pay the fine ~300, go to traffic school and move on.

That's what i did, my time if worth much more than going to traffic court.

good luck.

 

kre8tive,

I have heard some creative CHP officers are familiar with the 78 MPH retactable spoiler on a P-car and use that as a speed indicator?? I agree with you that more than 1/2 of all the traffic here in SOCAL is exceeding the 65 limit, but that spoiler can be a real "flag" for some of CHP breatheren.

Good Luck!! If you don't have any current points against you license I would challenge it in court and hope the CHP guy is a "no show".

My $.02 demosan

 

really? the spoiler eh? that sucks, especially since you can manually adjust or put up the spoiler if you want. not that many people do it, but it doesn't have to be going 70 mph in order for it to come up. i guess they'll try anything if they want to pull you over bad enough.

anyway....to the original poster of the thread....best wishes and good luck!

 

Peter- Sorry to hear that man- you know, I get passed by frigging Prius drivers doing 85+ and beat up 70's GMC vans, so we all know most drivers go over 65. Having a red drop-top pcar with shiny wheels makes you stand out as a target though, unfortunately.

IMO- what's your time worth? It would cost me quite a bit of $ to take the day off to go to court, so considering that as well. If it were me (speaking from experience), I'd traffic school it (online of course), and move on. The points on your record and possible jump in insurance if you lose the case are worse than the fine itself. Judge is more apt to take the word of the officer and impose the minimum fine.