Speeding ticket "speedy trial" in Mass.

Your speeding ticket is a civil violation. You do not have a right to a speedy trial on a civil matter. Your 1st level of appeal with a speeding ticket is in front of a clerk magistrate who will listen to a police officer that represents the town or city that issued your ticket from the government's prospective and then you get to tell your side. It is again, a civil matter so it is a preponderanc of the evidence standard, not beyond reasonable doubt that the clerk must find to hold you responsible. If you are found responsible at this hearing, you may then appeal to the district court, where a judge will listen to evidence that now must come directly from the specific officer who cited you, representing the government, and from you or an attorney if you wish to hire one, representing your position. Again, it is still a civil matter and a prepoderance of the evidence standard. Nowhere in this entire process are you entitled to a speedy trial. You may get lucky and the citing officer may not show at the court level appeal. Other than that, your looking at a very steep uphill climb.