well, i was on the jersey turnpike south and i was in the cars only lane and the state trooper paced me on the trucks/cars lane and flashed his light and then pulled me over. he put it down as 95 in a 55, although i'm not sure how fast i was going, i'll just take his word for it. how much of a fine and how many points am i looking at? is there anything i can do to lower the points? any jersey people out there with any info?

 

you're lucky he didnt impound your car first of all... as for pts/cash look to pay aroud 300 for the ticket and lose I believe 3 points off your license

 

i know why i'm lucky, i know i should have gotten wreckless and whatever else. i need advice and solutions. and i already know the best help is a lawyer, but i was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions.

 

Actually if you go to court about this they will most likely drop the points. Thanks to "pole smoking" Jim Mcgreevy there is a new law where each point they drop is a $250 surcharge. Expect to pay at least $1000 cause thats a 4 point ticket. Sorry to hear about the ticket man . Good luck

 

holy crap... well, i guess i can forget about modding for a bit. hopefully they'll let me take some kinda payment plan for this.

 

Its going to be more than $300.00. I was caught doing 84 in my friends Ecilpse and the fine was $250.00 and 3 points. Yours should at least be 4 points and $350.00 fine. Plead guilty and when you go to court talk to the prosecutor, he will make you some kind of deal to lower the points and raise the fine. When I did he lowered the points to 2 and raised the fine to $280.00. It also matters how your driving record is. My record was clean. If you have a lot of points then you better look for a lawyer. Most will charge you $500.00 and no points.

 

this is my first moving violation

 

That will help. Look at the back of the ticket for the exact price. Just in case get a quote from a lawyer. And they dont do payment plans.

 

well, it only goes up to like 24 over the speed limit and it lists $197 on the back of the ticket. i'm assuming it'll be around $500+

 

Call the number on the ticket and see if they give a price. If it is that high then give a lawyer a call.

 

damnit, insurance in jersey is such a *****...

 

dude u just got ur evo..u gotta take it easy... cuz the evo's an eyesore for cops...

 

You're going to get bent over and take it royally up the *** from insurance and on the ticket. 24 over is 5 points and $400 and you were ticketed at 40 over.

 

Its a 5 point ticket. Good luck on that. Surcharges are probably sure to follow. Better hope the prosecutor is generous to you.

 

well, the back of the ticket says 24 over is $197. maybe the laws are different with state troopers?