okay for background here's what happened in the past year:
1st violation 67 in 45 reckless, reduced with probation 12 months
2nd violation 82 in 65 reckless, reduced pay fine
3rd violation "speeding"(no actual speed recorded), probation 6 months
4th violation failure to obey a traffic sign(no left turn), probation 6 months

today was my hearing for probation for the very first violation from last july and this is what happened:

i went to court today
my lawyer said he'd be 10 minutes late
he ended up being 40 minutes late
he pulls me out of court
and says there are 2 problems
#1 judge knight did not show
#2 debbie roe is the substitute
normally that's not bad
but... she is the head of my firm mcdermot and roe
so i tell him i'm going to go pay the fine
when i go to pay the fine they tell me the case has to be heard in court
so i go back to the courtroom
and my mom looks for the lawyer to make sure he didnt have me pulled from the docket
he goes to ask mrs. roe if she can see me sooner since i will be pleading guilty
she sends us to the courtroom next to us
he says on the way over that this judge used to work at his firm
and we go up
and tell her that i have been convicted once 9 months into the probation
she says "what are these two pending"
he says "allen didnt tell me about htose"
"in that case we'll take the minimal fine"
before he finished saying that she said "12 months probation pay court costs"
we go to pay court costs and the clerk says "you paid them last year, you dont have to pay anything"
the lawyer says "what did you eat for breakfast"
and the clerk says "you are the luckiest young man i've ever seen come through here"


so in the end i am on 3 simultaneous probations and only convicted of a single speeding for 14 mph over.

 

Man, Your lucky!

 

i hate you. one reckless for just going forward in a mustang and i got a $200 fine+ court costs. that was the only ticket in over a year for me.

wait...you live in hampton right? ok that explains it. hampton court

 

Remember this and forever thank human error in our justice system.

 

The judge didn't show because there was some sort of "accident" with his child.

I expect my money in a week, or Vinny and Nicky the Fish are going to come see you.

 

AAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!! nice.

 

damn. that is pure luck...its a sign man!

for a good result.

 

1st reckless with no lawyer = reduced if you plead guilty
2nd reckless with no lawyer = license suspended 60-90 days
if caught with suspended license 1st time = community service
any additional reckless after getting license back = license suspended, or revoked.

 

I just thought I'd put that up for all the kids who cant afford an expensive ass lawyer for their traffic tickets; this is what happens. Happened to me, 1st and 2nd reckless anyways. Never got caught on a suspended, haven't got a ticket since I got my license back in Feb.

 

oh yeah, if you're under 20 years old at the date of the reckless driving being issued, even if its your first offense, you have to take an 8 hour driver improvement class. Speeding from 15-19 over will also force you into an improvement class under the age of 20. I had to do that, too. :P