Reckless driving

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Reckless driving

Andromada reminds me of that guy from Law Abiding Citizen.

[ANDROMADA 1]

Re: Reckless driving

ANDROMADA, while I'm sure you're 100% right, I think I'm going to play it safe and hire an attorney to take care the of the process. I don't trust myself to pull off all the legal jargon that would be needed to talk my way out of it.

Cool. You could also ask that they do deferred adjudacation. You would have to plead and then just not get caught speeding in 6 months give or take. That is another option as well. As part of your agreement request that the offense be expunged from your record. Just know that lawyers charge out the wazoo for stuff like this. I hope it all works out for you.

[ANDROMADA 1]

Re: Reckless driving

Andromada reminds me of that guy from Law Abiding Citizen.

Nah, I've seen that movie. That guy went above and beyond the extreme. Besides, I'm just trying to help. BTW I make it my business to follow the rules of the road and drive with care and consideration.

[Koolie G]

Re: Reckless driving

Andromoda, those types of tactics and word play may work in TX, but in KY the citation is the complaint. That is directed by a statute. Also, there are statutes that cover speeding for the everyday average person operating their vehicle on the road. In KY the definition for "operator" is the person in physical control of the vehicle. You can check out Kentucky Revised Statute 189.390 (Speeding) http://www.lrc.ky.gov/KRS/189-00/390.PDF and KRS 189.010(7) for the definition of operator. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/KRS/189-00/010.PDF

In my opinion that judge was being nice to you. All he has to hear from you on arraignment day is, Guilty or Not Guilty. He doesn't have to show you anything at that time as long as he has a valid citation or complaint done by a law enforcement official. If you still think they didn't do the process correctly then you could bring that stuff up at trial in front of a jury of your peers, or file some type of motion that the complaint is not vailid, I guess. I have no doubt TX has different legal standards than other states and you may be spot on about how it would work in TX, but in the vast majority of other states, your scenario would not help you out. It would just make the judge and prosecutor mad and then you would have a trial, when it really shouldn't be that big of deal for a speeding ticket. It is difficult try and twist words and meanings on techincalities with Judges and lawyers. That is what they went to law school and learned how to do.