I've personally been in court when someone tried to agrue that the name was spelled wrong on the ticket, judge just ammended the ticket.

Also watched a lady try and argue that the cop could'nt be trusted because she was actually doing 15 over but he only wrote her for 5.....judge amended the ticket to 15 over and increased her fine, officer discression is a bitch.

However I've had a ticket dropped because the officer did'nt circle whether I was moving towards him or away from him when he was operating the SMD, different jurisdiction and almost all the tickets were dismissed that I saw.

If you supponae the officer in the hopes that he doesnt show up and then he does show up make sure you have some real questions to ask him, if you don't you look like a complete jackass to the court. And fyi most departments pay a min of 3 hours of OT to that officer to come in off the clock, so odds are your costing taxpayers money and should join the FSA :-)

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I don't know what else it could be...Either you're not paying attention, or you're intentionally speeding...right?

...and if you're intentionally speeding, shouldn't you suck it up and pay the fine when you're ticketed?  Not try to find a way to "weasel" out of it?

Not trying to slam anyone, brother...but speaking for myself, I know what the speed limit is.  I don't go above it unless neccessary/justified.  If I'm out fucking around and get caught doing something I'm not supposed to be doing, I take my punishment like a man...(shrug).  Just my opinion, and I'm not slamming anybody else.

It's called the "scribbler's rule". Any decent prosecutor will envoke it and will be too Togo. They will have the officer stand up, identify you as ring the party the ticket was issue to and proceed from there as normal. It's commonly used for date, time, location, name, etc... As long as the officer can identify the correct information (name or whatever).

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Idk.

Do what you feel, bro.

They were written at the same time.

Actually, that's not exactly true and I always love how everyone has these "rumors" and myths about what speed here in Texas you can be arrested for.  Some say 20 MPH over, some say 25 over, some say 30, etc.  I will tell you now, not only is there no speed at which you can be arrested for, but speeding in and of itself is one of only TWO crimes in Texas that you CANNOT BE ARRESTED FOR.  Open container being the other one.  If an officer stops you for speeding or open container, he CANNOT arrest you.  Now, if you are doing what I call "driving like an asshole" then he could very well indeed arrest you for reckless driving.  However, these is no speed limit that qualifies for reckless driving or not.  It is defined as driving with a willful and wanton disregard for the safety of other motorists.  Could 20 MPh very well be driving recklessly depending on what else you are doing?  Absolutely.  Is driving 20 MPH over the limit in and of itself arrestable... no... and stop spreading that myth.

And all violations of the Texas transportation code ARE CRIMINAL.  There are no civil violations in it.

It is Texas, take D/A or DD and it goes away.

I agree with this.  You took a chance, broke the law, and got caught.  Pay the fine.

Not if he is not John Simth it isn't

Don't know about TX. You'd have to appear here if you wanted to fight it.


Misspelled name and wrong vehicle type weren't enough for a dismissal where I worked. Judge would just amend it in court.


Not everywhere. Consult a local traffic court lawyer.

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