[kiml122]

Well I have had my share of tickets. The last one I got was about 7 or 8 years ago. I was stopped for speeding and to top it off I didn't have my DL, insurance card, or vehicle registration with me. The tickets amounted to a little over $700. I went to court and the insurance and vehicle registration one were thrown out since I was able to produce them. I plea bargained the ticket, which meant the ticket was re-written to only 5 miles over the speeding limit (I was clocked going 70 in a 35 I think). What this meant was no points on my license so my car insurance did not go up, and the speeding ticket amount was reduced.

All this I did without a lawyer. I tell yeah either know a cop who can get it thrown out, which happened to me, or plea bargain if it's for speeding. That's if your state has such a thing.