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Originally Posted by IntenseAmber
I agree. Traffic judges get sick and tired of hearing the "I didn't do anything wrong" argument. If you admit to it and say you are sorry, especially if this is your first and only offense, they should let you off easy.
In the end, traffic tickets are all about money.
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This surely wasn't my first offense.
I went to court that day and was stunned at what I saw. Granted it was in Phoenix, but everyone was wearing shorts, talking on cell phones, chewing gum, eating.... And people were so disrespectful towards the judge.
One guy answered his cell phone in the courtroom. The judge stopped everything and just stared at this guy. When the guy figured out that everything had stopped because of his call, he hung up, the judge called him to the bench. The judge asked him why he was in court, and told him to come back next week.
I was the only one who was wearing pants, shows, a dress shirt, and a tie. He told us in the beginning when you plead it's either "guilty" or "not guity" - not "guilty with some stupid excuse". I walked up, he read the charges, asked how I pleaded and I pleaded guilty. Everything was yes sir / no sir. He looked me over, dropped the fine and the points and told me not to do it again.