its ok i wont take my belt to ya
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You are in Boca?
Tons of attorneys advertising.
In fact, if you haven't gotten it already, just by virtue of your summons, you should have gotten swamped with mailers from attorneys offering to get you off for as little as $75.
If you haven't gotten them, guess what, your dad already knows 'cause he has them piled up and waiting to nail you with them. Come clean to him.

While sad and not proud of it, I have gotten my kids out of many violations in Florida via attorneys. I did it as although not proud, it saved me tons on insurance. You can generally end up paying the fine, court costs and no points or record on your license. In turn, doesn't affect your rates for insurance.

In Florida, you can also elect to pay the fine and go to traffic school, which you can do online, and get no points as result. However, you can only do school five times.

Also, the issue of the second ticket and an attorney will be likely predicated on what happens with the first. If you are convicted on the first, gets much harder to argue on your behalf that you were clean and made a one time mistake on the second. One of my kids had two concurrent and the only reason the second one got dismissed was due to no record of the first.

All that aside, do as I told my kids.
I don't get any tickets.
I wonder why?
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Ohhhhhhhhhhh, THAT'S what they meant?:-)
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Ditto. In VA you can even go as high as +5 points on your driving record by taking a defensive drivers ed course, etc. If awarded negative points in court, they come of the positive points first.

Kinda of a short time frame but getting one in prior to the court couldn't hurt. Even going to court sans lawyer and asking the judge for mercy cost nothing but time off. Offer to take a course. While not cheap, if it keeps the points down and maybe the insurance, not a bad thing.
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Down here in South Florida you can get a lawyer to get you off both tickets (maybe)...you end up paying court costs but get no points...dunno if he can get you off two at once though...it's the old boy network...lawyer gets paid, judges & cops earn their keep...everybody gets paid off and you save from your insurance going up...or you can go to a class for one of the tickets...usually it's one day and the same cost as the ticket but again, no points...you should be able to take the class for one and have the lawyer get you out of the other one...constesting it yourself in court is a real bad idea down here...
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I would say, like others have mentioned, go talk to a lawyer (do a little research first). I know I will never go into another court room (when I am being charged) without one. Like has been mentioned, the address that is on record with DMV has probably gotten at least a few letters from lawyers offering their services in traffic court, do a little research on them and give one or multiple a call.

:-)
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im going to end up hiring a lawyer for the first ticket and take care of the second with traffic school. thanks for the advice everyone much appreciated.
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Wise decision...even wiser would be to obey the traffic laws...:-)
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NO!!!!

If the two tickets are in different jurisdictions, have both addressed by an attorney.
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It's not a bs ticket. The LEO is enforcing the law. You are not aware of it because a few circumstances.

Had the same issue before. There was a single sign which was obscured by tree branches. I contested it. Took pictures from all angles. I presented my pictures to the judge. He basically said, paraphrasing here, "What you are saying is it's the fault of township for not maintaining a visible sign.". I was like er er., Yes your honor. He dismissed the case. You have a stronger case than I do, but again, as with everything else, YMMV.

Hire a lawyer.
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Last fall I was stopped for doing 79 in a 55. In Virginia that means that if you are a resident of the Commonwealth you are going to get reamed - and rightfully so.

So this is what I did:

Signed up for an online drivers course and completed it. Went to court, dressed but not too much (jacket no tie). When it was my turn I pleaded guilty. When asked if I had anything to say I apologized and presented the judge with my online certificate. He was surprised that I had already taken it. He asked the officer if I was polite to him. The officer said yes. The judge said that since my driving record was clean (last offense was in 1981 so off the records), since I had completed the drivers course and was polite to the officer: charges dismissed with a small court fee of $78.

So no insurance hit, nothing on the record and I have the most allowable positive points that Virginia allows. Look like a model citizen - LOL

Good luck!

Ron
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had my court case today came in with attorney left with clean driving record!
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