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Originally Posted by 95 red slp
so i kinda spun my tires a little coming out of a red light (when it turned green of course) and sped off a little bit but eventually slowed down... about half a mile down the road i see this car coming up real quick behind me and by then i already knew who it was... lights come on and im being pulled over... cop takes my license as well as the licenses of two of my friends that were in the car.. why i dont know... in the mean time 2 other cars pull up and ends up being 4 cops total there.. apparently they "smelled marijuana" and asked me to step out of the car... patted me down and then ask me if i know if any of the passengers had anythingo n them and i said not that i know of... they continue to pat me down again and then both of my friends and then searched my car... now take in mind that not one of us smoke... in the end my friend had to drive me home because i am 19 but i havent upgraded to my provisional just because of lazines... i got a ticket for careless...any suggestions on what to do? a friend told me to go to court plead guilty and just explain that it was my first ticket etc. and that they will drop the points and just make me pay the fine... the cops were nice and all i just thought it was a little excessive to search the car and pat all of us down..(it was hamilton twp cops btw)
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I just recently had my first ticket. I wasn't going to go to court and I'd just deal with the points and all, but got convinced to go to court. You go in, ask to speak with the prosecutor (at the court I went to they had us all line up along the wall to speak with him one by one). I went in, and all he said was "I can reduce this to unsafe, no points, $430 fine." I said ok, he signed off on it. I go back outside and wait for the judge to call my case ("State vs. myname" is very intimidating lol). He says what the ticket was for, says the prosecutor is reducing it, how do I plead to the new charge, made sure I wasn't being forced or coerced to plead guilty, and said have a nice day. Just make sure you bring either money/checkbook, not all courts take credit card (as I found out, and had to return the next day with the money - but they aren't always so nice about letting you go to the next day).
It was actually pretty simple. The judge saw it was my first moving violation (in the 9 years I've been driving), and was even more willing to let me go to the next day. He didn't let another younger male do the same though before me. Just remember to dress nice, and say yes sir/no sir or use your honor.