Hi. I got my first speeding ticket a while back. My court date comes up on Wed and I was wondering if anyone knew how much the fine might be. I was going 90 in a 55 zone. Any help would be great.

oh shit, um, prob like $600-900 dollars(not exactly sure, debate me if you want), but since its your first, i dono :/ cause 35 over is pretty steep, but you didn't go 100 and over or you would have been arrested, lol.

Hi. I got my first speeding ticket a while back. My court date comes up on Wed and I was wondering if anyone knew how much the fine might be. I was going 90 in a 55 zone. Any help would be great.

Just hope that the cop doesnt show. Make up some story just in case he does so you dont look foolish stating your case. Also, plea for traffic school if you are found guilty. If you are inot elligable for trafifc school, ask for LEVEL II traffic school.

my 94 in 60 was almost $400.

Try www.ticketassassin.com

I havn't used it, But I plan to try it soon.

Ticket is probably done, but curious how it turned out.

What was the Vehicle Code violation that the officer wrote you up for?

Not sure about the vehicle code but the ticked was for $551 total and I had a point added on to my license :(

Remove the point in traffic school.

Not sure about the vehicle code but the ticked was for $551 total and I had a point added on to my license :(

damn i got lucky!

Not sure about the vehicle code but the ticked was for $551 total and I had a point added on to my license :(

Bummer - that would have been at least 8 fill ups at the gas station! Depending on what VC was cited, there might have been a chance to fight it.

22348b speeds above 100 MPH
22349 speeds above 65 MPH
22350 speeds greater than what is reasonable (typically posted speed limits)
22356 speeds above 70 MPH

if you go in front of a judge, the cop will not be there, if you plead not guilty, then teh judge will give you a court date where you and teh cop have to be present. if teh cop doesnt show, then your free to go, however, if teh cop is there, and does state his case, your screwed, and once you plead not guilty you cannot take traffic school for it. i got a ticket last september for doing 70 on the 5N in anaheim and teh judge told me that i can plead guilty, not guilty or traffic school. he said that if i do plead not guilty, then i cannot take traffic school. i took it anyway, i havent gotten a ticket in a while and i cant afford any more point on mah record. good luck with everything

Actually, in California, you can request traffic school AFTER pleading not guilty and losing.

CVC 42005
(a) The court may order or permit a person convicted of a traffic violation to attend a traffic violator school licensed pursuant to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 11200) of Division 5.

Also, in

People v. Wozniak (1987) 197 Cal.App.3d Supp. 43 , 243 Cal.Rptr. 686

it states

The statement on appeal states: "The Court then informed the defendant that it was not possible to attend traffic school after receiving a trial. The Judges had adapted [sic] the policy that traffic school is available before trial as an alternative to trial."

[1] Vehicle Code section 42005, subdivision (b), provides that "[i]n lieu of adjudicating a traffic offense, and with the consent of the defendant, or after conviction of a traffic offense, the court may order any person issued a notice to appear for a traffic violation to attend a traffic violator school ...." (Italics added.)

Section 42005, by its terms, envisions the possibility of traffic school either before or after conviction. fn. 1 Moreover, independent of the particular [197 Cal.App.3d Supp. 45] language of section 42005, this court held in People v. Enochs (1976) 62 Cal.App.3d Supp. 42, 43-44 [133 Cal.Rptr. 363], that a court's discretion to grant or deny a request for traffic violator school did not encompass a blanket refusal to permit traffic school to all defendants who requested traffic school after trial: "To grant or refuse a request for traffic school on such an arbitrary basis is a clear abuse of discretion by the trial court. Such discretion must be 'governed by legal rules to do justice according to law.' [Citations.] A decision based on the order in which a defendant made his requests is not one grounded in 'legal rules to do justice according to law.'

"The trial judge has the power to order defendant to attend traffic school. If the trial judge believes that a defendant's circumstances indicate that a defendant would benefit from attending school, such attendance should be authorized. The question of such imposition should not be affected by the order in which plea, explanation and request (for school) are presented. To decide on defendant's entitlement to traffic school on the basis of the order of presentation rather than the facts of the case is capricious and arbitrary."

In summary, both the present language of Vehicle Code section 42005 and People v. Enochs, supra, 62 Cal.App.3d Supp. 42, decided more than 11 years ago, require trial courts to consider the merits of a defendant's request for traffic violator school whether that request is made before or after conviction. The trial court in this case abused its discretion in relying on a court policy to deny any defendant permission to attend traffic violator school after conviction.