A good ticket lawyer can tie up the second ticket until the deferment goes though.
Yep, this....
A good ticket lawyer can tie up the second ticket until the deferment goes though.
You can get deferred as often as the court will give it, but on DDC like once a year. If you take DDC it will show up on your record is some sort of Data base where deferred doesn't. Also, I believe that if you take DDC and then get another ticket within the one year they may not give you deferred. Take Deferred first, then as a backup take DDC if you get caught again. Again, its all about the $$$$. I heard that most of the money goes to the state, where if you get deferred most of the $$$$ goes to the court. That's why they don't mind giving deferred.
This^^ Exactly the way I understand it.
True, Last online DDC class I took was a beating though. I was a true waste of time. I'd rather not deal with it and take my chances adjudication. I did do the differed once and did get another ticket during the probation period. I wouldn't recommend it if you think you might get pulled over. It was pretty ridiculous and the cop was sneaky. I was super careful for the 6 months. This was in the last week. I did speed though. She was just a jerk about it and I was only going a few MPH over. They didn't catch the adjudication though. I didn't say anything and took the DDC to reduce the fine on the second ticket. Neither ticket ended up on my record luckily. Farther proof that they really don't care about you speeding, but want your money. YMMV.....
I use a combination of a RD and WAZE to keep the revenuers out of my pocket. I've slowed down quite a bit compared to my teen and early 20 years as well which I'm sure helps quite a bit.And after all is said and done.... buy yourself a good radar detector and learn the sounds that it makes for different situations. You love that investment.
I thought you had to send in your DPS driver record with the DDC class to "prove" you didn't have any prior tickets or adjudications pending, that would disqualify from you getting the 1-a-year DDC dismissal.
The MSF e-course is pretty painless. Leave it running in another tab, click over every 5 minutes or so when you hear the video stop, answer a couple questions, hit play again, go back to whatever else you were doing. It's really basic stuff, unless you are a super new rider, nothing should be news to you. No guarantee every court will accept it, but for $20 and most of a Netflix movie, I'd take the chance before forking over $150 and an entire Saturday.
And after all is said and done.... buy yourself a good radar detector and learn the sounds that it makes for different situations. You love that investment.
With so many cars equipped with blind spot detectors and smart cruise controls, all of which use microwave emitters, radar detectors are becoming practically useless. Last few times I used one, it was going off all over the places.
That may be an accurate statement with older or cheaper detectors, but there are plenty of high end detectors that filter out false alerts from all the driving "aids" that new cars have. On top of that, there are now apps (I run a V1 detector) that, through bluetooth, connect your phone and your detector together. The programming in the app quiets your detector and improves the performance on the bands (mostly Ka in Texas) and frequencies that law enforcement uses.
The situational awareness increase that my set up provides is far from practically useless. I am not a way-over-the-limit speeder but I will cruise up to 10-15 mph over depending on the traffic, which here in West Texas is often very light. My V1 goes everywhere I do when I hit the road.
Didn't know it was illegal. Guess they say , reserved for left only. Everyone does that regularly and maintains flow . Seems kind of dumb since those left lanes are sparsely used .Find myself in this boat-leaving work friday a week ago, I used the center lane to make a left turn- you know, cross two lanes of traffic, pause in the chicken strip and merge.
Was immediately lit up. Officer so and so had an attitude that- anh oh well. $200 fine for improper use of left turn lane.
I post this as a warning to fellow drivers passing thru ville of the Kerr. This little town feels like a police state sometimes!
Clerk told me a list of approved courses will be mailed... but I also have to send in notarized copies of DL and insurance when I return the completion certificate. That getting stuff notarized when they already have verified both items is just to make it that much more difficult for folks. Grr!
Clerk told me a list of approved courses will be mailed... but I also have to send in notarized copies of DL and insurance when I return the completion certificate. That getting stuff notarized when they already have verified both items is just to make it that much more difficult for folks. Grr!