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Originally Posted by 01SS
I got my first speeding ticket about a year ago. It was for 15 over. New Jersey has this thing where you pay extra money to lose the points, I think they said it can only be used like 2 times every 3 years or something. It was like an extra 250-300 dollars plus fines but it reduced my points to zero and your insurance company is not allowed to raise your rates. This was all done with my public defender when I showed up in court.
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Yes, that's Unsafe Driving. It's not really a NJ program or anything, it is just an easy way for the local municipality to get a bunch of cash from you. They don't benefit from you getting points on your license, so if you're willing to pay big bucks to get them off, they'll usually do it.
When I got my ticket I was doing 68 in a 50, and the cop was nice and wrote the ticket for only 59 in a 50 (next bracket down, only 2 pts.). I still went to court, the prosecutor knew how fast I was going (cop put the actually speed in the notes) and he dropped me to an Unsafe. It cost me about $450, but no points was worth it. I also had a clean driving record at the time, so that does help.
- Justin