Speeding ticket - options

[Flingarrows]

Wife got a ticket last week with 3 options on the ticket:

• plead
• no contest
• not guilty

What is the no contest option. How do we avoid this going on her record and jacking the insurance.

Not guilty is not an option - she was speeding

 

[Hatin Since 87]

I believe no contest is admitting guilt. Just pay it and be done with it. Won’t hurt insurance if she’s otherwise got a clean driving record.

 

[churchmouse]

There was a diversion program in some county's. You pay a bit extra and it pretty much does not ding with points etc. But you only get 1 shot at this.
Have no idea if this is a thing up your way.

 

[larcat]

If you've got a relationship with your agent, just call and ask.

 

[KittySlayer]

How did SugarPants get a ticket? Wrong cop?

 

[Cameramonkey]

Another vote for diversion program. See if it exists in your jurisdiction. It exists in various places...

Essentially you are bribing them to not add it to your record and promising to be a good boy/girl and not do it again. But there is a catch...

Example:
No contest, $150 fine plus points on your license.
Diversion program, $200 fine and points are held back.(e.g. probation) As long as you dont get another tix in x years, points go away. BUT Get another speeding tix within the probationary period and you get the original points against your license PLUS points for the second tix. (and no diversion option on the 2nd tix)

Edit: And I think the diversion option is only available sometimes. Either by officer discretion or only available sometimes. (e.g. good for 10 over, but not >14 over) In the good old days, you could look at the multipart form and see if it was checked or not. Today they all seem to print out a copy of exactly what applies from a printer in the car. (with no mention of options the officer chose not to apply)

 

[BGDave]

There was a diversion program in some county's. You pay a bit extra and it pretty much does not ding with points etc. But you only get 1 shot at this.
Have no idea if this is a thing up your way.

I think it is called the Indiana Safe Driver program. Haven't done one in years,
Due to a glitch, I think you can do it once in each county. So 92 times if you plan your trips.

Edit to add. I've never tried the Kitty Slayer approach. I'll hold that in reserve.

 

[Hoosierdood]

There was a diversion program in some county's. You pay a bit extra and it pretty much does not ding with points etc. But you only get 1 shot at this.
Have no idea if this is a thing up your way.

I believe you can check with the county clerks office to see if they have a diversion program and how to go about it. Last ticket I got was about 2005 in Elkhart county and they had it. Things may have changed in different counties since then.

 

[WebSnyper]

Another vote for diversion program. See if it exists in your jurisdiction. It exists in various places...

Essentially you are bribing them to not add it to your record and promising to be a good boy/girl and not do it again. But there is a catch...

Example:
No contest, $150 fine plus points on your license.
Diversion program, $200 fine and points are held back.(e.g. probation) As long as you dont get another tix in x years, points go away. BUT Get another speeding tix within the probationary period and you get the original points against your license PLUS points for the second tix. (and no diversion option on the 2nd tix)

Edit: And I think the diversion option is only available sometimes. Either by officer discretion or only available sometimes. (e.g. good for 10 over, but not >14 over) In the good old days, you could look at the multipart form and see if it was checked or not. Today they all seem to print out a copy of exactly what applies from a printer in the car. (with no mention of options the officer chose not to apply)

Yep, worked just as CM said in Hendricks county. If I remember correctly you have to apply for it and the prosecutor decides whether it is approved or not.
Looks like here's some info on Johnson County (which looks like where you are, not sure if that's where she got the ticket or not

https://johnsoncountysheriff.com/traffic-ticket-information/

Infraction Deferral « Johnson County Prosecutors Office

 

[churchmouse]

Another vote for diversion program. See if it exists in your jurisdiction. It exists in various places...

Essentially you are bribing them to not add it to your record and promising to be a good boy/girl and not do it again. But there is a catch...

Example:
No contest, $150 fine plus points on your license.
Diversion program, $200 fine and points are held back.(e.g. probation) As long as you dont get another tix in x years, points go away. BUT Get another speeding tix within the probationary period and you get the original points against your license PLUS points for the second tix. (and no diversion option on the 2nd tix)

Edit: And I think the diversion option is only available sometimes. Either by officer discretion or only available sometimes. (e.g. good for 10 over, but not >14 over) In the good old days, you could look at the multipart form and see if it was checked or not. Today they all seem to print out a copy of exactly what applies from a printer in the car. (with no mention of options the officer chose not to apply)

"IF" you are clean as in standing points and recent issues. If you have tickets and points nope. Not gonna happen.

 

[WebSnyper]

How did SugarPants get a ticket? Wrong cop?

Been a long time since I've seen Cannonball Run.

 

[indykid]

Many insurance companies will not raise rates for a speeding ticket unless the person has a history of ignoring the motor vehicle laws.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

I got a speeding ticket in 2016 whilst hauling @$$ through the construction zone on I-65 just north of Louisville. I paid a little extra for the diversion and it never affected my insurance.

 

[bwframe]

I used the crap out of the diversion program, until they wouldn't let me use it anymore. Paid a couple three counties that bribe money.

Been lucky in recent years. The pink paper first trick has always turned tickets into warnings.

 

[larcat]

I don't understand this reference. Explain?

I used the crap out of the diversion program, until they wouldn't let me use it anymore. Paid a couple three counties that bribe money.

Been lucky in recent years. The pink paper first trick has always turned tickets into warnings.

 

[patience0830]

I used the crap out of the diversion program, until they wouldn't let me use it anymore. Paid a couple three counties that bribe money.

Been lucky in recent years. The pink paper first trick has always turned tickets into warnings.

Correlation does not always equal causation. Try not speeding. Has always worked for me.

 

[boogieman]

Some of it will depend on how fast the ticket is for. If it was 5 over they will probably be alot more willing to work with you than if it is 25 over. I very well may be wrong but believe that the diversion program is only good up to 15 over. At 16 over it's a no go.

 

[Gluemanz28]

In my younger days you could attend a defensive driving class to get points removed. I went to that class so much I could have easily taught the class the curriculum.

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

I used the crap out of the diversion program, until they wouldn't let me use it anymore. Paid a couple three counties that bribe money.

Been lucky in recent years. The pink paper first trick has always turned tickets into warnings.

I don't understand this reference. Explain?

I believe he's saying he hands his LTCH to the officer

 

[Flingarrows]

I don't see the diversion option, but will have her check into the diversion option. She has a clean driving record, but was going 13 over is a school zone in Greenwood. That may be why there is no option on the ticket.