GF got a speeding ticket what do you know about prayer for judgement

EL XJ

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Is this something we can use, Do we need a lawyer?
 
lawyer yes pfj is a good deal no points on anything but u can't get a ticket for I think like two years! so if u do get one the ticket u just got will come back to haunt u
 
Is this something we can use, Do we need a lawyer?

Depends on how bad the ticket is. A lawyer usually is the best way to either get out of a ticket (not a given), or minimize the points/ramifications. Only use your prayer for judgement on something serious, because like said above it can come back to haunt you.
 
The advice I always got was...you call a professional every other time you need something fixed in life...so why not when it comes to the law. So yeah, I say get a lawyer. I've usually spent in the $250-350 range for a lawyer, but it's money well spent...so far 5 violations, and nothing on my record. I agree, p4j is a good route to take, but as stated...it's earmarked on her record for a period of time...and if she gets anything else within that time, it comes back from the dead. You may also wanna try improper equipment...that's my standby.
 
Honestly, your first and second tickets are freebies. No insurance points (raised rates) and no where near $300! If you make $300 in the half day (if that) that you are there, then go for it. If not, here's what you do.

Go to court, be there early, go to the DA and he will automatically reduce the speed to 9 over. You don't even have to ask for it he just does it for everyone, even those that are WAY over the limit. (20-30 mph over) you go before the judge and plead guilty to that charge. He says "OK you pay the court costs, ($125 or so) and a $10 fine. Pay the nice lady in cash (cause they ONLY take cash) then you are free to go. Should you get another ticket in the next 3 years, go back to court, the DA reduces it to 9 over but this time you have to use a Prayer for Judgment (PJC) This only costs you court costs and NO fine. The third one in less than 3 years after that one costs you because the PJC ticket and the new one hit your insurance companys desk. Also remember there is a difference between license points and insurance points. You get 1 license point per ticket, but for 9 or less over (or and PJC) you get no insurance points.

Interesting tidbit. I went downtown Winston to get my gun permit, on my way out of downtown (while trying to figure out where the hell I was and how to get out of downtown reading directions) I managed to run a red light. I hit a guy in the front fender of his car. Yada yada, I fessed up got all the info etc, got the ticket for running the light etc. I go to court to pay up, and the DA goes did you take care of the accident? I tell him yea my insurance paid to fix the other guys car. It's all good. He says OK you're done. No money, no payment nothing. I didn't even have to pay court costs. Weird, I guess they figure your insurance company is going to get all the money. (Which they do).
 
Don't use the PFJ. They will come back to haunt you if you do get another ticket, because then you will NEED a lawyer if you don't want your insurance company to bend you over and treat you like a prison lover.
 
Well I am going to say the opposite. I have used PJC (Prayer for Judgement Continued is the actual name for this) twice in my times here in NC. Once when I was 17 and got a stupid ticket for rolling a right hand turn through a 3-way stop in a neighborhood, and the other more recently for a speeding violation. You have to keep a clean record for 3 years following your court appearance and then you are clear. It is not a bad gig, other than the ominous "pleading guilty" that you have to do to use PJC. I have a decent driving record so I am not very worried about getting a ticket in the next few years. Of course now that I said it I will probably get one next week.
 
Rattlecanpaint is right on the money. On my first four tickets (in less than 3 years) I did the following: Use the 9 over deal, then take the class and get driving with improper equipment, then use your PJC, then pay a lawyer $200 to create a 2nd PJC, then don't get any ticket for 3 years.
 
I vote YES on the lawyer. I got one for my last ticket. He got my "15mph over" reduced to "improper muffler". The lawyer cost me $50 plus court fees, and nothing was reported to my insurance.
 
I vote YES on the lawyer. I got one for my last ticket. He got my "15mph over" reduced to "improper muffler". The lawyer cost me $50 plus court fees, and nothing was reported to my insurance.


I need this lawyers #
 
Just paid $160 for a 66 in 45. Went to the court house and it was reduced and no pts on insurance, but 2 pts on licence. I had no points before that. live and learn, and pay the piper and you gotta pay the fiddler, and...
 
When my wife got a ticket it was cheaper for us to get a lawyer. She didnt want to go to court by herself so we would both have miss work. Dont remember how much over she was but when she ask the trooper for a brake he informed her he was giving her a brake by not taking her in. He said for the speed she was running he could arrest her. So we called a lawyer and paid around $300 to take care of it. She got no points and nothing on her driving record.
 
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