89GTRed

well i fixed my front sway bar endlinks because 1 was sheared off and not connected to the sway bar. so i went to what i thought was a pretty empty parking lot and did a couple doughnuts to see what kind of difference it would make as far as roll goes...[&o] All the sudden this old man hillbilly bob comes running out and blocks the exit i was already headed for...so i went out the entrance. well i guess there was an undercover cop in a malibu on the street watching the whole thing. I got outta there and he followed me for a couple miles in somewhat heavy traffic to see if i would do it anymore (thank god i didnt) and pulled me over. Anyways i got a 538.00 2nd deg neg driving ticket for it!!! woulda gotten a criminal wreckless driving had i not fessed up but i remembered seeing his car earlier (just didnt know it was a cop...). I was thinking of trying to take it to court and hopefully he didnt show up but if the witness shows up am i screwed or does the cop HAVE to show up? maybe i will just go and see if they will lower it. there goes my headers and intake manifolds....[sm=boosign.gif]

tncruiser

your 2nd screw up may have been when you "fessed up" cop will use this against you

89GTRed

well if i didnt i would have gotten a wreckless which is MUCH worse and since he was there i didnt see the point in denying it...

CobraBob

Actually fessing up to the truth might just work in his favor. If he goes to court to see if he can get the fine reduced the prosecutor (or judge if it gets that far) might reward his honestly, especially if he has no prior convictions and explains why he did it. I don't mean pleading not guilty. Just seeing if the fine can be reduced. Again, especially if it is a first offense. That is mighty steep IMO for burning some rubber. So it might be worth a shot. JMO.

89GTRed

ya i was thinking that i would probably try to get it reduced... but if i were to try to fight it and lucked out and the cop didnt show does it get dropped or does it still continue if the winess old man shows up? man i had no idea it was such a big fuggin deal to do a couple doughnuts...[:@]

91lxstang

the cop has to show up where i live or........ and sumtimes they dont have to and the judge will let u off easy cause the cop didnt show

HACKGT350

you can call the court on your court date and plead not quilty and they will send you a second court date to talk to the prosicuter and he will lower the ticket thats what i did for my 63 in a 30 ticket

89GTRed

how much did he lower it?

HACKGT350

only 59 in a 30 it dropped one point off to make it a 4 pnt ticket. he could of let me off a little more but he was a dick to me that night he dropped someone else two points with about the same speed as me i was so pissed almost lost my lisence for 30 days if i did go to school and work everyday

randy78045

I dont know what the law is in your state, but doughnuts arent a little thing... if you avoided a reckess driving charge you are lucky... check out driving school.... maybe you can get the ticket deferred an then just eat the cost... [X(]