Think its time to go track and not look back

[the chi]

Originally Posted by HokieDNA01

i was in NC, court date is October. And yes I am aware I could lose my license. Up to 3 years and 2 months in jail.

Sad part was i was only in 5th gear.

Ouch. Thats painful. What I was referring to was a law they recently passed in the last 2 years or so here in GA, called the Super Speeder. Not only do they get you on the actual offense, but theres more fines and punishment the state can tack on once the local LEO's are done with you up to and including losing your license, its pretty ugly and had alot of ppl screaming double jeopardy when they were passing it. Hopefully they dont have that in NC.

I bet a good attorney can save your license tho...I know in our lil small city our Judge is willing to work with folks who are willing to work with us and if you're attorney can work out an agreement ahead of time, you might never even have to appear, just pay a fine and the attorney and be done with it.

NOLO is a good term to remember if they have it up there too, here it means you accept the fine, but are not admitting guilt and its not reported to the state, maybe saving you points and license headache.

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by the chi

Ouch. Thats painful. What I was referring to was a law they recently passed in the last 2 years or so here in GA, called the Super Speeder. Not only do they get you on the actual offense, but theres more fines and punishment the state can tack on once the local LEO's are done with you up to and including losing your license, its pretty ugly and had alot of ppl screaming double jeopardy when they were passing it. Hopefully they dont have that in NC.

I bet a good attorney can save your license tho...I know in our lil small city our Judge is willing to work with folks who are willing to work with us and if you're attorney can work out an agreement ahead of time, you might never even have to appear, just pay a fine and the attorney and be done with it.

NOLO is a good term to remember if they have it up there too, here it means you accept the fine, but are not admitting guilt and its not reported to the state, maybe saving you points and license headache.

It's called PJC (Prayer for Judgment Continued or some nonsense) here in NC, but you'd be really hard pressed to find a DA willing to take that on a speeding ticket of that magnitude.

NC is ridiculous when it comes to speeding. Example: if you have an NC license, a ticket for 15mph over is an automatic loss of license until your court date. Speeding 10mph or more in a 55+ zone nets the same result (I nearly lost my license for driving 78 in a 65, whereas driving 38 in a 25 just would have been a ticket... brilliant!).

Anyway, the short of it is: NC is brutal when it comes to speeding. Just get a lawyer and let him handle it. I don't have any to suggest, I just used the "city data" forum to research local experiences when I received a ticket near Boone.

Hope all works out for ya! In the end, it'll just be about the money, and it sounds like you're already geared up for that aspect.

[tommymac]

In the end its always all about the money, although this time around they may hammer you guys harder.