The best way to beat a speeding ticket is to avoid getting it in the first place. There are important steps that a person can do everyday to make certain that they don't see the scary flashing lights of a police car in their rearview mirror. Here are some tips that can result in fewer tickets or in many cases no speeding tickets at all.
OK, obviously ideally, to beat a speeding ticket is to never speed, but it happens to almost everyone. Before you know it you can be above the speed limit. This can happen to even the most careful of drivers. Keeping an eye on the speedometer and reading the speed limit signs can help. If you do find yourself speeding more often than not, try to slow down thinking how your insurance premiums won't jump dramatically because of your tickets and you'll never have to worry about points being taken off your driver's license. But, obviously the most important reason not to speed, is the protection of human life. First of all, think of your own! Think about it seriously that speeding in a car can kill. It's a mind set. No matter how late you are please think of your life as more important. That said, it's still understood that with the best of intentions, you can still get a speeding ticket. Here are some tips that can help: Avoid Radar Hot-Spots
In most cities the police set up radar hot-spots: locations that enable them to seem hidden from speeders. It might be behind a sign or a rather large growth of bushes or trees, there are radar hot-spots in almost every community.
Knowing where these radar hot-spots are can save the average motorist trouble and money because it gives them the knowledge they need to avoid getting caught speeding. One valuable resource towards figuring out where the police may be camped with their radar or laser guns is to listen to the radio. A tip to know where things might be happening is to listen to radio traffic updates - several minutes every hour where they report conditions about traffic. Often, they actually detail locations where the police may be tracking speeders.
Listening to this frequently might reveal a pattern, a pattern that the police are following in setting up their speeding stings. When you hear a traffic bulletin where speeding is mentioned, slow down, if you are in that area. To the aware driver this information is crucial. They can slow down well before the intersection in question and sail through the speed trap without a scratch. Often the police will return to the same site if they are successful in nabbing several speeders. It might be a stretch of road that people generally speed up on and therefore the police see it as valuable in their fight against speeders.
It's also important for the motorist to keep their eyes on the road. Often people who are more familiar with a certain area will slow down if they know it's a place where the police like to camp-out and catch speeders. If you pay attention to how others are driving, this can be a good indication of where the police might be waiting with their speed tracking equipment.
Radar detectors are designed to pick up any radio frequency so often times these types of devices will give off a false alarm. This isn't necessarily a bad thing if the result is the motorist slowing down. However if it's sensitive to all radio frequencies, the radar detector can give off a false alarm almost constantly.
Some of the more expensive radar detectors work on light waves. The speeder hears the warning and recognizes it to mean that there is most likely a police officer ahead with a radar gun and they are able to slow down to the posted speed limit.
The better quality radar detectors are expensive but it's important to consider the associated costs of a speeding ticket and then weigh the two to determine if the investment in a radar detector is worth it.