What is the likeliness of getting a speeding ticket reduced/taken off if I contest (details)?

How much patience do you have to go back and forth to court?

If you demand that the State prove its case, the case will probably get continued three times because there are more important cases to try and witnesses aren't ready. The court may get so sick of calling your case that the court may just dismiss it for the state's failure to get its witnesses to court.

You can also probably haggle with the prosecutor for a reduced penalty if it's costing you more to show up on different court dates than just paying the ticket would cost you. Call up the prosecutor and haggle for a reduced penalty.

My guess is that the cop had a laser gun rather than a radar gun. Have you got all the calibration verification documents from the State yet?

What you would be doing, in theory, would be contesting the accuracy of the officer's radar gun. The likelihood the officer was using an inaccurate radar device is extremely low. My suggestion would be to plead guilty to the offense and request a traffic school so as not to incur penalty points on your driving record (and subsequently raise your insurance rates). You can always indicate you know you were speeding, as 72 mph is still illegal in the 65 mph zone, too; however, you feel the officer's choice in enforcement location was unfair or immoral, as he was enforcing the speed limit at the edge of the speed zone instead of within the distance it would take a reasonable and prudent driver to decelerate without adversely effecting the safe and normal flow of traffic.

Best of luck with whatever route you choose.

I challenged one once and asked them to prove that all the proper formalities regarding designating the speed limit and calibrating the equipment had been carried out. They ignored my request but produced their statement saying that I had been doing 40 mph in a 60 mph zone, so I pleaded not guilty and said I would rely on the police statement. I heard nothing more from them! I concluded that because most people coughed up without challenging them they did not get much practise at actually prosecuting the cases in court.

Your uncertainty may be your undoing in this case. you do have some leeway to slow down after entering a reduced speed zone, but you were also actually clocked at a higher speed than the zone you think you were in. You may be able to get a reduced charge, but you will likely not get out of it.

Don't do crime if you can't pay the fine. He might reduce your ticket thats probably about it. Court is such a pain in the *** just pay it and move on.