Scared of Traffic Court But I Was in the RIGHT. I NEED ADVICE!!!

[thisismyspameamil]

Where did you turn right that the traffic was able to go 60 mph without the cops pulling them over if they were right behind the SUV as you say?

[adriver]

I honestly think theres enough people in here telling you did wrong, when NOBODY ELSE in this thread knows what happened. I hope you realize you are inexperienced, but that doesnt mean you were wrong in this situation. Only you and (maybe not even) the officers know what happened.

If you want to fight it, your options (unless Im missing something) are;
* you can go to traffic school, and have this exsponged from your record. Youre still going to pay almost the same after fees and class costs (a few hundred bucks) but it wont be on your record (and I dont think theres any probational period to make sure you dont do it again). Traffic school might not even be available for this type of ticket, not sure. As far as insurance goes, it usually takes a few tickets (unless they are big time) before they up your rates.
* When you go on your court date; you will enter a plea (guilty, not guilty, or no contest). Guilty means hands down you did it, and want to do what you can to get this done quickly (this works great if you dont care about paying the several hundred dollar ticket). A plea of "no contest" (AFAIK) means you dont admit guilt, but you take responsibility. This works best for fix-it tickets, such as no registration or broken taillight, the ticketed problem can be fixed before your court date, and from there its usually either dismissed or reduced. The last option of "not guilty" means you want to fight it. What will happen is they will then set a new court date down the road, where the officer has to show up, and prove you were wrong. I cant say for all officers and locations, but my understanding, is most of the time they have more important things to do (USUALLY).

Either way, no matter what happens, whatever your choice is... The biggest problem you have starin' you in the face is having your license for 5 days. You could have been driving for 15 years, but that license screams "inexperienced" I would think that if you go to trial (either by judge or jury), as soon as 5 days becomes known, I think that will be the split second when your case will be decided.

The court date on your ticket; When you go, the judge you first see will just pass you on to someone else, unless you plead guilty, so losing money sucks, but its not that serious.

[Steve Pickering]

With a five day old license, I wouldn't say "Nothing Serious". His insurnce company is going to look at a moving violation received within a week of getting a first license with a lot of scrutiny.

[adriver]

possibly, they might even make funny faces while they do it, but I dont think they can/will do anything as far as rates go (all though all my experience with this comes from speeding, so I am just guessing).

[MN-Born-n-Raised]

The last time the OP read these messages was on 11/5/12 (2 posts ever). You can see this by clicking on "view public profile". A persons IP address is logged even when lurking and not posting. In summary, I suspect peoples advice isn't being noticed.

[LocoAZnative]

Originally Posted by MN-Born-n-Raised

The last time the OP read these messages was on 11/5/12 (2 posts ever). You can see this by clicking on "view public profile". A persons IP address is logged even when lurking and not posting. In summary, I suspect peoples advice isn't being noticed.

Yup thats why I don't post in these type of threads I always check that, and noticed they logged off 6minutes after they made this post and never came back. That always makes me suspect of the OP's intentions with posts like this.

[mjd2k]

Originally Posted by MN-Born-n-Raised

The last time the OP read these messages was on 11/5/12 (2 posts ever). You can see this by clicking on "view public profile". A persons IP address is logged even when lurking and not posting. In summary, I suspect peoples advice isn't being noticed.

Kinda like a radio talk show host. Throw something out there that will get listeners all indignant and then watch the fun! When I see the OP has only one post, I think someones playing.

[Steve Pickering]

He may be a little embaressed.

[corydon]

Originally Posted by amethus

Basically I was at a red light, stopped and made a right hand turn. The traffic that had the right of way was going about 60 miles per hour. ?

Q and A in one sentence.....