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Step 1
Read your ticket in full, noting the speed the authority wrote down, the time, place, address and date. Make sure they are all correct. If not, write down what is not correct.
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Step 2
Enter a not-guilty plea and set a court date to challenge your speeding ticket in court. In most states you must mail in a hand signed not-guilty plea to the traffic court, not the payment address, but the circuit courthouse that handles traffic violations. Use certified mail and keep the receipt.
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Step 3
Call the courthouse a week later to check that your plea was received. Verify it and wait for your own letter that lists your court date.
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Step 4
Attend the court date, dressed in a shirt and tie or nice clothes. Scan the room for the officer that handed you the ticket. If he is not there, simply request a dismissal by saying, "I request a dismissal, Your Honor," when the judge asks what you want to do. You must say this to get the ticket dismissed.
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Step 5
Plead your case if the officer is there. Tell the judge you were not going as fast as the officer stated. Bring up any inconsistencies in the officer's story with what is printed on your ticket. Also, request calibration reports on his radar gun for the day the ticket was issued.
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Step 6
Request a dismissal if the officer cannot back up any single one of your arguments. Be polite, and professional, but it is your right to try to have your speeding ticket dismissed.
