Need a little advice PLEASE.

fatal1

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I have gotten a ticket that is alittle extreme to me. It is a careless/ prohibited driving. The price is $490. What I did was come through an intersection making a left hand turn and got on it. Alittle bit sideways. No traffic, and was around 11 PM at night. This is one step below a DWI here. Should I go to court and plead, ask for a reduced sentence and prob. Any advice would be nice right now. Thanks
 

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Based on your description, I would say that was the proper action for the officer to take. I would suggest contacting the court and working out the details.
 

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I agree... Sounds like you earned the ticket.

However, most Courts are more than willing to change the wording of what you did in exchange for a Gulity/No Contest plea. They hate court for a traffic ticket. Go and talk to your DA.
 

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Lawfficer said:
I agree... Sounds like you earned the ticket.

However, most Courts are more than willing to change the wording of what you did in exchange for a Gulity/No Contest plea. They hate court for a traffic ticket. Go and talk to your DA.

Yup try to bargain with them, and Lawfficer, love the avatar, in one of the neighboring departments there is somebody who looks and talks just like him. I also love the UN thing in your sig.
 

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I figured that I would bite the bullet and go pay the ticket, for a wake-up call, so I got the money and went back up there. The first lady I dealt with was busy, so the lady next to her helped me. She qoutes me $165, I'm alittle concerned that the first ldy was going to pocket the money, or she made an honest mistake. I payed the 165 and got a receite and got the hell out of there. Thought about calling the DA and saying something about this.
 

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fatal1 said:
I figured that I would bite the bullet and go pay the ticket, for a wake-up call, so I got the money and went back up there. The first lady I dealt with was busy, so the lady next to her helped me. She qoutes me $165, I'm alittle concerned that the first ldy was going to pocket the money, or she made an honest mistake. I payed the 165 and got a receite and got the hell out of there. Thought about calling the DA and saying something about this.

Yeah call the DA, and tell him you got the "receite" too!!!
 

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