I am in Bexar county, Texas and I have a situation that i wanted to ask about. Last week, I was pulled over for having an expired registration and inspection. They had been expired for 4 months. There is no excuse to why they were expired except for my ignorance and i am taking full reponsibility for what happened. I was also cited for not having my insurance with me, but i understand that this can be dismissed in court if i show proof that i was insured at the time of the ticket (which i am, i had just cleaned my car out and i forgot to put my proof back in). The cop told me that if i took care of the situation by the court date, the judge will show some liniency toward the registration and inspection violations.
Due to my schedule i was no able to get the registration and inspection renewed this last week, however, i refrained from driving my car. Until yesterday, when i had to run a quick errand and guess what happened, i got pulled over again for the same thing (expired registration and inpection). I told the officer that I had already gotten a ticket and he said that he had no proof that this was the case. I then showed him the ticket i still had in my car and he said "oh well, i already wrote this one so just sign it". So as of now i have a 2 court dates, in two adjacent days.
My questions are:
1) Is it true that I can get the ticket for no proof of insurance dismissed if i show that i had insurance at the time i got the ticket.
2) I know i probably cannot get the tickets dismissed for the registration and the inspection, but can i expect the judge to show liniency? I will get the registration and inspection taken care tomorrow which will be within 9 days of the first ticket and 2 of the second ticket.
3) The second officer's comment made me wonder if there is anything i can do about the second ticket. Understand that I am not trying to plead not guilty since I understand what I did, however, I am trying to pay as little as possible and I was wondering if the penalty for the second infraction can be reduced after taking into account the first one or visa-versa?
Thank you
Due to my schedule i was no able to get the registration and inspection renewed this last week, however, i refrained from driving my car. Until yesterday, when i had to run a quick errand and guess what happened, i got pulled over again for the same thing (expired registration and inpection). I told the officer that I had already gotten a ticket and he said that he had no proof that this was the case. I then showed him the ticket i still had in my car and he said "oh well, i already wrote this one so just sign it". So as of now i have a 2 court dates, in two adjacent days.
My questions are:
1) Is it true that I can get the ticket for no proof of insurance dismissed if i show that i had insurance at the time i got the ticket.
2) I know i probably cannot get the tickets dismissed for the registration and the inspection, but can i expect the judge to show liniency? I will get the registration and inspection taken care tomorrow which will be within 9 days of the first ticket and 2 of the second ticket.
3) The second officer's comment made me wonder if there is anything i can do about the second ticket. Understand that I am not trying to plead not guilty since I understand what I did, however, I am trying to pay as little as possible and I was wondering if the penalty for the second infraction can be reduced after taking into account the first one or visa-versa?
Thank you