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    Default Speeding Ticket with Slight Mistakes

    My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: Mississippi.

    A Louisiana resident, I was pulled over by a state trooper in Pearl River County, Mississipipi earlier today and given a speeding ticket. The officer drove up behind me, and I got over into the other lane and slowed down so that he could pass me. He did, then got in front of me and slowed down. More confused than realizing the obvious trap at that moment, I passed him, thinking he was about to take the exit just ahead of us. As soon as I did, he pulled me over and gave me a ticket for doing 82 in a 70, although he told me I had passed him at 76. I don't believe radar was used, and I don't see anything on the ticket that says how he determined my speed. He asked for my license and proof of insurance. I quickly gave him my license, and before I could find my proof of insurance, he walked back to his car. The ticket has two simple mistakes on it: the officer wrote that the car was a 2012 model (it's a 2001), and that I was born in 1980 (1990). My main concern is finding out if there is anything I can do to better my chances of this not showing up on my record or raising my insurance premiums. I'm just wondering, do any of those seemingly small mistakes matter? Does the fact that he only looked at my license matter? How does the means the officer used to determine my speed matter? What can I do from here? Any advice would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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    Default Re: Speeding Ticket with Slight Mistakes

    Minor clerical errors are unlikely to get you anywhere in court. Some people suggest that you can use them to imply that the officer's powers of observation are weak, but I'm skeptical that a typical judge will buy it.

    You haven't denied going 82 MPH. Are you in fact disputing that measurement?

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    Default Re: Speeding Ticket with Slight Mistakes

    These don't matter and will get you nowhere.

    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    Some people suggest that you can use them to imply that the officer's powers of observation are weak, but I'm skeptical that a typical judge will buy it.
    I think a pattern of small mistakes OR one or two whoppers may be used to effect in violations where powers of observation do matter (not for radar/laser speed cases).

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