I just got my first speeding ticket in CA, Now what?

Question

I got the ticket while driving in Orange County but I live in Los Angeles, is the only way to get the option of traffic school to drive to the court on the ticket? If I pay online do I have the option of traffic school? Does an OC ticket allow you to do traffic school online? Any idea how much a ticket written for going 70mph on the freeway is gonna run?

Answer 1

You should get a letter from the court. It will give you all the information you need. You will have to pay the amount of the ticket (probably around $200) plus an additional $24 fee, and pay for traffic school itself (not usually exorbitant). You do NOT need to drive to Orange County, this can all be taken care of in the mail. I do not believe that getting the traffic school referral can be be handled on-line. Once you have been approved for traffic school, I don't know whether Orange County allows on-line schools, but L.A. does, so O.C. probably does.



By the way, do NOT go to court and say it was not you, even if they spelled your name wrong. Perjury is a very serious crime, and when they find out it really was you, you could go to jail. It really is not worth it to avoid a traffic ticket.



Pleading not guilty when you cannot testify that you were not speeding is not a great strategy unless you are just hoping that the officer does not show up for the trial, since that is the only way you will win. Demanding a bunch of documents from the CHP is not going to get you anything except the ire of the traffic commissioner and perhaps a higher fine. You can do it, and you can still ask for traffic school if you are found guilty, but I would certainly not recommend it.



You can get lots of information here:



http://www.occourts.org/traffic/

Answer 2

go to the courthouse and get it taken care of. i'm sure you can do it online but the only way to make 100% sure is to go to the courthouse.



the ticket will be expensive but it really shouldn't be more than a couple hundred bucks



i live in california. la county.



you can do traffic school online, but just pay for everything in court



oh yeah, traffic school is about $35. so you're looking at about $235. something around there.



unless they spelled your name wrong. then you can go to court and say it's not you. and get the thing dropped. a ticket is a legal document.

Answer 3

Your lucky they didn't haul your butt to jail! Which they could have done when it's in excess of 20mph over the speed limit! What were you thinking? They should throw the book at you! A bit late to be worried about what your parents are going to say! You should think about the consequences to anything you do before you do stupid stuff! When you speed you are endangering the lives around you! Suppose you had lost control of the car you were driving and caused a major accident, injuring and possibly killing some innocent people? I hope your parents find out and run your DL through the paper shredder! Maybe the judge will save them the trouble and revoke it! You better start picking up cans to pay your fines, because you will have one huge fine to pay! Your parents shouldn't have to pay it! You might get out of the insurance charge, if you show that proof in court. Yes, COURT! Go and face the consequences of your actions!

Answer 4

Realize first these tickets are for REVENUE, nothing more. Fire your shot across their bow by appearing in court and pleading NOT Guilty. Then write CHP and demand the cops ticket record, his training record on radar or laser, the calibration record of the device he timed you with, any video record or other recording of the traffic stop.. Fight back...Make it cost THEM money... 70 on a LA freway is a real SICK citation...