So driving on your way to a meeting, traffic is as routine as the moon is to the night and it feels like a good day in the works. Of course it is too good to be true because you just got caught speeding. Feeling pretty irritated at the remarkable predicament you incidentally hum under your breath, “Not another speeding ticket,” and your brain is set a swirl pondering, how can I beat this one?

You hesitantly show him your license, registration and insurance. He walks back to his ticket horse, types something in his computer, strolls back and cites you a traffic ticket. As a mother of three, it is the last thing I want to hear because I have been there, done that and I know what it entails. I got my children on my mind, work to get to and a credit card bill that I just realized I didn’t pay.

So I negotiate with the Ticket Nazi, “I am begging you, is there anyway you could have mercy on me and surrender me a verbal warning instead?” He looks at me as though he is empathetic with my turmoil; regardless he gives me a speeding ticket anyway. Then I get back on the street hoping I don’t ignorantly hose up again adding on more traffic tickets.

How do I get stopped in a minivan? I know it is ugly but damn, is it really that bad! It is not as though I was driving like some out of control maniac or trying to break the sound barrier. I just happened to cross a ticket bully and I cannot afford it.

As if overlooking my car payment wasn’t enough, tacking on speeding fines to my ever growing mound of debt was enough to make me want to find a way of getting out of it. The only question that remained was what was the best way to go about it? So I made my way to the law student’s library to gather information on how to beat a speeding ticket. In this day and age I held there had to be an aperture in the system somewhere.

I was studying the law books but honestly, I didn’t understand a damn word of it. I then redirected my eyes to some book that promises to get you out of your speeding fines but as I am skimming through I notice that it was written for violations given in Mississippi. That ain’t my state! Now I am getting really aggravated and feeling hopeless and ready to suck it up and edit my finances to make room for this inane traffic ticket.

Nearly ready to break down, some man sitting by me offers me this book he studied on the web, he said it did the trick for him. So when I got back home with the glimmer of hope I had reserved and found it. My heart began to putter and a devilish smile sits happily on my face.

What I failed to recognize at the time I was stopped is how relevant a laser or radar gun becomes as proof. It sucked that I still had to pay a fraction of the ticket but at least I got to keep some money.

Not too long ago I got pulled over again in violation of some stupid penal code but that time I had it in the bag. I did get the ticket thrown out and I love, love, love this book. Oh yeah! Mommy did it, it’s my birthday! Yes, there are ways to beat speeding ticket. If this knuckle head can do it then you can do it too. Let those thieving bastards try it again muhahahahaha…