Reckless Driving - General - Please Advise

[newnewsmama]

I would hire an attorney and draw a diagram to explain the situation. It should not be too difficult to have your charge dropped if you have a clean driving record and was indeed confused by the situation.

[Trackwatch]

Originally Posted by newnewsmama

I would hire an attorney and draw a diagram to explain the situation. It should not be too difficult to have your charge dropped if you have a clean driving record and was indeed confused by the situation.

Charges dropped for turning around and driving the wrong way?

There were probably signs at the last turn off 'Road closed ahead", which the OP ignored or didn't see.

[Bigfoot424]

Originally Posted by newnewsmama

I would hire an attorney and draw a diagram to explain the situation. It should not be too difficult to have your charge dropped if you have a clean driving record and was indeed confused by the situation.

Judges don't drop reckless driving tickets because someone was confused. When you operate a vehicle that is capable of killing others you have an obligation to operate it in a safe manner. If someone doing something like this would you want the judge to drop the charge because the person was confused?
I'm not saying the OP can't get help in getting the charge reduced but giving them hope that it will be dropped is just foolish.

[spencgr]

Originally Posted by Trackwatch

There were probably signs at the last turn off 'Road closed ahead", which the OP ignored or didn't see.

Actually, I've seen this situation before. It happens when the lights go out at a major intersection. The police set up cones and flares so your only option is to make a r-hand turn. While it might seem confusing from afar, as you approach, it's easy (in my opinion) to see that they are funneling you to make a right. I saw this happen on Rt 50, after the deracho.

[Trackwatch]

Originally Posted by spencgr

Actually, I've seen this situation before. It happens when the lights go out at a major intersection. The police set up cones and flares so your only option is to make a r-hand turn. While it might seem confusing from afar, as you approach, it's easy (in my opinion) to see that they are funneling you to make a right. I saw this happen on Rt 50, after the deracho.

There were options, did you turn around and go the wrong way?


Different situation but ... Deals with common traffic laws.
A couple years ago the traffic light was out at a somewhat major intersection so the police had set up movable stops signs at all four corners, and two cop cars sat at the intersection and a more down each street, it was amazing the amount of people that ignored the stop sign and went right through the intersection without stopping or just slowing down, at which time the cop pulled them over and sited them.
Was all this a fund raising program by the city?? Maybe, but if you followed the law you didn't make a contribution to the city.

In EVERY State when a traffic light is malfunctioning it becomes a stop sign.


What defense could any of those people have for not stopping?

[newnewsmama]

Originally Posted by Bigfoot424

Judges don't drop reckless driving tickets because someone was confused. When you operate a vehicle that is capable of killing others you have an obligation to operate it in a safe manner. If someone doing something like this would you want the judge to drop the charge because the person was confused?
I'm not saying the OP can't get help in getting the charge reduced but giving them hope that it will be dropped is just foolish.

I used the wrong word. By "dropped" I meant to say "reduced to a lesser offense".
If like he said, so many orange cones were on the road that he could not even see the opening for cars to go through, the fault was not completely his. Last time I went to court, I saw a lot of people's RD offences reduced to improper driving, etc. If OP has a clean record, he probably can get his charge reduced with the help of a good attorney too.

[elias9193]

I would get a lawyer you don't want reckless driving on your record its not good at all. Now if you don't get a lawyer you need to plead guilty and ask the judge to please drop the charges if you agree to go to driving school. Its no guarantee some judges will go for it some won't thats where the lawyer comes in, they usually know who they're dealing with and what your chances are when you decide which course of action to take.
Good Luck!