my gf got a speeding ticket in VA. can a local lawyer handle her ticket up there? out of state tickets count in NC right?

11/15/2005 10:50:55 AM

yes, a local lawyer can handle it. yes, va reports offenses to nc dmv.

11/15/2005 11:08:10 AM

ok good. i'll get manning and crouch on the job!

11/15/2005 11:37:18 AM

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" yes, va reports offenses to nc dmv."

They didn't when I got my speeding ticket in VA.

11/15/2005 11:39:33 AM

if its 9 or less over the limit it doesnt transfer.. I got a 78 in a 60 on 85 early last year.. lawyer got it reduced so it wouldnt transfer.. which is good cause i alreadly had a prayer for judgement.. nothing transfered when I moved to MA so now my record is clear..

11/15/2005 11:42:08 AM

i'd just send the check for payment in, G. i've got tkts in a few states and none of them came back to my insurance. then gain I have USAA.

11/15/2005 11:45:00 AM

^^correct.
^have you ever gotten a ticket in va or sc?

11/15/2005 11:46:23 AM

I just got USAA too... it was like 1/2 of what I was paying!

11/15/2005 11:46:36 AM

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"ok good. i'll get manning and crouch on the job!"

oh, wait... i thought you meant local to where the ticket occured. no, you can't have a lawyer from here handle it unless by some stroke of luck they're licensed to practice law where the ticket is. it's worth a call to crouch though, he'll likely have a recomendation.

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11/15/2005 11:48:21 AM

where was it at in virginia? i used to live up there and have probably gotten a ticket in aevey county in southeast virginia. its easy to get it reduced or dropped if you just show up

11/15/2005 11:50:41 AM

You've got to watch out through Emporia along I-95 and US58 up there. The last time I went to my parents house I saw 6 cops either clocking people or with someone pulled in a 4 mile stretch. Especially if you get off at US58. It is only a 45 in the city limits and they are everywhere with radar guns.

As for handling out of state tickets, yes, the lawyer would have to be certified across the state line, which for a local lawyer is unlikely, but as someone said, I'm sure he knows someone who can handle it if you give him a call.

11/15/2005 12:21:30 PM

emporia has been infamous for years and years statewide and nationally for their traffic enforcement.

11/15/2005 12:34:12 PM

emporia, dinwiddie, and crewe, SLOW THE FUCK DOWN

11/15/2005 12:35:39 PM

hey guys, i got the ticket

and it was in emporia too, right by the state line. the ticket is for reckless because i was doing 81 in a 65. i guess either way i'll have to get a lawyer. think they'll go easy on me since i've never even been pulled over before?

11/15/2005 1:11:53 PM

most lawyers in raleigh can have it taken care of for you (probably through someone else) or they'll have someone they know they can refer you too. Marcus Hill (durham) took care of my VA ticket. Doubtful he did it personally but it got done and that was what mattered to me. Cost me a little more than my NC ticket he took care of though.

11/15/2005 1:12:04 PM

i just calling manning & crouch and they said they wouldn't be able to handle it. they couldn't even recommend anyone in VA who could. boo.

11/15/2005 1:16:59 PM

dan, why the hell is this in the garage? i wasn't doing car maintenance while driving.

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11/15/2005 1:19:51 PM

cuz people who work on/mod cars are statistically more likely to speed! just ask GEICO!

11/15/2005 2:38:02 PM

The sign just states that it is a limit. I never specifies if it is an upper or lower limit. Somehow though, I don't think this approach would fly in court no matter how mathematically sound it may be.

11/15/2005 2:51:52 PM

first of all, 5 over in emporia is pushing it, second of all, when i get a few minutes, i'll pm you a few lawyer contacts in the emporia/jarret area

11/15/2005 8:27:56 PM

waiting for PMs...

11/16/2005 9:34:17 AM

you should have known about emporia

11/16/2005 12:29:48 PM

http://www.emporialawyers.com/


Went through these guys when I got pulled in Emporia a year ago. Flat fee of $200, and then whatever the fine is. I got pulled for 80 in a 65 and got it reduced to "Failure to obey a highway sign". Nothing on insurance, total cost was $327 or somewhere close to that. Their office is right across the street from the court house.

11/17/2005 3:20:34 AM