Beat the Cops: The Guide to Fighting Your Traffic Ticket and Winning [Paperback]

Alex Carroll (Author), Matthew Huijgen (Editor), Franz Krachtus (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: AceCo Publishers; 2nd edition (June 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963464116
• ISBN-13: 978-0963464118
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #870,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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59 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is worth its weight in diamonds!!!, July 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Beat the Cops: The Guide to Fighting Your Traffic Ticket and Winning (Paperback)

I am an outside salesperson that racks up 50K miles a year on the roads of this fine country. After falling into a speed trap in a school-zone, I faced a minimum $300 fine and points on my license. I heard Mr. Carroll on a talk radio show a few months before, and not wanting to shell out $300 for a crime I didn't commit (really), I purchased his book. Using the tips included, I plead innocent, and the ticket was thrown out. I have since beaten 6 false tickets, and I recommend this book to everyone I know. I would strongly recommend it even if it cost $100. A couple of bucks can save you hundreds (or thousands) of dollars in tickets, insurance, and time. This book is on your side when the entire law enforcement quota system is against you! Buy this book, you will be glad you did!

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knowing the Rules Gives You an Edge in the Game, October 5, 2000

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This review is from: Beat the Cops: The Guide to Fighting Your Traffic Ticket and Winning (Paperback)

Guilty or innocent, you want to be treated fairly. Knowing the game will give you an edge in playing it. This book tells you all about the game.

Alex Carroll describes why tickets are such a huge problem, the different types of tickets, the DMV and your driving record, how to avoid tickets in the first place (radar detectors), how to act when pulled over, options once you get a ticket, strategies in fighting a ticket, the advantages of a lawyer, traffic court, arraignment, pre-trial motions, traffic school, field sobriety tests, insurance and much more.

Alex Carroll accumulated 16 tickets before he learned to watch for cops and discovered how to fight a ticket. He found that all the ticket recipients in the courtroom were as hopelessly lost as he was. He vowed to study the system and help others like him.

As the author of 113 books (including revisions and foreign-language editions) and over 500 magazine articles, I admire Alex's work and recommend this book to anyone who drives. [e-mail].

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you drive then you need to BUY THIS BOOK!!, July 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Beat the Cops: The Guide to Fighting Your Traffic Ticket and Winning (Paperback)

Beat the Cops is filled with information on what to say and what not to say when you're stopped by the cops; whether or not it's to your advantage to own a radar detector--YES IT IS; speeding without getting caught; how radar, VASCAR, and laser work and the mistakes they make; why speed limits are set too low--SO THE COPS CAN WRITE MORE $$TICKETS$$; parking tickets; why you will probably NEVER have to PAY a PHOTO RADAR TICKET AGAIN; a step-by-step process for handling your ticket through the court system; DUI's; auto insurance; how you can schedule a trial during an officer's vacation; the name of an organization that will pay your ticket; AND MUCH MORE USEFUL INFORMATION! Buy this book today and you'll be well on your way to "BEATING THE COPS"--that does not mean literally beating them, just in the LEGAL sense, not PHYSICAL. Haha