There are two ideologies about beating speeding tickets. One goes: everybody speeds and I got caught in a police trap with a radar detector when everybody else was going faster, so why shouldn't I try to beat the ticket and cheat them out of the speeding fine?

The second one goes: I was speeding and I should slow down for my own safety as well as everybody else's so I should just pay the speeding fine and learn from my mistake. Whether or not to try to beat the ticket is up to you. If you feel you were unfairly targeted or profiled, then fight.

However, if you speed all the time and just need a gentle reminder to slow down before you have a serious accident there are alternatives that can be explored whether or not you decide to go to court. The simplest is online traffic school where, in most states, you still pay the speeding fine and in addition you pay a small fee for the traffic safety course. In return the points for the infraction do not appear on your driving record.

You can also elect to take a driving school offline where you'll spend more time, and pay more money but you'll learn more about proper driving techniques and safety. Any of these elective programs will have the effect to help lower your auto insurance premiums, reducing the fines you'll pay for the ticket and could ultimately end up having your ticket dismissed. It all depends on your past driving history, the current infraction and your willingness as demonstrated to the DMV and the court to amend your ways.