Speeding Ticket! Please Help

I give you A for effort but an "F" for accuracy.

Read what you wrote.

See the part that says ONLY IF YOU ARE REFERRED BY A VIRGINIA COURT?

HE is NOT referred by a VIRGINIA COURT since the law of both VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND ( through the DLC) says HE IS TRIED as though the offense HAPPENED IN MARYLAND SINCE HE LIVES THERE.

I know you read that.

Why are you IGNORING IT?

What you posted is just peachy--except for ONE thing. HE DOESN'T LIVE IN VIRGINIA.

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OMG... Shame for shame!! ALL that foolishness about SPAM and you went to a SPAM WEB SITE SELLING CLASSES and call that a reputable source of information???

SEE where it says "USE ONLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN REFERRED BY A VIRGINIA COURT"? KNOW why it says that?

BECAUSE they are TRIED in their state of ORIGIN because of the DLC.

I take back your "A" for effort----a WEB SITE SELLING CLASSES ( spam ) IS NOT a reputable source of information. No wonder you didn't post a link!! It's not even a DMV!

AGAIN, I provided information from a STATE WEB SITE. YOU? From a place that SELLS CLASSES FOR BAD DRIVERS.

You really should hang your head in shame.

This from a web site SPONSORED BY VIRGINIA ATTORNEYS who DEFEND clients against speeding tickets :
Virginia Speeding Ticket
Virginia SPEEDING Ticket - Out of State License

Virginia will report your speeding ticket back to your home state and it will be posted to your driving record and treated just as if the ticket was issued in your home state.

VIRGINIA SPEEDING classes, VIRGINIA POINT system, VIRGINIA LAW is IRRELEVANT.

What matters is where the POSTER LIVES.

I have provided MARYLAND law which says the offense is reported as though it happened in MARYLAND and I PROVIDED VIRGINIA law which says the offense is REPORTED AS IF THE TICKET WAS ISSUED IN YOUR HOME STATE.

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen, would be the end of the matter.

Virginia law, Maryland law.

*end of discussion*

GNASH your TEETH in PRIVATE, babe.

I can't believe you are posting this and misrepresenting your reference to Virginia Law... the name of a lawyer's blog... as Virginia Law... the real law of the state of Virginia. Of course the lawyers want to represent the speeder and charge them ten times the ticket fine for doing so.

Well, your clear convincing habit of advising people to do or say things that will be used to their detriment in a court of law makes me wonder if you even WANT to be a lawyer.

All this guy needs to do is call the office of the Circuit Court Clerk in the county that he was issued a ticket... Virginia. Can't hurt. But your advice certainly will. Sure.. take it to court and fight the testimony of the policeman who gave him the ticket... and LOSE.

Weak.

From my VERY first posting I said this man is NOT bound by the LAWS in VIRGINIA regarding the points.

I posted MARYLAND law which says SPEEDERS IN OTHER STATES ( specifically VA) are BOUND by MARYLAND LAW and CANNOT take classes to remove points.

You got ALL hot and bothered and posted a link from a VIRGINIA DRIVING SCHOOL that offers CLASSES to GET POINTS REMOVED (not classes INSTEAD OF GOING TO COURT) and insisted he was BOUND by VIRGINIA law.

SO, since you did not accept MARYLAND law, I posted VIRGINIA LAW posted on a VIRGINIA LAWYERS web site---who is NOT by the way offering to BILL people for his services---he is stating VERY CLEARLY if you get a ticket in VIRGINIA you are BOUND BY THE LAWS of YOUR STATE. Guess what a VIRGINIA LAWYER puts on his web site? THE SAME THING the MARYLAND DMV does--THE LAW. BUT nooooooooooo you are telling him to disregard the law on a LAWYERS web site and the STATE DMV and "ask a clerk" what he should do. (shaking my head)

So, a lawyer in VIRGINIA says he is bound by MARYLAND law regarding points and classes.

The MARYLAND state DMV says he is bound by MARYLAND LAW regarding points and classes.

WHAT is MARYLAND LAW?

Maryland does not permit you to go to a traffic school (or attend a class focused on defensive-driving techniques) and have points (or a traffic violation) taken off your license....In the State of Maryland. Points will remain active on your driving record for 2 years from the date of your violation


Read it and WEEP. Now, what was that he was supposed to ask the clerk?

IF he doesn't SHOW UP to court, he will be found GUILTY.

If he DOES show up he will PROBABLY STILL be found guilty, but he MADE an EFFORT to AVOID (again, note difference between avoid and REMOVE) points in the first place .


Now, he asked if he could get OUT of the points. Clearly, he cannot ( since you can read with your own two little eyes that he cannot from MARYLAND LAW--and yeah, its pretty AIRTIGHT, TOO)... then what chance does he have of getting OUT of it ( not getting the points reduced--that isn't an option). One way to get OUT of it (not get RID of points after they are on there) and that is to GO to court, HOW is CALLING the clerk going to help?

Wait--let me guess. THEY can AGREE, the two of them--the speeder and the CLERK and they CAN SIGN something and get the points off!!!(eyeroll).

Calling the clerk is going to give him either the law I provided OR MISINFORMATION.

Nothing at all has been provided to show YOUR contention that he can GO TO A CLASS INSTEAD of getting the points in the first place.

We DO know that the state of Maryland does NOT remove points for two years.

AND we DO know that the state of VA says out of state speeders are bound by the law of THEIR RESIDENT STATE.

So, remind me again--why are we ignoring the law and asking the clerk?

Oh--thats right.

WE AREN'T.

Lets not take my word for it. TWO quotes, one from a VIRGINIA ATTORNEY and one from the MARYLAND DMV..

Virginia will report your speeding ticket back to your home state and it will be posted to your driving record and treated just as if the ticket was issued in your home state.


According to the Maryland Driver's Handbook convictions reported from other DLC member states are treated in the same manner as if the offenses occurred in Maryland.

No where does this say he is treated as though the offense happened IN VIRGINIA. BOTH quotes above, one from VIRGINIA LAWYER who handles these cases and one from the MARYLAND DMV says the OFFENSES ARE TREATED as though they HAPPENED IN YOUR HOME STATE..

WHICH is MARYLAND.

AND, as I said previously, "Maryland does not permit you to go to a traffic school (or attend a class focused on defensive-driving techniques) and have points (or a traffic violation) taken off your license.Maryland Traffic Schools Online Guide - Find MD Internet Traffic Ticket School Info - DMV.ORG

So, going to CLASSES in VIRGINIA is NOT going to help him in the least. Another note---Virginia does NOT offer classes INSTEAD of going to court. Virginia offers classes TO REDUCE POINTS, not instead of going to court.

Bottom line---both states say the state where you LIVE calls the shots. This guy lives in MARYLAND. Maryland calls the shots. VA drivers classes aren't going to help him, and calling some harried clerk isn't going to do him a bit of good anyway.

It is what it is.... the law.

Learn something..........I did.