Had an incident today after letting a friend drive my car where I was cited for failure to carry my drivers license. The ticket says the base fine is 2500.00. Is there anyway to know how that fine is handled in court before I go in. The officer ran all of my info and knew I had a valid DL but cited me anyhow. My fault for not having it on me. Just want to be prepared.
I never knew that a burn out was considered reckless driving either. Did not get cited for that but my friend did. Even though he was not driving when we were stopped, I was. It freaked me out a bit actually. 5 police cars ... When I was ordered out of my car and I aske what was going on, I was told I was being detained for suspicion of hit and run. After a little while I learned someone had called 911 saying we had hit a stop sign, crashed and then fled.
We never hit anything. Never fled either. Police did a quick investigation and figured out we did not crash. However my friend was cited for reckless driving and two counts of criminal endangerment. I got cited because I was driving when we got pulled over. Very stressful to say the least, any driving crime could coste my business so I was relieved when they said they agreed there never was a cash. I am curious how they can cite someone when they don't observe the violation though. However; not an officer and don't know the law so I didn't question them.
I never knew that a burn out was considered reckless driving either. Did not get cited for that but my friend did. Even though he was not driving when we were stopped, I was. It freaked me out a bit actually. 5 police cars ... When I was ordered out of my car and I aske what was going on, I was told I was being detained for suspicion of hit and run. After a little while I learned someone had called 911 saying we had hit a stop sign, crashed and then fled.
We never hit anything. Never fled either. Police did a quick investigation and figured out we did not crash. However my friend was cited for reckless driving and two counts of criminal endangerment. I got cited because I was driving when we got pulled over. Very stressful to say the least, any driving crime could coste my business so I was relieved when they said they agreed there never was a cash. I am curious how they can cite someone when they don't observe the violation though. However; not an officer and don't know the law so I didn't question them.