I know there aren't many NSX owners in the St. Louis area, but I'll give you a brief story on what happened. The state just started doing work on the bridge that crosses the Mississippi River on 70E going from St. Charles towards St. Louis. Of course, this totally screwed up my general course to work. The ramp I usually get on is the at last exit before you get to the bridge. Well, because they closed two of the five lanes on the bridge, these morons in our government decided to close the ramp from my exit (5th street) to get on 70E (to reduce the traffic getting onto the highway, even though the highway traffic is moving just fine, even w/ the 2 lanes closed). However, they left the 70E ramp open for the other side of fifth street (I usually get on going North on 5th street, which is the one that was closed, however if I go South on 5th street, I can get on 70E). So, I figured I would just go up to the next light and turn around. I pull a U-turn at this light, not seeing any No-U Turn signs on the street lights (the police officer said there was one on the median, but I swear I didn't see one, or else I wouldn't have pulled the stupid U-Turn!!!
Well, I thought the police officer might let me off. I was very polite, did everything that was asked of me, and plus, they just started doing this damn construction!!! I mean, give me a warning to let me know I shouldn't be doing this, and I'll find an alternate route. Nope, that wasn't good enough. I've got a clean record, only one ticket for speeding in my life, and I get this stupid ticket for a U-Turn.
Well, anyways, since my experience is severely lacking in this area, I was wondering if anyone had any tips on what to do. I figure my options are:
(1) Just pay the ticket (probably not a very good option, since I think points would be assessed).
(2) Show up on my court date and ask the judge to withhold judification and explain the circumstances and my clean record - I've never done this, is it fairly easy?
(3) Hire one of those damn law firms, like Traffic Law Center. This is probably my worst option, as I'm sure the costs are high and not really worth it.
(4) Take one of the online traffic classes to get the ticket fixed - I've only heard about these in advertisements, does anyone know anything about these? Is there one site or multiple? Has anyone used any of them? How do I notifiy the court that I am taking it and does it automatically fix the ticket?
I appreciate any comments or help. I know many of you have experience in this area :wink: I haven't had a chance to do a search yet, I'm still too frustrated after getting this stupid ticket, but I'll do one later as well. Thanks for all of your help!
Well, I thought the police officer might let me off. I was very polite, did everything that was asked of me, and plus, they just started doing this damn construction!!! I mean, give me a warning to let me know I shouldn't be doing this, and I'll find an alternate route. Nope, that wasn't good enough. I've got a clean record, only one ticket for speeding in my life, and I get this stupid ticket for a U-Turn.
Well, anyways, since my experience is severely lacking in this area, I was wondering if anyone had any tips on what to do. I figure my options are:
(1) Just pay the ticket (probably not a very good option, since I think points would be assessed).
(2) Show up on my court date and ask the judge to withhold judification and explain the circumstances and my clean record - I've never done this, is it fairly easy?
(3) Hire one of those damn law firms, like Traffic Law Center. This is probably my worst option, as I'm sure the costs are high and not really worth it.
(4) Take one of the online traffic classes to get the ticket fixed - I've only heard about these in advertisements, does anyone know anything about these? Is there one site or multiple? Has anyone used any of them? How do I notifiy the court that I am taking it and does it automatically fix the ticket?
I appreciate any comments or help. I know many of you have experience in this area :wink: I haven't had a chance to do a search yet, I'm still too frustrated after getting this stupid ticket, but I'll do one later as well. Thanks for all of your help!