faithfully dangerous
Ex-Bluelighter
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hey guys.
tonight i got my third moving violation within a year. yeah, i went three years without a single tickets, accident, NOTHING... and then POOF i get three within a year. lovely.
anyhow, i have to show up in court in a week. i was going 52 in a 35 (i did not know the speed had changed, but it had about 1/4 mile back). i got pulled over in my neighborhood where he stated that i had to have been going much faster (which was definitely not true as i am VERY careful about speeding in my neighborhood because cops are ALWAYS sitting outside my complex waiting for speeders).
when he asked me if i'd had a moving violation in the past year i said yes. when he returned to my car he told me there was no record of anything in the past and i looked confused. i told the truth and said yes, there was, and maybe he should double check. big mistake: i ended up getting fucked because it's my third. now i have to go to court and the ticket WILL be over 200 bucks. thats 200 bucks i dont have for SURE. is there any way i can refute that, citing the cop's mistake? or am i fucked because i was HONEST?
when i first got pulled over, all i could do was cry. this day has been the worst ever, but i didnt tell the cop that. i DID tell him that i was very sick and that i had been out of work for a month now because of how sick i'd been. he was not sympathetic at all! bummer haha.
regardless, i'm wondering: what is the correct way of going about trying to get the fines lowered or possibly getting the ticket dropped? is there any way i can "pay" the fine without money--- like community service, going to a driving class, etc?
also: last april, when i got pulled over (which was for a bullshit reason but whatever) i payed a small amount (i forget, my dad wrote the check and took it out of my account) to the DMV to "open" my file. i don't believe i paid the whole thing off, unless my dad did for me and he didn't tell me. could that have been why they didn't see my previous violations on record right away? also, will that come up in court? if i hadnt admitted to it tonight with the cop, would it have come up in court regardless?
i really want to know what my rights are here. i've NEVER been to court EVER and i'm nervous as hell. i've read some threads in here but i don't know what plea bargaining is... or anything else i read.
help me, please!!!!
tonight i got my third moving violation within a year. yeah, i went three years without a single tickets, accident, NOTHING... and then POOF i get three within a year. lovely.
anyhow, i have to show up in court in a week. i was going 52 in a 35 (i did not know the speed had changed, but it had about 1/4 mile back). i got pulled over in my neighborhood where he stated that i had to have been going much faster (which was definitely not true as i am VERY careful about speeding in my neighborhood because cops are ALWAYS sitting outside my complex waiting for speeders).
when he asked me if i'd had a moving violation in the past year i said yes. when he returned to my car he told me there was no record of anything in the past and i looked confused. i told the truth and said yes, there was, and maybe he should double check. big mistake: i ended up getting fucked because it's my third. now i have to go to court and the ticket WILL be over 200 bucks. thats 200 bucks i dont have for SURE. is there any way i can refute that, citing the cop's mistake? or am i fucked because i was HONEST?
when i first got pulled over, all i could do was cry. this day has been the worst ever, but i didnt tell the cop that. i DID tell him that i was very sick and that i had been out of work for a month now because of how sick i'd been. he was not sympathetic at all! bummer haha.
regardless, i'm wondering: what is the correct way of going about trying to get the fines lowered or possibly getting the ticket dropped? is there any way i can "pay" the fine without money--- like community service, going to a driving class, etc?
also: last april, when i got pulled over (which was for a bullshit reason but whatever) i payed a small amount (i forget, my dad wrote the check and took it out of my account) to the DMV to "open" my file. i don't believe i paid the whole thing off, unless my dad did for me and he didn't tell me. could that have been why they didn't see my previous violations on record right away? also, will that come up in court? if i hadnt admitted to it tonight with the cop, would it have come up in court regardless?
i really want to know what my rights are here. i've NEVER been to court EVER and i'm nervous as hell. i've read some threads in here but i don't know what plea bargaining is... or anything else i read.
help me, please!!!!
