Speeding ticket in Texas and deferred adjudication.
 

I got a ticket last week in a small east Texas town. I called to ask the judge about deferred adjudication. They said he was only in on Tuesdays, took calls only from 9:30 to 10:00, and asked if they could help me. I said I would like to get deferred adjudication for a speeding ticket I just got. She said sure, just add $50 to the ticket amount and you'll have deferred adjudication for 30 days in that town only! I don't visit the town much so there won't be any problem not speeding there for 30 days. I just thought it's amazing that they have such a lax policy. It's a bit of a scam but for $185 it's like it never happened.:)

Doesn't surprise me at all. Was the speed limit sign hidden behind a tree?

Got tagged outside of Dallas, the officer informed me of same,just add 50 to your fine and consider it deferred. Simple and quick.and a few extra $$,
Rika

Same thing, except the judge answered his own phone as they could afford no secretary. No tickets in 90 days in Texas and it would be like it never happened. My first and last speeding ticket to date.

Badges, we don't need no stinking badges!!

Deferred Adj. is at the discretion of the Judge in Texas. He/She sets all fees and conditions. I went with DD, it was much cheaper for me and received a reduction on my insurance rate. Paid out court cost $95, expired inspection $10 dummy fee, DD $40. Total was $145 for 22 over. DD was taken online while at work. :D
First ticket for speeding, haven't had one since.:)

I understand the def. adj. part, that's what I usually do when I get a ticket. What gets me is the 30 days only in that town. It's like they're saying pay us and we'll forget about it. I'm not complaining, I'm just surprised.

This is repost from many years ago, but was the same thing.....

I strike a deal on an '80SC in Dallas. I have had an '83 944 for a couple of years, loved it. I fly to Dallas, do the PPi thing, passes, trade cash for car, start the drive back to SoCal. Car needs tires badly, no way to do late in the day in Dallas, so start driving. Make San Antonio in the pouring rain. Next morning, remembering the slip and slide on bald tires, go straight to Discount Tire, put a set of V-speed Kumhos on (they're great), and start out on I-10 for west coast. Figure I can be in Vegas in 2 days.

West of town, 50 miles or so, interstate turns into long, straight, rolling hills, 10 miles each valley or so. It's 9AM, no traffic, in fact had not seen another car or truck for two valleys. I decide to 'see what this baby will do'.

Sunroof open, 3.0 litres singing, top of a hill, no cars until next hill 10 miles away, let her rip.

Well past bottom of hill, I see 147 or so, decide that's good enuf for me. Let off of gas, gonna let her coast back to legal.

At top of hill, sitting on median, is a Texas State Trooper, coffee and donut in hand behind big rock looking at bright red Porsche with whale tail speeding by. I look at speedo, and see 105. Cop smiles. I just slow down and pull over. Big cloud of dust from behind rock, and trooper emerges from behind rock expecting long high speed intercept. Amazed to see me stopped on side of highway.

He pulls in behind, parking at an angle, and walks up to my open window. I'm keeping hands in sight, all the right stuff. He asks why I stopped. I reply that "I thought I'd save the state of Texas some gas"….

He laughs, says 'License, Registration, and Insurance". I give the signed off Texas pink, my USAA insurance and Nevada License. I tell him I just bought the car. He says stay put, I'll be right back.

He comes back with ticket book in hand. Says I and the car were clean. Says he is gonna write one of these 'famous Texas fixit tickets'. He says the laser got me at 95 going away. I didn't say a thing. He pauses while writing. He says since I didn't fight the 95, he knows I was probably doing more. He says 95 is as high as he can write without arresting me. I am quiet.

He asks... "Did I get a good deal on the car?" I ask "How much is that ticket gonna be?" He looks at the back of the ticket, and says "$135.00" I reply that the car was a much better deal 30 minutes ago. He stops writing because he is laughing so hard. He then explains the deal with the ticket. Because I am out of state, I am gonna be allowed to plead 'no lo contendere', and pay twice the fine, and be on probation in Crockett County Texas for 6 months. Nothing will ever show up anywhere. Says every trooper from here to El Paso will be watching me. If I get another ticket, he will make this ticket for real (in fact every trooper I saw would pull alongside and wave at me for the rest of the day). He then asks if I am aware this entire stop is being videotaped. I wasn't, but then I see the mic on his tie, and that explains the cruiser being parked to point at my door. He says the judge is gonna love this tape, and a lot of his stops make the "COPS" program on TV. He asks what I do for a living (I fly an airliner), saying I should be a comedian in Vegas. So watch for me guys. I may be on TV.