More and more traffic tickets are handed out nowadays and it seems that most of them are just written for revenue. Estimates are that over 115,000 speeding tickets are written every day, and there’s nothing wrong of course with the original idea behind these tickets: to make the road safer for us all, but a lot of the traffic tickets could be considered ‘unfair’. Most people will have different opinions about what’s being unfair, but we should all agree that a lot of the small tickets are a pain. The average ticket is about $150, which is still a lot of money of course, but the long time effects are far worse:

Insurance rate increases, sometimes even cancellations, loss of license points, loss of your license, problems getting to your work, and you might even end up with problems supporting yourself, and more important, your family. Most people don’t realize this, until it’s too late… 96% of the people who get fined just think “damn a Speeding Ticket, but what the hell..”, .and just end up paying the ticket, admitting guilt, as it’s just easier or they do not know of any methods to fight and beat a traffic ticket. Time to change that! Let me introduce you to some general methods and tricks to fight and beat your traffic tickets:

1. Do not immediately think and assume you’re guilty!

As I already stated above: the impact and consequences of a small ticket can be far worse than you would expect. By just paying the ticket you automatically plead you’re guilty,.. while it’s often possible to get away with just a warning or a lower fine.

2. Be polite to the officer.

Yes that might be a bit hard sometimes, but just being polite might be enough to turn a ticket into a warning. So when an officer tries to stop you: pull over, turn of your engine, put your keys on the dashboard, stay in the vehicle and keep your hands on the steering wheel where the officer can see them. Most of the time this will make the officer feel a bit safer and more comfortable.

3. Ask for a warning

You should ask for a warning if the officer hasn’t written out any ticket yet. A great percentage of all traffic stops end up with just a warning, yet most officers won’t explicitly ask if you want one. So take the initiative and politely ask if you could get just a warning. Don’t come up with excuses, don’t beg, and explain the officer something like you’re always trying to drive as safe as possible and you’re sure a warning would be enough as a reminder.