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Well, poop.
Aug. 16th, 2011 12:29 pmDespite my efforts to avoid having to go upstate to deal with my speeding ticket, it seems I will have to take off the time and go to the court. At this point, I've done my research vis a vis fees for ticket and court expenses, so I think I can speak about those and hopefully soften the blow. I doubt they'll drop the charge by half to only ten over, but a girl can dream. I think I would rather pay more money and take fewer miles over than pay less with higher speeding fines. It's not just a points thing, it's a far-reaching consequences to my driving record thing, with which I have had some experience.
When I was in high school, I got pulled over for doing 38 in a 30 right as I was leaving the school. ( The rest of the story. )
And thank fucking Christ I'd had the wherewithal, at 16, to protest this. Thank Christ the judge went along with it. Because a license suspension would have been on my driving record forever. I got the abstract of my driving record from the DMV as part of trying to plea the ticket by mail. The only things on there are the date I got a junior's license and the date I got my full license. Had I not challenged the ticket in high school, that would be on there, and, for the rest of my life, I bet I could have kissed mercy or leniency goodbye forever (to say nothing about reasonable insurance rates). I have a fighting chance, now, to get a deal that I can live with. I'm not thrilled at the idea of a 15 mph over ticket, but that will be gone from my record--as the ticket from high school is--in time. It may take 3 years and change to be removed, but it will be gone eventually. Not so a suspension. If I could go back to talk to 16-year-old me, first I'd tell her to stop being a drama queen and then I'd high-five her for saving my bacon now.
When I was in high school, I got pulled over for doing 38 in a 30 right as I was leaving the school. ( The rest of the story. )
And thank fucking Christ I'd had the wherewithal, at 16, to protest this. Thank Christ the judge went along with it. Because a license suspension would have been on my driving record forever. I got the abstract of my driving record from the DMV as part of trying to plea the ticket by mail. The only things on there are the date I got a junior's license and the date I got my full license. Had I not challenged the ticket in high school, that would be on there, and, for the rest of my life, I bet I could have kissed mercy or leniency goodbye forever (to say nothing about reasonable insurance rates). I have a fighting chance, now, to get a deal that I can live with. I'm not thrilled at the idea of a 15 mph over ticket, but that will be gone from my record--as the ticket from high school is--in time. It may take 3 years and change to be removed, but it will be gone eventually. Not so a suspension. If I could go back to talk to 16-year-old me, first I'd tell her to stop being a drama queen and then I'd high-five her for saving my bacon now.
