Having had too many tickets myself and frnd like Piyush who has a record of getting one ticket per month, i have learnt the following technique which can help you avoid your ticket raising your auto insurance. Whenever you write a cheque for speeding/other ticket make sure it few cents more than the actual value. Suppose its 125.20$ then write the cheque for 125.60$. DMV has to return you extra 40 cents before they can process your record and put it in their system. They cant make a cheque for less than a dollar. Unless they return your extra 40 cents your insurance would never increase, probably its a loophole in their system. I am nt 100% sure if its works but 90% it works. Before its fixed in their system, you can always take advantage of it. If you dont gain anything from anything then you also dont lose anything other than few cents :P

Also its always a good idea to contest your ticket no matter what. Either the cop wont appear or you will win the contest and in the worst case judge will reduce your fine :). If nothing works then you can always request the judge to take a class if you havnt taken any in the past one year.

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