Case Study: TicketBust Helps a "Three Strikes" California Driver

Circumstances:

Our long time customer, Anthony M. had what can only be called a “mark on his head”.  Anthony has driven in California for a number of years but, for reasons unknown to him in August of 2007 he began getting busted for speeding.  In total, Anthony has been nabbed three times in less than three years.

Problem:

Anthony was stopped by officers for speeding on 8/24/07 driving a rental Hyundai, and on 5/16/09, less than six weeks later, on 6/21/09 driving his Mercedes Benz C300.

The stop on 8/24/07 resulted in a violation VC§22356. The second stop on 5/16/09 resulted in a violation VC§22349.  Lastly, on 6/21/09, the stop resulted in a VC§22350.

According to DMV, the descriptions for these violations are as follows:

Increase of Freeway Speed Limit to 70 Miles per Hour 22356. 
 (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation, after consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, determines upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey on existing highway segments, or upon the basis of appropriate design standards and projected traffic volumes in the case of newly constructed highway segments, that a speed greater than 65 miles per hour would facilitate the orderly movement of vehicular traffic and would be reasonable and safe upon any state highway, or portion thereof, that is otherwise subject to a maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour, the Department of Transportation, with the approval of the Department of the California Highway Patrol, may declare a higher maximum speed of 70 miles per hour for vehicles not subject to Section 22406, and shall cause appropriate signs to be erected giving notice thereof. The Department of Transportation shall only make a determination under this section that is fully consistent with, and in full compliance with, federal law.
(b) No person shall drive a vehicle upon that highway at a speed greater than 70 miles per hour, as posted.
(c) This section shall become operative on the date specified in subdivision (c) of Section 22366.
Amended Ch. 1220, Stats. 1994. Effective September 30, 1994.
Amended and repealed Sec. 26, Ch. 766, Stats. 1995. Effective January 1, 1996. Repeal operative January 7, 1996.
Added Sec. 27, Ch. 766, Stats. 1995. Effective January 1, 1996. Operative January 7, 1996.
  
Maximum Speed Limit 22349. 
(a) Except as provided in Section 22356, no person may drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 65 miles per hour.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person may drive a vehicle upon a two-lane, undivided highway at a speed greater than 55 miles per hour unless that highway, or portion thereof, has been posted for a higher speed by the Department of Transportation or appropriate local agency upon the basis of an engineering and traffic survey. For purposes of this subdivision, the following apply:
(1) A two-lane, undivided highway is a highway with not more than one through lane of travel in each direction.
(2) Passing lanes may not be considered when determining the number of through lanes.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that there be reasonable signing on affected two-lane, undivided highways described in subdivision

(b) in continuing the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit, including placing signs at county boundaries to the extent possible, and at other appropriate locations.
Amended and Repealed Sec. 22, Ch. 766, Stats. 1995. Effective January 1, 1996. Repeal operative March 31, 1996.
Added Sec. 23, Ch. 766, Stats. 1995. Effective January 1, 1996. Operative March 31, 1996.
Amended Sec. 1, Ch. 20, Stats. 1996. Effective March 29, 1996.
Amended Sec. 41, Ch. 724, Stats. 1999. Effective January 1, 2000.

Basic Speed Law 22350.
No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property.
Amended Ch. 252, Stats. 1963. Effective September 20, 1963.

Solution:

A friend told Anthony about our document filing service to fight traffic tickets and beat speeding tickets.  That friendly advice really paid off for Anthony!

In each instance, Anthony had to follow the same process:

1.  After relaying his ticket information via the Bust My Ticket web page, a TicketBust.com speeding ticket consultant went over exactly what was needed in order to represent Anthony in the process called Trial by Written Declaration. 

2.  Anthony signed the TicketBust Engagement Letter available for easy download, which explains the process and the terms and conditions of the TicketBust Service and Money Back Guarantee. 

3. Anthony then signed 3 original, blank copies of the Trial by Declaration form that he also downloaded from the TicketBust site.

4.  The last step was to include a check for the TicketBust service. Additionally, in California, in order to contest a traffic ticket, the court requires you to post bail for a Trial by Written Declaration. Therefore, Anthony had to also include a bail check*, made out to the court. 

*If you post bail directly with the court, you must inform the court that you are posting bail for a Trial by Written Declaration to contest your ticket. The court will refund your bail once your ticket is dismissed.

That was the extent of effort on Anthony’s part. TicketBust used these forms, etc. to submit the necessary Trial by Written Declaration documents to the courts on Anthony’s behalf.  While some ticket busting services simply give you a ‘boilerplate’ defense or a generic eBook, and then leave the paperwork filing to the driver.  TicketBust submits all documents to the court on behalf of their client, so the client doesn't have to go to court or even the post office.

Resolution:

For each of the three speeding-related tickets, our ticket busting experts successfully discovered and wrote arguments for the corresponding Trial by Written Declaration documents. 

The Ticket Busters speeding ticket experts not only got all three of Anthony’s tickets  dismissed, saving him an approximate 30% increase in his auto insurance premium, they kept Anthony’s driving record clean of points.  In all, the fines Anthony had dismissed totaled $1,131!

For more information on how Ticket Busters of California can help to beat your speeding tickets or fight other traffic tickets, visit TicketBust.com or call us today at 800 850-8038.