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Introduction: You Can Beat Your Ticket -- 1 First Things -- A. A Typical Ticket 2 -- B. Are Tickets Impossible to Beat? 2 -- 2 What Are You Charged With? -- A. Determine What Your Ticket Says 2 -- B. Finding What the Law Says 2 -- C. Importance of Doing Legal Research 5 -- 3 Should You Fight Your Ticket? -- A. Understanding Traffic Offenses 2 -- B. Negative Consequences of Getting a Ticket 4 -- C. Traffic School Option 6 -- D. Deciding Whether to Fight Your Ticket 7 -- E. Putting It All Together--How to Decide Whether to Fight or Fold 10 -- F. Defenses That Almost Never Work 11 -- 4 Lawyers and What They Can Do for You -- A. What Lawyers Can Do 2 -- B. Types of Lawyers 3 -- C. Getting the Most Out of Your Lawyer 5 -- D. Firing Your Lawyer 5 -- 5 Speed Violations: Understanding the Laws of Your State -- A. Three Types of Speed Limits 2 -- B. "Absolute" Speed Limits 3 -- C. "Presumed" Speed Limits 3 -- D. "Basic" Speed Law 6 -- 6 Speed Detection: Pacing, Aircraft, VASCAR, Radar and Laser--How They Work, How to Fight Them -- A. Getting Caught 2 -- B. How Was Your Speed Measured? 3 -- 7 Other Moving Violations -- A. Not Stopping at Stop Signs 3 -- B. Not Stopping at a Stoplight 5 -- C. Automated Enforcement Devices ("Red Light Cameras") 7 -- D. Improper Turning 9 -- E. Right of Way Violations 15 -- F. Driving Too Slowly 19 -- G. Tailgating 22 -- H. Unsafe Lane Changes 23 -- I. Improper Passing 24 -- J. Non-DUI/DWI Alcohol Related Offenses 24 -- 8 Driving Under the Influence -- A. Offenses and Penalties 2 -- B. How Alcohol Interacts With Your Body 6 -- C. Blood, Breath and Urine Tests for Alcohol 9 -- D. License Suspension Penalties and Procedures 14 -- E. Dealing With a DUI Charge 14 -- 9 First Steps to Fight Your Ticket -- A. So You've Decided to Fight 2 -- B. Taking the First Steps 2 -- C. Using "Discovery" to Build Your Case 11 -- 10 Preparing for Trial--Your Case -- A. Asking for a "Continuance" (Postponement) 2 -- B. Gathering Your Notes and Research 3 -- C. Diagrams, Maps and Pictures 4 -- D. Preparing Your Testimony 7 -- E. Preparing Your Witnesses 10 -- F. Preparing for the Prosecution's Cross-Examination 11 -- 11 Preparing for Trial--The Officer's Testimony and Cross-Examination -- A. When and How to Object to Testimony 2 -- B. How to Cross-Examine the Officer 5 -- 12 Trial Before a Judge (No Jury) -- B. Trial Procedure 5 -- C. Appealing for a New Trial 16 -- 13 Jury Trials -- B. Try to Settle Your Case 2 -- C. Selecting the Jury 4 -- D. Trial Procedure 8 -- E. Preparing Jury Instructions 12 -- F. Judge Instructs the Jury 13 -- G. Appeals From a Jury Verdict 13 -- A. Problems With Our Traffic Court System 2 -- B. How to Make the Traffic Ticket System Fairer 5 -- Appendix Traffic Court Rules for 50 States (And the District of Columbia).