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Going To Court To Beat A Speeding Ticket

So you find yourself with a slip of paper that contains both a dollar amount and a date. It's the dreaded speeding ticket. You look at it and realize that you have two choices. You can pay the fine and subject yourself to the possibility of higher insurance premiums or you can plead "not guilty" and appear in court.

Depending on how fast you were going over the legal, posted speed limit, it might be wise to consult with a traffic ticket specialist. However, many people are ticketed when their speed is over the limit, but not dramatically. These people would do well to save the money associated with an expert and take the matter into their own hands.

It seems daunting to imagine going into court without a lawyer or someone familiar with the ins and outs of speeding tickets. All the average citizen needs to do is research traffic laws and come prepared with whatever materials they feel will help them fight the citation.

It's important to note that when you do have a court appearance often the officer who issued the ticket will be there to testify as well. If you admitted speeding to him or her, your defense becomes that much more difficult. Admitting guilt of speeding is accepting the guilt. If you've done that your best remedy will probably be to pay the fine. You could try and explain your speeding a couple of different ways. One is that you have to increase your speed because of someone else's careless driving. For instance, if someone is right behind you driving fast and you become concerned that they are going to hit you, you might increase your speed to avoid that. This defense is probably not going to work but if it what happened, than sharing it with the judge is important. Another could be road conditions. If there was something on the road, you might have sped up to pass it, or to avoid it. Again, this is difficult to prove and a judge might be skeptical.

If you weren't able to see the posted speed because the sign was either covered by some foliage or perhaps knocked over, there are important steps you need to take before you go to court. As soon as possible after you have been ticketed, you need to take pictures of the sign in the same condition you saw it in. It's crucial that this be done quickly. Having that type of evidence to show the judge, will allow him or her to see that although you were going over the posted limit, not having knowledge of that limit might have played a role in your infraction.

Taking the issue of your speeding ticket to court involves being prepared. Bring any notes or pictures that you have taken since that day. Be ready to take the witness stand and tell the truth in regard to what transpired when you received your speeding ticket. Also, be of the mind that although you've put time and effort into your own defense, you might still have to pay the fine as it was administered to you initially.

Brandon C. Hall maintains Freeinfoblog.com) which contains many articles and resources on beating speeding tickets at http://www.freeinfoblog.com/category/speeding-tickets. There is also information on dozens of other topics.


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Speed Learning Using The Pimsleur Method

The late Dr. Paul Pimsleur was one of the world's leading experts on language teaching. Dr. Pimsleur was a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Heidelberg and a founding member of the ACTFL - America Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.

During his career he was associated with many educational centers including Colombia University, Ohio State University, State University of New York.

His years of experience and research revolutionized theories of language learning and teaching. He introduced many principles which made language learning much faster.

Two of the key principles are:
1. Anticipation
2. Graduated Interval Recall

Anticipation:
Rather than having information drummed into us through constant repetition, the principle of anticipation gets us to interact in the learning process.

After anticipating the answer from memory, the answer is then confirmed in the lesson. In other words, you receive information, then you recall it from memory and then use it.

Questions demand answers. Questions kick start the brain into thinking. Question and answer sessions therefore are extremely productive in the learning process.

How can Dr. Pimsleur's technique be applied in everyday learning situations?

For students or career individuals preparing for examinations, pick a "Learning Buddy", an associate who will assist you. You sit together in a 15 minute learning session.

Your "Learning Buddy" raises a question on the assigned material and gives you 5 to 10 seconds to give an answer. Whether you give the answer or not, they verbally repeat the answer.

Hearing the correct answer right after anticipation greatly increases your retention. The information is confirmed in your mind, once through anticipation and memory recall, second, from your "Learning Buddy".

Graduated Interval Recall:
This is an expression Dr. Pimsleur used to describe effective memory management.

He discovered that efficiency in remembering information was strongly connected to the intervals that elapsed before the information was recalled.

He then worked out a schedule to maximize the natural retention ability of the human brain and capitalize on peak retention intervals.

Lesson applied:
Label each learning session by giving it a name and make a list of the key points.

Then with your diary or computer planner open, write in the name of the learning session 1 day later, 1 week later, 1 month later. (Depending on the purpose or nature of the exercise, also 6 months later for long term memory).

Then simply review the key points when that session label appears in your diary or planner.

As the length of time between recalls increases, the strength of memory increases.

Michael Tony Jones is a writer and webmaster with over 10 years experience. Learn the ‘new definition’ of speed reading on Michael’s goal setting site: http://www.about-goal-setting.com/speed-reading.html.


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