Speeding Ticket With Speed Measured by Aircraft in Washington State
My question involves a speeding ticket from the State of Washington:
So i live in seattle, king county and was headed up to canada, sunday morning. I got a ticket in mt. vernon, which is skagit county. ok officer was on ramp, i saw up pulling up on the ramp to merge on to the hwy. So speed zone is 70 mph. My speed was 70 or 72 mph when i passed him, but he turned on his lights and pulled me over. He gave me a ticket that said i was driving 83 mph. He said an aircraft was following me and telling the officer where i was etc. He checked SMD box violation code 46.61.400 speeding 13 mph over limit (over 40
bail $144.00
then below officer name and #.
but i know for sure that i was not that fast, but on the ticket nowhere is it listed where the officer was how far was he, etc. I want to contest it but don't know if i should any advice would be helpful. I waS wondering if i could request a deferraL.? (i think that is what it is called?) but it says violation location i-5 nb ref.trafficway - conway m.p 221.00 -- so does this mean that was where he was at or where he gave me ticket.?? im confused! pls help me thank you very much!
ruby
oh and this is my first ticket i haven't ever gotten one in entire life.
my license is 4 1/2 yrs old. Im gonna be 21 soon in 3 months. so my insurance is gonna go high and high.
Re: Have a Speeding Ticket in Different County of Washington State
Read through this thread. It will answer most of your questions as well as give you some basic information about tickets in WA.
If you still have questions, please come back and post them.
Barry
Re: Have a Speeding Ticket in Different County of Washington State
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rparmar89
He said an aircraft was following me and telling the officer where i was etc. He checked SMD box violation code 46.61.400 speeding 13 mph over limit (over 40) bail $144.00
then below officer name and #.
The important thing to know about an aircraft-speeding case is that both officers (the one who cited you and the one in the aircraft) need to sign the affidavit, not just the one who pulled you over.
If you decide to contest, file for discovery and make sure both cops signed it. Otherwise, its an easy dismissal.
Re: Have a Speeding Ticket in Different County of Washington State
Contest contest contest....and get discovery!
There will be an affidavit from the issuing officer, and affidavit from the pilots of Smokey 4 and affidavit of the DOT employee certifying the ASTM marks on the freeway, a certification of the stopwatch the pilot used etc......
lots of information to poke holes in!!!!!!!!
Re: Have a Speeding Ticket in Different County of Washington State
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colemac65
Contest contest contest....and get discovery!
There will be an affidavit from the issuing officer, and affidavit from the pilots of Smokey 4 and affidavit of the DOT employee certifying the ASTM marks on the freeway, a certification of the stopwatch the pilot used etc......
lots of information to poke holes in!!!!!!!!
thank you for you help though.
but no where in the ticket, does it mention k there was an aircraft also..
Re: Have a Speeding Ticket in Different County of Washington State
That's going to be mentioned on the Affidavit. As Cole says... CONTEST.
Re: Have a Speeding Ticket in Different County of Washington State
exactly!!!!!!! and in this case there will be 4 or 5 affidavits!!!! it wont be on the notice of infraction that you recieved