Well I got a damn drag racing ticket Wednesday night and was wanting some advise on what to do. I was leaving the Kroger parking lot around 10:30 at night in my Z-28 when this dumbass kid in another LS1 Z-28 pulled in behind me and tailgated me all the way through the light and down Middlebrook Pike. I was doing the speed limit, tried slowing down so this moron would go around me but he wouldn't so finally I got fed up with him riding my ass so I punched it. He jumps out in the right lane and passes me while I'm letting out to slow down for Robertson Road, as I slow down I see some lights coming up on me quick and of course it's a Knoxville city police officer. I get pulled over and this mullet wearing dumbass teenager keeps on going. To make a long story short, he lectures me on racing and gives me a drag racing ticket, he said I can either pay it or go to court. I know what I did was wrong and I will take full responsability for it but damn, I wasn't trying to race this idiot, I was trying to get him off my ass! I have a class A CDL too so this is really going to **** me, especially with my insurance. Should I go to court and try getting into a Drivers course? I'm scared the judge will fine the shit outta me, take my license, and no telling what else. I feel like I've been screwed on this. This ticket is a class B misdemeanor too, what exactly does that mean?
55-10-502. Penalty.
Drag racing is hereby declared to be a Class B misdemeanor, and any person or persons who operate a motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon the public highways of this state, or while on the premises of any shopping center, trailer park, any apartment house complex, or any other premises generally frequented by the public at large, or who is a participant therein, for the purpose of "drag racing" commits a Class B misdemeanor unless such premises are properly licensed for such purpose. [Acts 1959, ch. 115, § 2; T.C.A., § 59-1041; Acts 1986, ch. 842, § 14; 1989, ch. 591, § 112.]
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55-10-502. Penalty.
Drag racing is hereby declared to be a Class B misdemeanor, and any person or persons who operate a motor vehicle or motor vehicles upon the public highways of this state, or while on the premises of any shopping center, trailer park, any apartment house complex, or any other premises generally frequented by the public at large, or who is a participant therein, for the purpose of "drag racing" commits a Class B misdemeanor unless such premises are properly licensed for such purpose. [Acts 1959, ch. 115, § 2; T.C.A., § 59-1041; Acts 1986, ch. 842, § 14; 1989, ch. 591, § 112.]
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