You can get a lawyer and maybe he can work his magic and get it to be a moving violation or something like that.

 

Laughed my balls off at your reckless ticket 11/8/07

 

You say he gave you a normal speeding ticket yet you say its a reckless ticket? If you are allowed to prepay it's not reckless. If its your first ticket ever, GO TO COURT! Don't plan on the cop not showing up though, there are many reasons for that. Even if he doesnt show most of the time they will postpone the ticket or let you settle it right there with the prosecutor.
Moral of the story, GO TO COURT!

 

True. Your first ticket? Head to court and they'll probably drop it down to a lesser offense.

 

yeah....get ya speedo calibrated to. shit...Find somone with some huge ass wheels put them on ya car when ya get it calibrated to..lol..or small wheels..whichever set it off in your way to help. cause yeah..thats a reckless....and thats a $3,050 fine., friends escort zx2 just got one last month, got hsi speedo calibrated yesterday 10mph off..so his is dropped now.

 

I'm almost positive that it's a myth that you automatically get out of a ticket based on an officer not showing up to court. I've been there several times when the officer wasn't there, and it didn't make a difference. lol

 

I actually got off one b/c the cop didnt show up both times...

 

Yep. If he doesn't show up it's usually dropped. But the chances of him/her not showing up are very slim.

 

Uhh, is there a catch to it or something? Is it supposed to be automatically dropped or is it only dropped if you're fighting it? I got a ticket on the way to D.C. this past weekend by a state trooper who made it very clear that I "certainly don't have to come to court." I'd like to go and fight it anyway, since I was in the middle of a large pack of cars traveling above the speed limit. In a case like that, I think it's actually safer to keep up with traffic than make yourself a hazard.

 

yo udon't jsut get off a ticket for your speedo being off, its something that if yo uahve a GOOD record they might take into consideration and reduce it to a lower speedin charge, like 1-9mph over.
also just b/c the cop doesn't show doesn't mean its thrown out, usually you just have to come back again teh next time hes in court as well.
i'm pretty sure too if he didn't write you up for wreckless, only regular speeding then it only will be a regular speeding 4pt charge.