If the officer wasnt there I would have pushed to have it ammended to the impeding traffic charge (39:4-56 or 57, i forget) rather than the unsafe driving which sucks... They would have gotten their money either way... The court system (traffic) is really a bunch of BS and simply a revenue generating source for the townships. I have been through it so many times, its sad, but I have been able to plea down the stuff 80% of the time, or more. Some of those have been because I "lived" in VA at the time, and absolutely refused to accept rescheduling as an option.
It does suck that you had to pay anything, but in the end its much cheaper.
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