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They are going to throw the book at ya. You will have a criminal record so every hiring manager will see that box checked and never hire you for a good job. Good luck.
They are going to throw the book at ya. You will have a criminal record so every hiring manager will see that box checked and never hire you for a good job. Good luck.
WELL.....if time was taken to read the posters original post, one would have noticed that said original poster was under 18 at te time of the incident. As such, any criminal record could be exponged and would not show on a criminal background check.
I give you the same advise I gave the OP.....slow down.
As other have said, be polite in court. Listen to your lawyer. Slow down.
Technically, not arrested for speeding but for reckless driving if I remember - anything 15 over or over 70 is reckless according to the law.
First ticket, with a lawyer, you might be able to get reduced to 9 over, but if you're under 18, aren't you already a probationary driver in NC? Judge might see fit to hold onto your license until you're 18.
One thing i would not do it take a prayer for judgement in your case - a suspended sentence with three years probation has a way of coming back to haunt new drivers.
If you hired a lawyer, let them handle it. I don't think you actually have to even appear in court, although it might win you some favor if you are respectful about it.
Did you get cited a misdemeanor for Reckless Driving? I would expect the lawyer to get it reduced to a really strict moving violation, points, suspended license. I would recommend you pretake a driving course prior to your court date and bring the certificate with you to help establish you are trying to take some corrective action on your own.
Yeah- if you got charged with careless and reckless they aren't going to plea it down unless you take a driving class. You'll have a few court dates to get that done though.
Hey guys, I just wanted to come back and say what ended up happening. Lawyer got it down to 14mph over ticket (79 in a 65 rather than 92) so no reckless driving charge, and I didn't get another license suspension. I took an 8 hour defensive driving course before the court date so that (and the lawyer) probably helped.
Hey guys, I just wanted to come back and say what ended up happening. Lawyer got it down to 14mph over ticket (79 in a 65 rather than 92) so no reckless driving charge, and I didn't get another license suspension. I took an 8 hour defensive driving course before the court date so that (and the lawyer) probably helped.
Hey guys, I just wanted to come back and say what ended up happening. Lawyer got it down to 14mph over ticket (79 in a 65 rather than 92) so no reckless driving charge, and I didn't get another license suspension. I took an 8 hour defensive driving course before the court date so that (and the lawyer) probably helped.
Congratulations - much more reasonable. 65 zones should be 80 in most cases anyway so the punishment "fits" the crime. Good luck, get a detector to protect yourself from the revenue generation machine and drive safely!
The lawyer was about $300 if I remember correctly? I'm not sure how much more it will be when you add court fees and any car insurance rate increases on to that. I'm try to get a job to pay as much of it as I can back to them but being a student who's going off to college in a few months makes that a little difficult.
I don't understand why he was arrested for spending, makes no sense. But yeah, be polite. I got a couple spending tickets when I was 16, paid the fine and kept going. No suspensions ever.
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