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1BAD89 · 07-19-2001, 03:02 PM

Hey guys...I got back from court about 12'ish. Here's how it went. I was in the court room, they called my name, and he said you can either higher a lawyer or represent yourself and talk to the prosecutor. Since I choose not to go with a lawyer, I spoke to him myself. He said I've recommended to the Judge that you do these things, and gave me two options. 1st option, pay $200+court costs and it's a done deal. 2nd option, 6 months probation, within that 6 months I cannot get any kind of ticket, and I am banished from 41st-81st memorial for the 6 months, I cannot go there with a friend in another car so on.......BANISHED! =*( 48 hours of community service, and a defensive drivers course(8 hours). And after the 6 months is over and if I have followed my probation the ticket will be reduced to a 50mph in a 40mph($100) and THAT will not go on my record! No points etc.....Overall it will probaly be around $300 for everything.....The course, court costs, the ticket, etc....So at first I was like option 1, I'll just pay it and it's over! But then I got to thinking and I am going to have to be careful either way I decide. But TWO drag racing tickets is JAIL time, so I'd rather not have one of those on my record. Plus my insurance won't go up now. I have suspended my street racing for probaly a long time now(maybe for good)......Drag strip every weekend I guess. All in all it didn't turn out too bad. I am glad I didn't waste my money on a lawyer! He would have done nothing for me...and guess what, when I first got into court today, I saw the guy that was "racing" me! Ends up he got busted like an hour later at a QUICKTRIP for "racing" me. But all in all I think I got a pretty good deal....Except for the banishment thing. WTF we don't live in OLD ENGLAND and it's not 1492....BANISHED?!?! HMMM but anyway.....6 months, JAN. 19, 2002. Just thought I'd fill you guys in, appreciate all your help. Guys be careful, you really don't want to go threw this big hassle. It could have been alot worse also. So look before you dump.(your clutch) =P Not that I did that, just telling you guys. See ya.

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07-19-2001, 03:02 PM	#3
1BAD89 Tubbed and Juiced Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 1,861	Hey guys...I got back from court about 12'ish. Here's how it went. I was in the court room, they called my name, and he said you can either higher a lawyer or represent yourself and talk to the prosecutor. Since I choose not to go with a lawyer, I spoke to him myself. He said I've recommended to the Judge that you do these things, and gave me two options. 1st option, pay $200+court costs and it's a done deal. 2nd option, 6 months probation, within that 6 months I cannot get any kind of ticket, and I am banished from 41st-81st memorial for the 6 months, I cannot go there with a friend in another car so on.......BANISHED! =*( 48 hours of community service, and a defensive drivers course(8 hours). And after the 6 months is over and if I have followed my probation the ticket will be reduced to a 50mph in a 40mph($100) and THAT will not go on my record! No points etc.....Overall it will probaly be around $300 for everything.....The course, court costs, the ticket, etc....So at first I was like option 1, I'll just pay it and it's over! But then I got to thinking and I am going to have to be careful either way I decide. But TWO drag racing tickets is JAIL time, so I'd rather not have one of those on my record. Plus my insurance won't go up now. I have suspended my street racing for probaly a long time now(maybe for good)......Drag strip every weekend I guess. All in all it didn't turn out too bad. I am glad I didn't waste my money on a lawyer! He would have done nothing for me...and guess what, when I first got into court today, I saw the guy that was "racing" me! Ends up he got busted like an hour later at a QUICKTRIP for "racing" me. But all in all I think I got a pretty good deal....Except for the banishment thing. WTF we don't live in OLD ENGLAND and it's not 1492....BANISHED?!?! HMMM but anyway.....6 months, JAN. 19, 2002. Just thought I'd fill you guys in, appreciate all your help. Guys be careful, you really don't want to go threw this big hassle. It could have been alot worse also. So look before you dump.(your clutch) =P Not that I did that, just telling you guys. See ya. ------------------ 3:55's,BBK Off-Road H-pipe,BBK jet-hot coated equal length shorty headers,BBK 70mm Throttle Body,BBK adjustable clutch quadrant,C & L 76mm Mass air meter, PRO 5.0, Subframe connectors, Cobra R's 17x9 w/ 245's,Trick Flow Intake,Flowmaster Force II exhaust system, Super Duty T5,Centerforce II Clutch,Heavy Duty Radiator,9mm Ford racing plug wires,Accel cap and Rotor, moroso battery relocation kit, strut tower brace, 4 inch harwood cool hood, autometer phantom gauges http://www.geocities.com/i8ur