My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: WA - THIS IS LONG BUT PLEASE HELP ME YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GRATEFUL I AM
I am finding my self in a really bad spot right now. In December i was going down an intersection and the light turned yellow and I believe that it was not safe for me to try stopping and by the time i hit the intersection the light turned red and a bus started making a left hand turn so i ended side swiping the bus. The damages to the bus were minimal with the exception of a paint job and after labor its around 6000$ that im already paying for
I didn't have insurance and i am only 19 so the cop ended up giving me a no insurance ticket and failure to obey traffic control legend. when I got my ticket since it was my first one and i didnt really have any guidance i put that i want a mitigation hearing.
I now have court on this coming monday 3 days from now and i believe that since i waited this long to research i am screwed really bad. This is the first ticket(s) that i have ever had but i read that since my infraction caused an accident i cannot defer the failure to obey the legend and a no insurance ticket cant be deferred anyways. I also read that if u dont get insurance within 15 days of the ticket being issued you have to pay the full 550$ fine.
well first i didn't have insurance because i moved to snohomish county out my parents house living on my own in 09/2011 and supporting my self i had no job and limited money. I finally got a job later in October but then i became very ill and went to the hospital 4 times in one month and couldn't go to work for along time. when december finally came i was hardly starting my job and then got into an accident. I didnt get insurance within 15 days of the accident/ticket because i didn't even have a car anymore or the money for car. It wasnt untill febuary 2012 that i got a new car and insurance the same day.
Now i have court on monday and since i requested a mitigation hearing because i didnt know. doesn't that mean im pleading guilty to the tickets? and no matter what the circumstances i tell the judge i dont qualify for a deferal on either ticket or a reduction in the fine meaning both of these will go on my clean driving record, screw up my insurance i am already paying 200$ a month for because of the accident and possibly lose my license ???
I am finding my self in a really bad spot right now. In December i was going down an intersection and the light turned yellow and I believe that it was not safe for me to try stopping and by the time i hit the intersection the light turned red and a bus started making a left hand turn so i ended side swiping the bus. The damages to the bus were minimal with the exception of a paint job and after labor its around 6000$ that im already paying for
I didn't have insurance and i am only 19 so the cop ended up giving me a no insurance ticket and failure to obey traffic control legend. when I got my ticket since it was my first one and i didnt really have any guidance i put that i want a mitigation hearing.
I now have court on this coming monday 3 days from now and i believe that since i waited this long to research i am screwed really bad. This is the first ticket(s) that i have ever had but i read that since my infraction caused an accident i cannot defer the failure to obey the legend and a no insurance ticket cant be deferred anyways. I also read that if u dont get insurance within 15 days of the ticket being issued you have to pay the full 550$ fine.
well first i didn't have insurance because i moved to snohomish county out my parents house living on my own in 09/2011 and supporting my self i had no job and limited money. I finally got a job later in October but then i became very ill and went to the hospital 4 times in one month and couldn't go to work for along time. when december finally came i was hardly starting my job and then got into an accident. I didnt get insurance within 15 days of the accident/ticket because i didn't even have a car anymore or the money for car. It wasnt untill febuary 2012 that i got a new car and insurance the same day.
Now i have court on monday and since i requested a mitigation hearing because i didnt know. doesn't that mean im pleading guilty to the tickets? and no matter what the circumstances i tell the judge i dont qualify for a deferal on either ticket or a reduction in the fine meaning both of these will go on my clean driving record, screw up my insurance i am already paying 200$ a month for because of the accident and possibly lose my license ???
