speeding. I would have recommended what you are already doing regarding your speeding ticket. Taking a driver course before the court date especially. Make sure it is a course that the Department of Motor Vehicles recommends as an approved course. Make sure you do not forget your paperwork for the driving class on your court date.



Community service may or may not help you. You cannot be sentenced to community service for a first speeding ticket. You might be wasting your time by volunteering, unless you feel good about volunteering your time to help people, then God bless you for that, and keep volunteering when you can.



The bottom line is that you were speeding, and you will be convicted of speeding. I would expect the judge to lower it to 15 over because of what you are doing before court. He will lower the fine and lower the points against your license. That will help with insurance not going up as high too.



Don't forget your paperwork on your court date. You wouldn't want to get a speeding ticket while going back to get it!



Good luck.

Answer 3

i just read the first sentence and the last and its too ong to read all i know that in ny and im sure its the same everywhere ilse if you go over the limit for every couple of points they add more and more money on the ticket and also your insurance goes up for 3 years and it stays on ur record for that long, dont speed next time you can either lose control of ur car and kill urself or someone else

Answer 4

I have gotten 5 speeding tickets in my life.

Answer 5

Simple advice: Go to court and ASK for online trafficschool.



I had a good experience with www.SoCalTrafficSchool.com







Jane :)