"Driving too fast for conditions " How bad is it?

It's like a speeding ticket. Some drivers say to contest every ticket. I probably would contact a lawyer or ticket service and spend the money to reduce or remove the violation. Obviously it's better to drive like every ticket is a career death sentence even though most tickets are not.

 

Ya, I’d get a local lawyer and try to get out of that………

Justice might be blind but she’s not cheap ….

 

You should at least find out what category they put that ticket in. If it ends up in careless or reckless, it could be considered a serious moving violation.
Two of those in a 3 year period and you will lose your license for 90 days.

 

Never never never never never never. Just pay a ticket, even if its $5... Unless it is a "non moving violation" Always get a lawyer.... The county just wants money, so they'll lower it to some other charge and not cost you any points/record. It is worth the lawyer expense.

My 2cents.

Not a legal advisor.

 

Got out of a few by showing up to court.

 

In PA that's a no points violation. Usually you just pay it and forget about it, fighting it usually costs more.
But if you can show up in court in person, you may have a chance. Good possibility the cop pulls a no show for court and it's thrown out

I once was charged with reckless driving after doing something dumb. The cop was laughing as he wrote the ticket until he realized I had a CDL. He suggested I plead not guilty, take a hearing. Said he'd reduce the charge. So I did just that. He never showed up in court, the case was thrown out, all charges dropped.

 

The last speeding ticket I got was down in Boise. I was in an industrial area and I thought it was a 45. But it was a 35. I got a ticket for 48 in a 35. Here’s what I did. I paid the fine in full. But I also included a letter that said I thought I was in a 45 and that having a 13mph over ticket could maybe hurt my employment. I made it very clear that they could have my money and that I wasn’t looking for a reduced fine. They cashed my check and all it said on my mvr was “local speeding” and no mention of 13 over. You could always try something like that.

 

Fight everything.

 

That was in 2010 and was the last ticket I’ve gotten. It was also the first ticket I’d had since 2001 or so. My job wasn’t in jeopardy because I’d already talked to my boss at the time. I wasn’t going to spend a bunch of money or spend over a day driving back and forth to Boise when I could be working. If I remember right the ticket was less than $200 so that made it the cheaper of the 3 options.