You hear that stomach-lurching "woop" and see the flashing lights in your rear view mirror. What do you do after you sign the ticket? Chances are you will log onto your computer and end up researching how exactly you can fight the ticket.
 
For over eight and a half years Geo. McCalip has run a Web site, HelpIGotATicket.com, to educate people as to how they can fight their tickets. Based on email and other feedback McCalip estimates that people using the information have a 75 to 80 percent success rate. While he states that the information on the site applies only to California, the principles work everywhere in the States.

"Start by knowing exactly what you are charged with. They are using the law to take your money; you need to use the law to keep it," said McCalip.

For example, if an officer pulls you over doing 54 in a 40, you technically may not have broken the law.