Man Beats Speeding Ticket — Finally

Getting a $75 speeding ticket thrown out may have taken two years, but it didn’t cost David M. Estes a penny. The Lewiston man and retired police officer fought a 2007 conviction for driving 10 mph over the limit all the way to the Idaho Court of Appeals. The court ruled to reverse that conviction in a written opinion issued earlier this week. “To me it’s a victory for the ordinary person,” Estes said when reached by phone Wednesday. He filed countless public records requests and court documents as he represented himself in the appeal, but Estes said it did not cost him any money to contest the ticket. The three-judge panel decided an Idaho State Police trooper’s estimation of a car traveling down the Lewiston Hill was insufficient on its own to base a conviction/ Brad W. Gary , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

Question: Have you ever fought a speeding ticket in court? How did that turn out?