What is the name of your state? Michigan
I'm going to explain what happened first and than explain how I think I'm going to handle it. Any suggestions are very welcome and much appreciated. I am 17 years old and have no criminal record. My driving record has an impeding traffic violation which was marked down from a speeding ticket of 5 over. My car is a 99 Pontiac Grandam Gt and it is front wheel drive (turning front wheels makes it easier to peel out).
I was driving down a suburb with two girls both in the front seat with seat belt on. I decided to squeal my tires, first going straight and than on a turn. I stopped in the middle of the suburban rode which has a speed limit of 25mph and hit the gas all the way down. I didn't brake torque or anything like that and it wasn't that good of a burn. So i continued not breaking the speed limit to a turn and decided it would work better if i went around a turn. So i stopped at an intersection, turned my wheels, and hit the gas again. The Car did squeal but it wasn't for more than 2 seconds and it didn't fish tail or anything of that nature. A lady walked out in front of my car about 15-20feet in front of me and made me stop. She yelled at me and than her husband came out and yelled at me also. The husband is an off duty cop and said he would ticket me if he was on duty. They let me leave but what I didn't know is that they got my license plate number. A couple days later I get a parking violation sticker on my car and assumed it was for my school because I had not purchased my parking pass for the school parking lot. I asked the secretary of the school and she said don't worry about it and just buy a parking pass. Four Days later on a friday, I get called down to the office with two police officers who hand me the reckless driving ticket for the peel out I did that Monday. Obviously, it was because of the complaint from the wife who spazzed out at a small peel out.
Since it is a misdemeanor, I have to get a lawyer which I'm just going to have appointed to me by the court. When they ask me how do I plead I'm going to say not guilty. I talked to the off duty cop the friday they gave me the ticket and he said that they would mark it down to careless driving. If they try to do that I'm going to say I'm here for reckless driving and I'm either guilty or not guilty for that. I will not accept careless driving. If the judge does decide to give me reckless driving, I'm going to get an appeal. I don't think any judge would want to take this to trial for a kid squealing his tires. Also when the prosecutor asks me if I did roast my tires, I'm only going to say that my tires have broken lose.
What do you guys think? I think that the off duty cop is going to look like a retard for giving me a reckless driving for peeling out. And also the mom was upset because her kids were out in her drive way but not on the road.
I'm going to explain what happened first and than explain how I think I'm going to handle it. Any suggestions are very welcome and much appreciated. I am 17 years old and have no criminal record. My driving record has an impeding traffic violation which was marked down from a speeding ticket of 5 over. My car is a 99 Pontiac Grandam Gt and it is front wheel drive (turning front wheels makes it easier to peel out).
I was driving down a suburb with two girls both in the front seat with seat belt on. I decided to squeal my tires, first going straight and than on a turn. I stopped in the middle of the suburban rode which has a speed limit of 25mph and hit the gas all the way down. I didn't brake torque or anything like that and it wasn't that good of a burn. So i continued not breaking the speed limit to a turn and decided it would work better if i went around a turn. So i stopped at an intersection, turned my wheels, and hit the gas again. The Car did squeal but it wasn't for more than 2 seconds and it didn't fish tail or anything of that nature. A lady walked out in front of my car about 15-20feet in front of me and made me stop. She yelled at me and than her husband came out and yelled at me also. The husband is an off duty cop and said he would ticket me if he was on duty. They let me leave but what I didn't know is that they got my license plate number. A couple days later I get a parking violation sticker on my car and assumed it was for my school because I had not purchased my parking pass for the school parking lot. I asked the secretary of the school and she said don't worry about it and just buy a parking pass. Four Days later on a friday, I get called down to the office with two police officers who hand me the reckless driving ticket for the peel out I did that Monday. Obviously, it was because of the complaint from the wife who spazzed out at a small peel out.
Since it is a misdemeanor, I have to get a lawyer which I'm just going to have appointed to me by the court. When they ask me how do I plead I'm going to say not guilty. I talked to the off duty cop the friday they gave me the ticket and he said that they would mark it down to careless driving. If they try to do that I'm going to say I'm here for reckless driving and I'm either guilty or not guilty for that. I will not accept careless driving. If the judge does decide to give me reckless driving, I'm going to get an appeal. I don't think any judge would want to take this to trial for a kid squealing his tires. Also when the prosecutor asks me if I did roast my tires, I'm only going to say that my tires have broken lose.
What do you guys think? I think that the off duty cop is going to look like a retard for giving me a reckless driving for peeling out. And also the mom was upset because her kids were out in her drive way but not on the road.