My advice is to show up at the courthouse at whatever time your ticket says. Depending on how that courthouse does things, you'll either talk to a city/county attorney or a court officer. If you have a clean record, they should offer you some kind of deal where it won't go on your record. Just take that deal. It may mean you spend a little more money, but its worth it. The government knows you don't want these moving violations on your record, so this way they can extort a little more money out of ya. Isn't America wonderful. :smoker:
Some attornies will offer the one year clean and it don't go on your record deal. Sometimes its a six month deal. Sometimes its traffic school. If you dress super nice and present yourself well, they may give you a sweeter deal. Last year I got an illegal U-turn ticket in Wisconsin. Went to the courthouse and struck a deal and paid a similar fine for an equipment violation which is not a moving violation, which means no insurance reporting. Woo-hoo!
later,
Curt
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