New Jersey
I am 20 and have no previous offenses. I was keeping up with traffic at 9 am on the NJ Turnpike on Saturday morning when 2 cops pulled me over. One said I was doing 103 in a 65 mph zone. I was just keeping up with traffic, I really doubt if everyone was going that fast. I was not passing anyone but I guess I was the last car in the group. He said he used radar. I did not think of asking him to see it. The other cop (who had his hand on his gun, which scared the heck out of me) issued a separate ticket for reckless driving. Can they really issue you two tickets for the same thing, using different words? Needless to say, I'm really upset. I am attending college and I'm a good student. I'm also on a football team, don't drink or do drugs or anything. I don't want to go to jail because I was just keeping up with traffic. What are my options to fight this? What kind of attorney should I contact and what is the best way to approach the judge? I've heard that if you postpone the case the cops sometimes do not show up the second time. Is that true? Is there such a thing as paying a big fine and not getting points? I've been working very hard to make my life go well, and this could really mess it all up. I'm devastated, any advice would be appreciated.
I am 20 and have no previous offenses. I was keeping up with traffic at 9 am on the NJ Turnpike on Saturday morning when 2 cops pulled me over. One said I was doing 103 in a 65 mph zone. I was just keeping up with traffic, I really doubt if everyone was going that fast. I was not passing anyone but I guess I was the last car in the group. He said he used radar. I did not think of asking him to see it. The other cop (who had his hand on his gun, which scared the heck out of me) issued a separate ticket for reckless driving. Can they really issue you two tickets for the same thing, using different words? Needless to say, I'm really upset. I am attending college and I'm a good student. I'm also on a football team, don't drink or do drugs or anything. I don't want to go to jail because I was just keeping up with traffic. What are my options to fight this? What kind of attorney should I contact and what is the best way to approach the judge? I've heard that if you postpone the case the cops sometimes do not show up the second time. Is that true? Is there such a thing as paying a big fine and not getting points? I've been working very hard to make my life go well, and this could really mess it all up. I'm devastated, any advice would be appreciated.